PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zachariah Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne comes to the cage accompanied by Open your eyes before you die!. Martinez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Emperor's Dawn kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Wayne
vs
Martinez

184 cm
31
166 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

178 cm
33
162 lbs
24 - 17 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
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 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Zachariah Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot lands for Martinez.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martinez.
Martinez throws a push kick but Wayne slaps the foot to one side.
Wayne checks a low kick from Martinez.
Wayne throws a hook to the side of Martinez's head but Martinez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot by Martinez.
Martinez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wayne.
Wayne lands a right hook to the body.
Martinez lands a jab to the head.
Good exchange - Martinez coming out on top.
Wayne works the jab nicely.
Wayne works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wayne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands with a right hand.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Martinez throws a leg kick which misses Wayne's front leg but catches the back leg as Wayne tries to avoid it.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wayne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Both fighters circling a little - Wayne finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wayne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martinez throws out the jab.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wayne.
Martinez misses the jab.
Wayne lands a jab to Martinez's midsection.
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Wayne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martinez can pounce on him.
Wayne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wayne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wayne takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
and Wayne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands with an uppercut that bounces Martinez off the cage and back into range.
Martinez loads up on a big right hand but Wayne slips the punch.
Zachariah Wayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good work by Wayne as he checks the leg kick.
Wayne lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martinez backs up against the cage.

It looks like Richard Martinez has been cut.
Wayne staying out of range there.
Wayne lands with an overhand left.
Wayne misses with an uppercut.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martinez scores with a leg kick.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Wayne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martinez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A lazy left from Martinez finds it's target.
Martinez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martinez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Martinez is looking to chop away at Wayne's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A shot to the liver by Wayne. Beautiful body shot.
Wayne avoids the head kick by Martinez.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Wayne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wayne tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martinez slips under a jab.
Wayne stuffs the takedown.
Wayne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martinez can pounce on him.
Wayne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
Nice body punch from Wayne.
Martinez throws a push kick but Wayne slaps the foot to one side.
Martinez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne scores with a jab to the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Martinez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Martinez throws a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wayne. Martinez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Wayne moves out of range of the leg kick from Martinez.
Martinez throws a low kick but Wayne avoids it.
Wayne swings widly with a right hand

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wayne tries to get to full guard but Martinez has control of the leg.
Martinez wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wayne is trying to maintain the position but Martinez is very close to passing his half guard.
Martinez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wayne defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Martinez is looking to advance position but Wayne won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachariah Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Martinez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch lands to the side of Wayne 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wayne works Martinez's body with a nice hook.
Martinez pushes Wayne away with a front kick.
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martinez throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Martinez misses.
Martinez moves out of range as Wayne throws a body kick.
Martinez throws a hook but Wayne avoids it easily.
Wayne connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wayne checks a leg kick nicely.
Martinez walks into a stiff left hand from Wayne.
A jab from Martinez misses.
Wayne throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wayne connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinez takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wayne with a nice cross.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses.
Martinez slips a straight right by Wayne.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martinez.
Martinez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wayne on the side of the head.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A clash of legs there as Wayne blocks the low kick.
Wayne connects with an inside leg kick.
Wayne fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martinez on the side of the head.
Wayne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martinez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wayne scrambles back to his feet.
Martinez scores with a leg kick.
Wayne scores with a jab to the body.
Zachariah Wayne is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez throws a low kick but Wayne moves out of range easily.
Wayne thows a body kick. Martinez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Wayne's head but Wayne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
Martinez checks the leg kick.
Wayne slips under a jab from Martinez.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martinez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wayne's sensitive parts.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Wayne scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wayne misses with an uppercut.
Wayne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wayne finds it's way round the side to connect with Martinez's head.
Wayne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Martinez checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martinez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Martinez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wayne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Martinez momentarily.
Wayne takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slow jab from Wayne misses its intended target.
Wayne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martinez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Martinez is looking to chop away at Wayne's legs.
Wayne lands a jab to the head.
Wayne tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Good standup being displayed there by Wayne as he connects with a hook.
Wayne avoids the head kick by Martinez.
Martinez moves forwards but Wayne connects with a nice, crisp jab.

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!
Wayne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Martinez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wayne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez dives in and grabs Wayne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wayne pushes down on Martinez's head and hops out.
Martinez misses with a body kick.
Horrible takedown by Martinez or perhaps it was just good defense by Wayne which made him look bad.
Wayne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinez.
Wayne misses with a straight left.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Martinez walks into a stiff left hand from Wayne.
Wayne avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez walks into a stiff left hand from Wayne.

Martinez is rocked!
Wayne throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Wayne finish him?
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Martinez moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachariah Wayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Martinez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Martinez throws a leg kick which misses Wayne's front leg but catches the back leg as Wayne tries to avoid it.
Martinez seems to have recovered his senses.
Martinez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martinez misses with a low kick as Wayne jumps back.
Wayne scores with a jab.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
Wayne thuds his right hand into Martinez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wayne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wayne scoring well with a low kick there.
Wayne lands a leg kick that knocks Martinez off balance momentarily.
Wayne blocks the body kick.
Wayne lands a right hook to the body.
Wayne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wayne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wayne misses with a looping right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martinez, as that shot connected.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wayne momentarily.
Wayne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wayne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Wayne looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Martinez moves out of range of the strikes.
Martinez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wayne lands with a shot to the body.
Wayne misses with a hook.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
Wayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wayne's sensitive parts.
Martinez feints and then cracks Wayne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wayne down.
Good work by Wayne as he checks the leg kick.
Wayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez throws an overhand right that lands on Wayne's shoulder, as Wayne tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Wayne checks a leg kick.
Wayne misses the shot to the body.
Wayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Wayne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wayne misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wayne's sensitive parts.
Wayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wayne is able to avoid easily.
Nice cross by Martinez.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Wayne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martinez looks to land a left hand but Wayne moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wayne. Martinez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richard Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wayne tries to avoid it but Martinez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wayne to the ground. Wayne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Martinez wants to slow Wayne down by chopping away at his legs.
Wayne loads up on a big right hand but Martinez slips the punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Martinez.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez cracks Wayne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wayne looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wayne can pounce on him.
Wayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez misses with a leg kick.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wayne.
Martinez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez cracks Wayne with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne scores with a body shot.
Martinez tries to score with a low kick but Wayne moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez throws a big shot that misses.
Wayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wayne scores with a three punch combo!
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Oooooh!!! Wayne has knocked Martinez down with a huge combo! Wayne steps away and waves a wobbly Martinez back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Wayne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wayne works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Martinez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wayne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Martinez tries a head kick but it misses.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez takes one to the chin there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zachariah Wayne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wayne, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachariah Wayne!
After winning the bout, Zachariah Wayne thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.