PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kores Sierra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alejandro Martinez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kores Sierra's chin.

Martinez
vs
Sierra

183 cm
25
166 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big right hand

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Intelligent

Mango Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alejandro Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kores Sierra!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws a jab when Sierra was well out of range.
Sierra moves away from the strike by Martinez.
Martinez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sierra takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Sierra.
Sierra shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Martinez pinned against the cage. Martinez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Martinez stuffs the takedown attempt from Sierra. Sierra gets slowly back to his feet.
Alejandro Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Martinez throws an overhand right that lands on Sierra's shoulder, as Sierra tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Martinez.
Sierra takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Sierra manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Martinez on his heels. He'll look to pass Martinez's guard now, I'm sure.
Sierra scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martinez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sierra on the ground.
Sierra cracks Martinez with a solid left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez wants to get back to his feet but Sierra is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sierra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sierra working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martinez's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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.
Sierra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sierra lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Martinez throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Martinez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sierra is one step ahead there.
Sierra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sierra tries to stand but Martinez is controlling from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sierra's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sierra would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sierra makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but Sierra is having none of it.
Sierra stands up over Martinez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Sierra keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Martinez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sierra is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sierra chips away with some ground and pound.
Sierra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sierra with a nice head shot there.
Sierra postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sierra won't allow Martinez to sweep him here.
Martinez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sierra works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Sierra lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Martinez is rocked!
Sierra distracts Martinez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oh Martinez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sierra won't allow Martinez to get back to his feet.
Martinez seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Sierra connects with a couple of short punches.
Sierra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Martinez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sierra is controlling him.
Sierra lands a couple of elbows.
Sierra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sierra distracts Martinez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Martinez looking for a sweep. Not yet Martinez, not yet.
Sierra distracts Martinez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sierra keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sierra postures up and lands a big shot to Martinez's brow.
Martinez wants to sweep here but Sierra controlling him for the moment.
Sierra is looking to stand up but Martinez won't let him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sierra postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sierra cracks Martinez with a solid left hand.
Martinez wants to stand but Sierra is controlling the position.
Sierra is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sierra lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sierra working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sierra postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez wants to stand up but Sierra is controlling him.
Sierra with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sierra lands a couple of elbows.
Martinez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sierra is in close to Martinez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Martinez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sierra postures up and lands a big shot to Martinez's brow.
Sierra works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Martinez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sierra is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sierra works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Sierra preventing the sweep.
Martinez tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kores Sierra dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Martinez leaves Sierra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sierra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sierra shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense.
Alejandro Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kores Sierra.
Martinez with a jab.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Martinez slaps away a takedown attempt from Sierra, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sierra slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez dips to his left and cracks Sierra with an uppercut!
Sierra darts in looking for a takedown but Martinez gets double underhooks and turns Sierra into the cage.

Sierra has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Martinez is trying to keep an underhook but Sierra manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sierra prevents Martinez from improving his position.
Sierra 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.
Sierra is breathing heavily.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Sierra there.
Kores Sierra has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sierra prevents Martinez from standing back up.
Sierra working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Sierra.
Martinez wants to get back to full guard.
Martinez tries to kick Sierra off but Sierra keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Martinez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sierra scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Martinez pushes Sierra off looking to stand but Sierra dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Sierra there.
Martinez flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sierra tries to stand and escape but Martinez is controlling the position.
Martinez has hold of Sierra's hands but Sierra slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sierra uses his free foot to push down on Martinez's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Martinez.
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 is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Sierra lands a couple of good shots and Martinez has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sierra lands punches and elbows.
Sierra is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Sierra gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Sierra gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Sierra apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!

Sierra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sierra working over Martinez with some ground and pound. Martinez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sierra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martinez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sierra prevents Martinez from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Sierra.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sierra connects with a nice short shot to Martinez's temple.
Sierra lands with a punch from half guard.
Sierra has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sierra wants to stand but Martinez has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Martinez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sierra scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martinez wants to improve his position but Sierra is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Sierra.
Sierra slips a nice elbow through Martinez's hands, connecting with Martinez's forehead.
Sierra drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra winds up and cracks Martinez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Martinez tries to kick Sierra off but Sierra keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sierra prevents Martinez from improving his position.
Martinez taking some punishment here, with Sierra in his half guard.
Martinez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sierra scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Sierra.
Sierra 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.
Sierra scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Martinez is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sierra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Martinez looks like he's trying to stand up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sierra drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Sierra is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sierra scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sierra lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sierra drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Martinez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Martinez is looking to escape.
Martinez taking some punishment here, with Sierra in his half guard.
Sierra tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Martinez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez tries to get to full guard but Sierra has control of the leg.
Sierra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kores Sierra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sierra.
Martinez misses with an uppercut.
Martinez leaves Sierra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sierra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sierra shoots in looking for a takedown but Martinez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sierra's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Alejandro Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kores Sierra.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sierra.
Martinez stalks Sierra and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sierra's face. Sierra staggers backwards, shaken.
Martinez lands the left hand.
Nice takedown defense from Martinez. No joy for Sierra on that attempt.
Martinez lands a nice hook to Sierra's body. Sierra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sierra.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sierra manages to avoid it.
Martinez lands a jab to Sierra's midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sierra needs to keep his hands up - Martinez had a free shot at his head there.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. Sierra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sierra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martinez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martinez wants it to stay on the feet.
Alejandro Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
Sierra dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Sierra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martinez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sierra tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.
Sierra walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martinez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sierras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sierra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Sierra ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Sierra slips under a jab from Martinez.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. Sierra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sierra moves out of range of the strikes.
Sierra tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Martinez defends well and Sierra ends up having to push Martinez into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Alejandro Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martinez wants to break free but Sierra has control.
Sierra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Martinez pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Martinez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sierra.
Martinez throws out a loose jab but Sierra uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Martinez.
Martinez misses the jab.
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 lands with a straight right. Sierra didn't see that one coming.
Sierra is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Martinez tests Sierra's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sierra walks into a left hand.
Sierra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martinez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Sierra dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Sierra's head and hops out.
Martinez lands with an uppercut that bounces Sierra off the cage and back into range.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martinez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sierra doesn't seem bothered though.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Sierra shoots in but no luck this time.
Martinez cracks Sierra with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Martinez scores with a jab to the body.
Alejandro Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sierra ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sierra is defended easily by Martinez.
Sierra takes one to the side of the head.
Martinez throws the left hand but Sierra avoids the punch easily.
Sierra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sierra slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sierra looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Martinez is fending him off so far but Sierra persists. Nope, Martinez circles away and we're back to standing.
Sierra throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Sierra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinez.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Sierra's head but Sierra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sierra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez throws a looping overhand right but Sierra ducks down to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Martinez as Sierra shoots in.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez misses the jab.
Sierra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinez.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No luck for Sierra with that takedown attempt.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Kores Sierra is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sierra 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kores Sierra!