PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between James Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Ardona has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ardona
vs
Martinez

178 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

162 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Ardona!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roger Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ardona throws a combination that misses
and Martinez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Ardona finds it's way through Martinez's defenses.
Ardona jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martinez throws an off balance right hand
and Ardona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martinez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ardona shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Martinez eats them both and turns towards Ardona to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Martinez cracks Ardona with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ardona paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
James Ardona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ardona lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Martinez scores with a one two! Ardona had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by Ardona.
Martinez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ardona throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ardona lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Martinez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ardonas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ardona lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardona scores with a nice strike.
Ardona tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ardona is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ardona scores with a jab.
Ardona is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ardona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ardona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ardona moves away.
Martinez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ardona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Martinez takes one on the button.
Martinez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ardona is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ardona misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ardona cracks a nice hook into Martinez's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ardona falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martinez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ardona was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
Ardona misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Ardona misses the target.
A slow jab from Ardona misses its intended target.
Ardona is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ardona takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ardona misses with a wild combination.
Martinez defending well as Ardona loads up on a big left hand.
A nice combination there by Ardona.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martinez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Martinez. Beautiful body shot.
Martinez takes a swing at Ardona's ribcage but misses.
Martinez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ardona throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Ardona lands a jab-cross combination.
Ardona with a jab.
Martinez connects with a looping right hand.
Ardona misses with a two punch combination.
Ardona lands a glancing blow to the side of Martinez's head.
Ardona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ardona is breathing heavily.
Martinez lands with a nice body punch.
Martinez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martinez lunges at Ardona with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ardona's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez catches Ardona napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Ardona crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Martinez raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roger Martinez!
Roger Martinez is the new lightweight champion!
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