PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Logan Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Deane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Martinez
vs
Deane

157 cm
19
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
157 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Logan Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zack Deane!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez wants to clinch up but Deane keeps it at a distance.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Deane as he jumps to the side.

Martinez drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Deane seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Martinez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Deane, up you get!
Deane shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Deane looks for a takedown but Martinez sprawls well.

Martinez clinches up with Deane and pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Deane is blocking nicely.
Deane looking for a takedown.
Logan Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zack Deane.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Deane drives through with a takedown into Martinez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Deane has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez is looking to stand up but Deane isn't so interested in that idea.

Martinez wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Deane to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Deane's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Martinez wriggles free and stands up.
Nice takedown defense from Deane. No joy for Martinez on that attempt.
Deane swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.

Deane closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Deane working the head and body with strikes.
Martinez really is a fat lump.

Martinez bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Martinez is breathing heavily.
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!
Deane shoots in but Martinez avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deane tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.
Martinez tries to clinch but Deane moves out of range.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.
Deane defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Martinez.

Deane shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Martinez's guard.
Deane trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martinez tries to get out of the position.
Deane throws a big right hand that misses.
Deane works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but Deane is having none of it.
Deane with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Deane stops Martinez from standing up.
Deane landing with the ground and pound.
Martinez really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Deane tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deane lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Martinez wants to stand up but Deane is controlling him.
Deane throwing strikes from guard but Martinez blocks nicely.
Deane working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martinez wants to stand up but Deane is controlling him.
Deane throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Deane works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Deane postures up in Martinez's guard and throws a big left but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but Deane is having none of it.
Deane lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Deane lands a couple of elbows.
Deane scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Deane from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deane landing some decent shots from guard.
Deane trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Deane throwing strikes from guard but Martinez blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Deane lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deane is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Deane works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.

Martinez kicks Deane off and gets to his feet.
Deane shoots and misses

and Martinez counters by moving into the clinch.

Deane is trying to trip Martinez. He has hold of a leg but Martinez is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Deane persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Martinez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Martinez has his feet on Deane's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Deane shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Martinez defends it nicely.
Martinez shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Deane dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Deane tries to score a power double leg takedown but Martinez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Deane somewhat.

Deane decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Martinez is trying to stand back up but Deane is controlling him

Deane seems to be looking for submissions.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Deane lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deane not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Deane lands strikes from half guard.
Martinez is trying to stand.

Deane seems to be working for a kimura but Martinez defends the submission attempt.
Deane working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez is defending against the submission attempts here by Deane.
Martinez pushes Deane off looking to stand but Deane dives back in and keeps control.
Deane working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deane frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Deane connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Deane with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
BOOM! Deane connects with a massive shot to the dome!
You get the feeling that Martinez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Zack Deane has got the better of the ground game so far.

Deane is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Martinez has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deane lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Martinez wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Deane cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deane scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Deane working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Martinez is trying to stand.
Deane working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
Martinez trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Deane working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Martinez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Deane lands a nice shot to the head.
Deane won't let Martinez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Deane working the ground and pound effectively.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
Deane postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Martinez looks a forlorn figure.
Martinez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Martinez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Deane with the ground and pound from mount.
Deane punishing his opponent with strikes.
Martinez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Deane landing strikes, looking to finish!
Deane lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Deane scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Martinez?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Martinez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Deane landing punches.
Martinez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Deane looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Deane won't let Martinez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Deane working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Martinez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez is in a horrible position here. Deane smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Deane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Deane tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches.

Martinez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Deane fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Martinez to the ground. Deane is now in Martinez's guard.
Deane won't allow Martinez to get back to his feet.
Deane throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martinez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Deane prevents Martinez from getting back to his feet.
Martinez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Deane lands a couple of digs.
Deane chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Deane's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Deane stops Martinez from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deane cracks Martinez with a solid left hand.
Deane content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but Deane is having none of it.
Martinez keeping full guard, as Deane tries to pass.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but Deane is having none of it.
Deane trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Deane with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Deane stops Martinez from standing up.
Deane working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Martinez wants to stand up but Deane is controlling him.
Deane wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has momentary wrist control but Deane slips an elbow through the middle.
Deane sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Martinez's guard.
Martinez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Deane scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ground and pound from Deane.
Deane is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Martinez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Deane landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
Deane is nestled in close to Martinez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Deane prevents Martinez from standing back up.
Deane lands with a punch from half guard.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Deane.
Martinez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Deane lands with a punch from half guard.
Martinez pushes Deane off looking to stand but Deane dives back in and keeps control.
Deane is pressing down on Martinez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martinez is holding on for now.
Martinez has hold of Deane's hands but Deane slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martinez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Deane scores with a couple of nice shots.
Deane drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.

Martinez kicks Deane off and gets back to his feet.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Deane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deane shoots for a takedown but Martinez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deane fails with the takedown

and Martinez counters by clinching up.
Logan Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zack Deane.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Deane drops down looking for an ankle pick but Martinez pulls his leg out and moves away.
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!
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Zack Deane is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Deane circles away and keeps his distance.

Deane decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Well, if Deane is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Logan Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Deane lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zack Deane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Deane winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zack Deane!
A relieved looking Zack Deane thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.