PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Honey Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tino Martha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martha has chosen TRIBAL SEEDS- ISLAND GIRL as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Badger
vs
Martha

173 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
27
152 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

KAISER
Ganja's Warehouse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Honey Badger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tino Martha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Badger misses with a right hand
and Martha counters with a nice body shot.
Martha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Badger moves out of range of the body kick.
Martha throws a body punch but Badger moves out of range.
Martha throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Badger swings widly with a right hand
and Martha counters with a nice uppercut.
Badger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Badger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Badger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martha's head backwards.
Martha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Martha finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martha looks for the body kick but Badger saw that one coming.
Martha fakes the leg kick and cracks Badger in the body.
Martha throws a body kick that misses.
Badger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martha missing with a left hand there. Badger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martha looks to land a body kick but Badger moved away.
Martha lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martha looks to throw a body kick
and Badger counters with a nice body shot.
Martha throws a wild body kick that Badger sees coming a mile off.
Martha just misses with a punch to the body.
Badger blocks the body kick.
Martha is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Badger rather than just go for the knockout.
Martha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Badger.
Badger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch lands to the side of Martha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Badger looks to throw the jab but Martha is out of range.
Badger slips under a jab from Martha.
Martha lands with a nice body punch.
Martha avoids the head kick by Badger.
Martha throws a lazy body kick
and Badger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Badger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Badger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martha lands a body shot.
Martha ducks under a wild hook from Badger.
A head kick misses from Badger.
Martha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Badger throws a head kick but Martha moves out of range.
Badger looks to land a right hand but Martha moved out of range.
A low kick from Martha misses
and Badger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Badger misses with a looping right.
Martha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Badger.
Martha cracks Badger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Badger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martha.
Badger throws out a leg kick but Martha moves out of range and Badger only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martha throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Badger misses with a hook. Martha ducked under it nicely.
Martha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Martha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badger.
Martha just misses with a punch to the body.
Badger fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martha is out of range.
Badger throws out a loose jab but Martha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Badger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martha lands a right hook to the body.
Badger scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Martha swings for the body but Badger moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Badger misses its intended target.
Martha thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Badger if he has to take too many more of those.
Badger is looking to land body kicks.
Martha lands with a hook. Badger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Martha fails to land with a series of punches.
Martha takes a swing at Badger's ribcage but misses.
Martha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Badger.
Martha scores with a shot to the body.
Martha looks to score with a jab to the body but Badger is just out of range.
Martha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Badger's sensitive parts.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Badger fails to land with a series of punches.
Martha throws a body kick that misses.
Martha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badger thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tino Martha dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Martha throws a head kick but Badger moves out of range.
Martha throws a half hearted mid kick.
Badger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Badger misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Martha.
Good shot there by Martha.
Martha swings for the body but Badger moves out of range.
Badger lands a really nice looking cross but Martha seems unphased.
Martha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martha lands a right hook to the body.
Martha throws a body punch but Badger moves out of range.
Badger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martha misses the jab.
A jab from Martha does it's job there.
Badger misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badger scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Martha misses with a wild body shot.
Badger lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Martha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Badger misses its intended target.
Martha pushes Badger away with a front kick.
Martha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Martha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badger.
Martha throws a body punch but Badger moves out of range.
Badger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martha.
Martha misses with a head kick.
Martha misses with a shot to the body
and Badger counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Badger finds it's way through Martha's defenses.
Badger cracks Martha with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martha moves out of range of the strikes.
Martha slips a straight right by Badger.
Badger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martha's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badger blocks the body kick.
Martha throws a right hand that Badger ducks under and follows up with a left that Badger also avoids with ease.
Martha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Badger was well out of range. Poor timing from Martha.
Badger moves out of range of the body kick.
No joy there for Martha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Badger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Badger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martha lands a head shot.
Martha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Badger.
Tino Martha seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martha lands with a nice body kick.
Martha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Badger. That did some damage!
Badger lands an overhand right.
Martha throws a hook to the side of Badger's head but Badger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Badger connects with a high kick.

It looks like Tino Martha has been cut.
Martha tries a head kick but it misses.
Badger misses with a low kick.
Martha lands a right hook to the body.
Badger throws a shot from downtown. Martha moves away and avoids it.
Badger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Badger takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badger throws a hook but Martha blocks it.
Badger avoids the head kick by Martha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badger cracks Martha with a right hand to the side of the head.
Martha throws a left and a right that both miss
and Badger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martha uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Badger has time to react.
Badger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice cross by Badger.
Martha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martha swings for the body but Badger moves out of range.
Martha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Badger circles away quickly and effectively.
Badger is looking to chop away at Martha's legs.
Martha jabs Badger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martha lands a nice looking kick to the body. Badger takes a step back to recover.
Martha throws a front kick aimed at Badger's knee but Badger avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tino Martha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tino Martha's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Martha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Badger.
Martha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martha walks into a jab.
Martha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Badger lands a jab to the nose.
Martha misses with a wild body shot.
Martha comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Badger moves out of range as Martha strikes.
Badger will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Badger throws an off balance right hand
and Martha counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Badger is rocked!
Badger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martha looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Martha backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Badger's temple! It sends Badger violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Martha celebrates and the doctors try to help Badger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Tino Martha!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tino Martha thanked Ganja's Warehouse for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).