PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frederic Bastiat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastiat comes to the cage accompanied by Superstition. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bastiat
vs
Martin

188 cm
30
197 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

182 cm
31
185 lbs
15 - 21 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frederic Bastiat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Martin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastiat scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like James Martin has been cut.
Bastiat stuffs the takedown.
Bastiat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Martin but Martin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Bastiat gets a double leg takedown into Martin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bastiat drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Bastiat as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Martin screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Bastiat! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Frederic Bastiat!