PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Martin (ranked 6174 p4p, 717 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 24564 p4p, 939 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Balboa's choice of entrance music: Rocky Balboa. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Martin
vs
Balboa

185 cm
27
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

160 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bradley Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Balboa moves into the clinch successfully.
Balboa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balboa pushes Martin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martin tries to stall but Balboa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Balboa stalling.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Balboa.
Martin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Balboa walks away with a smile on his face. Martin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Balboa.
Martin connects with a crisp jab.
Balboa throws a combination that misses
enabling Martin to counter with a crisp jab.
Balboa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balboa fails to land with a series of punches.
Martin connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Balboa wants to counter with a clinch but Martin pushes him away.
Balboa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Martin.

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Balboa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Bradley Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Balboa.
Martin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Balboa with a poor takedown
and Martin counters with a nice body shot.
Balboa looks winded!
Martin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Balboa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Martin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Balboa has eaten all the pies!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Martin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Balboa quickly recovers to half guard.
Martin lands with a punch from half guard.
Martin trying to control the action but Balboa is working from the bottom.
Martin working over Balboa with some ground and pound. Balboa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Balboa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martin working Balboa over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Martin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martin is looking to take a break and control but Balboa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Balboa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martin is trying to control the action in half guard but Balboa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Martin working over Balboa with some ground and pound. Balboa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martin drops an elbow to the side of Balboa's head.
Balboa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Balboa has hold of Martin's hands but Martin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Martin there.
Nice strikes from Martin there.
Balboa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Martin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Martin wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
Martin lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice strikes from Martin there.
Martin is looking to take a break and control but Balboa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Martin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa has hold of Martin's hands but Martin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.
Martin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Martin 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.
Martin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balboa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Martin slips a nice elbow through Balboa's hands, connecting with Balboa's forehead.
Balboa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martin.
Martin working over Balboa with some ground and pound. Balboa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martin drops an elbow to the side of Balboa's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Martin working Balboa over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Martin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bradley Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Balboa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Balboa tries to clinch
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balboa moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Balboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martin circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin lands a jab to the nose.
Martin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Balboa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Balboa is rocked!
Martin lands a jab to Balboa's midsection.
Balboa is still on wobbly legs! Can Martin finish him?
Balboa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martin dodges the punch combination from Balboa.
Bradley Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martin rattles Balboa with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Balboa tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Martin dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Balboa stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bradley Martin!
Bradley Martin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.