PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Nilo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tyrion Lannister has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tyrion Lannister seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Lannister
vs
Nilo Martinez

170 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrion Lannister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Nilo Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a takedown

and Lannister counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lannister is looking to stall here but Martinez recovers full guard.
Lannister tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.
Lannister wants to get up but he can't break Martinez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Lannister looking to sit in guard and control but Martinez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lannister utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lannister trying to control the position.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lannister knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.
Lannister wants to sweep here but Martinez controlling him for the moment.
Lannister is working hard here to advance position.
Lannister on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lannister tries to get out of the position.

Lannister is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martinez defends well.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lannister works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martinez manages to get himself to full guard.
Lannister trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tyrion Lannister just wasn't active enough.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.
Lannister misses with a double jab

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lannister won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister is trying to improve his position.
Martinez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Martinez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lannister is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Lannister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Lannister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lannister defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lannister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lannister struggling a bit here.
Martinez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lannister is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Martinez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Martinez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez working away.
Lannister tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martinez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lannister defending against the ground and pound.
Martinez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lannister wants to control but Martinez postures up.
Martinez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lannister tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martinez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lannister wants to control but Martinez postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Lannister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lannister gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lannister is trying to stand.
Lannister slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lannister works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tyrion Lannister will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lannister shoots in but no luck this time.
Lannister leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lannister sprawls well. Lannister wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Martinez gets slowly back to his feet.
Lannister shoots for a takedown but Martinez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lannister is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lannister wants to clinch

and Martinez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lannister's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Lannister blocks nicely.
Lannister wants to sweep here but Martinez controlling him for the moment.
Lannister is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lannister trying to control the position.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lannister not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tyrion Lannister wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Lannister or perhaps it was just good defense by Martinez which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrion Lannister. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fails with the takedown

and Lannister counters with a takedown into side control.
Lannister throwing strikes but Martinez manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Lannister managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martinez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lannister parries the strikes from Martinez easily there. Martinez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lannister to escape.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Lannister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lannister is trying to control Martinez's posture but Martinez avoids it.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Lannister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lannister is trying to buck Martinez off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister is looking to reverse the position.
Martinez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Martinez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lannister defending against the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Martinez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Lannister tries to buck Martinez off but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez throws an elbow but Lannister slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lannister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Lannister's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from Martinez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lannister sneaks back into half guard.
Tyrion Lannister overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Martinez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lannister's head.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Martinez prevents Lannister from improving his position.
Martinez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lannister defending well though.
Lannister keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lannister is looking to control Martinez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lannister avoid being mounted?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez prevents Lannister from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lannister keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Martinez throwing shots but Lannister is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Omar Nilo Martinez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Martinez keeps the fight on the outside.
Lannister shoots for a takedown but Martinez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lannister shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Martinez but Martinez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Martinez shoots in looking for a takedown. Lannister tries to sprawl out of it but Martinez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lannister manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Lannister shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lannister drives through with a takedown into Martinez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Martinez wants to stand but Lannister is controlling the position.
Lannister would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tyrion Lannister.
Lannister is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martinez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrion Lannister. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister wants to clinch

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown. Lannister fights it but they end up in guard.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Lannister blocks nicely.
Martinez stopping the sweep attempt from Lannister.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez is looking to work some ground and pound but Lannister has wrist control.
Lannister is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Lannister blocks nicely.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lannister works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lannister trying to control the position.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lannister is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tyrion Lannister wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lannister misses with a takedown attempt - Martinez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martinez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lannister counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Martinez's guard now.
Lannister looking to pass the guard.
Lannister's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

We're going to have a standup here because Tyrion Lannister wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Lannister wants to clinch up but Martinez keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrion Lannister showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lannister has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrion Lannister!