PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Emperor's Dawn. Worthy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drop the world kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Worthy

178 cm
32
162 lbs
23 - 16 - 2

182 cm
30
167 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Worthy's head but Worthy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Worthy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
Martinez takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
Martinez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Martinez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Worthy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Martinez misses.
Worthy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martinez misses with a leg kick.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez is looking to score with low kicks.
A good leg kick by Martinez.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Martinez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Worthy's sensitive parts.
Martinez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Worthy throws a body punch but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez cracks a nice hook into Worthy's ribs.
Martinez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Worthy is out of range.
Worthy works Martinez's body with a nice hook.
Worthy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Worthy misses with a looping right.
Martinez tries to work over Worthy's front leg with a kick but Worthy checks it.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body. Worthy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marlon Worthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Worthy avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Worthy connects with a jab.
Martinez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Martinez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Worthy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez connects with an inside leg kick.
Martinez tries to score with a low kick but Worthy moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez thumps Worthy with a low kick.
Martinez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Worthy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Martinez digs a good hook to Worthy's body.
Worthy throws a push kick but Martinez slaps the foot to one side.
Martinez falls off balance throwing a combination

and Worthy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Martinez tries to stall but Worthy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Worthy scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Worthy backwards.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Worthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Worthy swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Martinez throws a jab when Worthy was well out of range.
Martinez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Martinez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Worthy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Martinez tried to score with a low kick but Worthy checks it.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Worthy's calf.
Worthy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Worthy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a leg kick which misses Worthy's front leg but catches the back leg as Worthy tries to avoid it.
Worthy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martinez can pounce on him.
Worthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut lands for Martinez. That snapped Worthy's head back.
Worthy looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
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 shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Martinez cracks the inside of Worthy's front leg.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Worthy is just out of range.
Worthy swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Martinez.
Martinez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab by Martinez.
Martinez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martinez scores with a jab to the head.
Worthy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Martinez misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Worthy coming out on top.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good standup being displayed there by Martinez as he connects with a hook.
Richard Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Worthy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Worthy blocks a head kick by Martinez.
Martinez moves out of range as Worthy strikes.
Martinez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Worthy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martinez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Martinez tenderised Worthy's leg. Worthy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Worthy jabs at Martinez's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.
Martinez throws a big shot that misses.
Martinez looks for the body kick but Worthy saw that one coming.
Worthy scores with the left hand. Martinez knows he should have avoided that one.
Martinez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Worthy on the side of the head.
Worthy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
Martinez throws a leg kick

and Worthy counters by clinching up.
Worthy works on Martinez's body with a couple of short punches.
Worthy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Martinez jumps into guard, dragging Worthy to the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez is trying to hold Worthy in close to prevent damage but Worthy has managed to pass into half guard.
Worthy wants to stand but Martinez has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy wants to stand up but Martinez manages to regain full guard.
Martinez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez is trying to hold Worthy in close to prevent damage but Worthy has managed to pass into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Worthy is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has a hand on Worthy's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Worthy takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Martinez is in all sorts of trouble here.

Worthy stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez jabs Worthy right on the nose. Worthy blinks but takes it well.
Martinez throws a low kick, looking for Worthy's leg but Worthy calmly moves out of range.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Worthy.
Worthy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Worthy has closed the distance and engaged Martinez in a clinch.
Worthy working aggressively here.
Worthy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Worthy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worthy lands a shoulder strike.
Worthy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez is looking to break free of the clinch but Worthy has double underhooks.
Worthy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marlon Worthy 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! And we move into the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Martinez.
Martinez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Worthy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Martinez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Worthy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Martinez.
A telegraphed right hand from Worthy misses the target.
Martinez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Martinez takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
Worthy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martinez lands the left hand.
Martinez throws a nice outside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Worthy blocks the low kick.
That kick from Worthy tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Worthy misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez thows a body kick. Worthy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Worthy throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Worthy moves out of range of the body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Worthy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Martinez throws out a loose jab but Worthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Worthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Worthy misses.
Martinez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Martinez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Worthy.
Martinez connects with a single shot there.
Martinez lands a leg kick that knocks Worthy off balance momentarily.
Worthy lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martinez doesn't seem bothered though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martinez.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Worthy is just out of range.

Worthy takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Worthy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Worthy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Worthy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Worthy scores with a shoulder strike.
Worthy stalling in the clinch.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez has Worthy pressed against the cage.
Worthy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthy lands an uppercut.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Worthy throws a body punch but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Worthy blocks the low kick.
Martinez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Worthy works over Martinez's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Richard Martinez has been cut.
Martinez looks to throw the jab but Worthy is out of range.
Worthy slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Martinez throws a hook but Worthy avoids it easily.
Martinez lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Worthy has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Worthy is controlling the position.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Worthy avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the cage.
Worthy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Worthy misses with some punches.
Martinez is looking for a takedown.
Worthy misses with the head strike.
Worthy tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Worthy back against the cage.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. Worthy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Worthy doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinez circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Worthy is looking to clinch but Martinez is avoiding it.
Martinez tries a head kick but it misses.
Worthy lands with a good body shot.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marlon Worthy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Worthy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

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