PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otavio Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remy Jacquard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacquard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Maitre Gims - J'me tire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Martins
vs
Jacquard

182 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Otavio Martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Remy Jacquard!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martins lands with an overhand left.
Martins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jacquard.
Martins throws a right hand that misses
letting Jacquard counter with a right hand.
Jacquard ducks under a wild hook from Martins.
Martins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jacquard manages to avoid it.
Martins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Martins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jacquard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Martins connects with the punch.
Martins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacquard drops his hands momentarily and Martins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jacquard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacquard slips a straight right by Martins.
Martins connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Martins misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jacquard swivels and escapes.
Jacquard misses the shot to the body.
Jacquard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Remy Jacquard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jacquard staying out of range there.
Martins misses with a hook
and Jacquard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jacquard looks to land a left hand but Martins moved out of range nicely.
Martins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jacquard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jacquard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A shot to the body from Martins misses
and Jacquard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martins misses with a left hand
and Jacquard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danga de danga de dang - Martins scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacquard motions for Martins to come forward. Jacquard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martins tries for a takedown but Jacquard circles away easily
and Jacquard counters with a nice uppercut.
Martins punishes Jacquard's body with a nice straight punch.
Jacquard avoids the body shot from Martins.
Jacquard takes a swing at Martins's ribcage but misses.
Jacquard misses with a hook.
Martins bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Martins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Martins does it's job there.
Martins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jacquard.
Martins misses with a left hand
and Jacquard counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Martins.
Martins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jacquard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A lazy left from Martins finds it's target.
Jacquard scoring well with a low kick there.
Martins misses with a straight right.
Martins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jacquard manages to avoid it.
Martins lands a slapping body shot.
Martins misses with a body shot.
Martins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jacquard slips a jab from Martins.
Jacquard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martins.
Jacquard's corner calls for a 1-2. Jacquard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jacquard slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jacquard! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacquard defending well as Martins loads up on a big left hand.
Jacquard throws a lazy head kick
and Martins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jacquard throws a head kick but Martins moves out of range.
Martins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jacquard lands a leg kick that knocks Martins off balance momentarily.
Martins throws a combination that misses
and Jacquard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martins looks to land a left hand but Jacquard moved out of range nicely.
Martins connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martins throws an off balance right hand
and Jacquard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jacquard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Martins.
Otavio Martins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martins works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Otavio Martins will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martins loads up on a big right hand but Jacquard slips the punch.
Martins backing away here, and Jacquard unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jacquard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martins throws out the jab.
Martins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Martins tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Martins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martins looks to land a right hand but Jacquard moved out of range.
Jacquard misses with a looping right.
Martins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martins throws a big shot that misses.
Jacquard misses with a body shot.
Martins throws an off balance right hand
and Jacquard counters with a straight right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacquard lands the left hand.
Jacquard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jacquard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Martins.
Martins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jacquard.
Martins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jacquard.
Jacquard lands a jab to Martins's midsection.
Jacquard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A decent looking cross lands there for Martins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martins misses with a body punch
and Jacquard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martins misses with a hook. Jacquard ducked under it nicely.
Jacquard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins misses with a body shot
and Jacquard counters with an outside leg kick.
Martins misses with a left hand
and Jacquard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Martins is rocked!
Martins throws a right hand that misses
and Jacquard counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh Martins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jacquard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jacquard cracks Martins with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Martins tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Jacquard pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Martins is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Remy Jacquard!
In his post fight interview, Remy Jacquard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.