PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateusz Wiaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Rage against the machine - Wake Up. Mateusz Wiaz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Martinez
vs
Wiaz

169 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mateusz Wiaz!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiaz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Martinez is trying to defend but Wiaz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Martinez trying to control but Wiaz postures up.
Wiaz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Wiaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martinez keeps working.
Wiaz tries to pass to full mount but Martinez defends it.
Martinez wants to control but Wiaz is keeping busy.
Martinez punching from the bottom.
Martinez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Martinez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wiaz 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 actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wiaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Martinez has wrist control.

Martinez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wiaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wiaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martinez being controlled here, momentarily.
Wiaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Wiaz from controlling successfully.
Wiaz is working Martinez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wiaz trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Wiaz lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wiaz.
Wiaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wiaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wiaz throwing strikes from guard but Martinez blocks nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiaz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wiaz scoring with some ground and pound.
Wiaz postures up.
Wiaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wiaz stopping the sweep attempt from Martinez.
Martinez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wiaz is in close to Martinez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martinez pulls Wiaz in close to prevent any damage.
Wiaz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wiaz wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
Martinez looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wiaz postures up.

Martinez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wiaz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wiaz trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wiaz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Martinez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wiaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wiaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wiaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Wiaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wiaz postures up and lands a big shot to Martinez's brow.
Wiaz postures up and lands a big shot to Martinez's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez has momentary wrist control but Wiaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Wiaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.
Wiaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martinez looking for a sweep. Not yet Martinez, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateusz Wiaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into Wiaz's guard.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Wiaz keeps moving.
Martinez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Wiaz looking for a guillotine here but Martinez defends easily.
Martinez stands and throws Wiaz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wiaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martinez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Martinez misses with the ground and pound.
Wiaz is trying to control Martinez's posture but Martinez avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martinez wants to control but Wiaz is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Wiaz's face as Martinez controls the position.
Wiaz is looking to reverse the position.
Martinez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wiaz keeps working.

Martinez swings around for an armbar but Wiaz sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Martinez's guard.
Wiaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wiaz landing with the ground and pound.
Wiaz wants to pass the guard but Martinez is keeping the position.
Wiaz works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wiaz lands a couple of digs.
Wiaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wiaz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez is trying to keep Wiaz in close.
Martinez looking for a sweep. Not yet Martinez, not yet.
Wiaz is fighting to break Martinez's control of his arms but Martinez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wiaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wiaz trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Wiaz stops Martinez from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz works over Martinez with some ground and pound from guard.
Wiaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wiaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wiaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Martinez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez being controlled here, momentarily.
Wiaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martinez working a defensive guard here.
Wiaz lands a couple of elbows.

Martinez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mateusz Wiaz has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wiaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wiaz wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wiaz drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Martinez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Wiaz has Martinez in his guard.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateusz Wiaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Martinez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Wiaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wiaz throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Wiaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez moves to clinch but Wiaz breaks away
and Wiaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wiaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wiaz pinned against the cage. Wiaz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Wiaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Wiaz gets tackled into the cage by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Martinez with a knee to the head.

Martinez breaks the clinch.
Wiaz slaps away a takedown attempt from Martinez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wiaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wiaz swivels and escapes.
Wiaz throws an overhand right that lands on Martinez's shoulder, as Martinez tries to avoid the shot.
Martinez looks to clinch
and Wiaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Victor Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Wiaz scores with a takedown into Martinez's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wiaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Martinez controls Wiaz momentarily but Wiaz frees himself.
Wiaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wiaz stands up over Martinez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Wiaz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wiaz controlling the pace.
Martinez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Martinez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wiaz!
Wiaz can't escape the position.
Wiaz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wiaz tries to lock up and control but Martinez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Victor Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Martinez is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Wiaz is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Wiaz flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Martinez anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Wiaz and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Martinez slips an arm under Wiaz chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Martinez has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Martinez is squeezing on Wiaz like an anaconda would it's prey. Wiaz fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Victor Martinez!
Post fight, Victor Martinez took to the microphone: 'Who's next?...... '.