PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Bomaye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Highway To The Danger Zone. Bomaye has chosen Ali Bomaye as his entrance music. Ali Bomaye will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Martinez
vs
Bomaye

186 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

201 cm
21
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ali Bomaye!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a double jab.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bomaye misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Bomaye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez walks into a stiff left hand from Bomaye.

It looks like Thiago Martinez has been cut.
No joy there for Bomaye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ali Bomaye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Martinez darts in and clinches Bomaye up against the cage.
Bomaye prevents a takedown attempt there.
Martinez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Bomaye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bomaye counters with a nice body kick.

Bomaye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.

Bomaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bomaye throws a combination that misses

and Martinez counters by clinching up.
Bomaye wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bomaye stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Bomaye manages to break the clinch.
Bomaye misses with the combination.
Bomaye throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.

Martinez rushes Bomaye and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez is trying to break free.

Bomaye manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez moves into the clinch.

Bomaye breaks from the clinch.

Martinez takes the fight into the clinch.

Bomaye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Bomaye is avoiding it.
Bomaye wants to clinch

and Martinez counters by clinching up.

Bomaye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez moves out of range of the body kick from Bomaye.
Bomaye tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
Donk. Martinez catches Bomaye right on the button with a cross.
Bomaye throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bomaye looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bomaye misses with a two punch combination.

Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Bomaye wants to get back to striking at distance but Martinez won't allow it.
Bomaye looks gassed!
Bomaye can't break the clinch.
Bomaye keeps control of Martinez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Martinez lands a shot to the body.
Bomaye trying to land knees to the body.
Bomaye wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bomaye goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bomaye is trying to break free.
Bomaye can't break the clinch.
Bomaye tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bomaye wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.

Martinez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bomaye clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Martinez gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Martinez lands strikes to the head.

Bomaye is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez is hanging on to Bomaye's back as he tries to escape.
Bomaye is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
Martinez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Bomaye!
Bomaye turns into Martinez and is now in his guard.
Bomaye trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bomaye controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Martinez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bomaye on the ground.
Bomaye seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bomaye advances position into side control!
Bomaye lands some shots froms side control.
Bomaye controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bomaye trying to control the action but Martinez is working from the bottom.

Bomaye stands up and beckons Martinez to his feet.
Martinez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Martinez darts in trying to clinch
and Bomaye finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Martinez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bomaye. That one must have hurt.
Martinez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martinez wants to clinch but Bomaye slips to the side
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bomaye throws a low kick but it's checked well by Martinez.
Bomaye misses with a combination
and Martinez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bomaye throws an off balance right hand
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bomaye is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bomaye moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bomaye tries to land a front kick but Martinez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bomaye tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Martinez counters with a series of strikes. Bomaye will be more careful next time no doubt.

Martinez moves into the clinch.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bomaye has him pressed against the cage.
Bomaye wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Bomaye is controlling the position.

Bomaye breaks from the clinch.

Martinez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bomaye!
Bomaye takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Martinez punching from mount but Bomaye doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bomaye is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bomaye manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bomaye preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Martinez wants to pass the guard but Bomaye is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ali Bomaye will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiago Martinez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martinez rushes Bomaye and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Bomaye is controlling the position.
Martinez has had enough of the clinch but Bomaye keeps him there for the moment.
Martinez wants a takedown.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bomaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martinez misses with a double jab
and Bomaye makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Martinez really felt that one!

Bomaye tries to keep at a distance but Martinez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Bomaye is controlling the position.
Bomaye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bomaye breaks from the clinch.
Bomaye throws a combination. Martinez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Bomaye misses with a double jab.
Martinez shoots in but Bomaye avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez checks a leg kick nicely.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Martinez duly obliges.
Bomaye looks to land a left hand but Martinez moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomaye misses with a hook
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Martinez clinches up against the cage.
Martinez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Martinez can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bomaye breaks from the clinch.
Bomaye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martinez wants to clinch but Bomaye slips to the side
and Bomaye counters with a low kick, right behind Martinez 's knee.
Thiago Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Martinez gets a clinch.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bomaye breaks the clinch.
Bomaye slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Bomaye keeps it at a distance.
Ali Bomaye seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Martinez moves into the clinch.
Bomaye keeps control of Martinez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Martinez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bomaye gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bomaye prevents Martinez from breaking the clinch.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Martinez wants to break free but Bomaye has control.

Bomaye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A good leg kick by Bomaye.

Martinez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bomaye makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bomaye.
Bomaye manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martinez manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bomaye looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Bomaye gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bomaye swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Martinez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Bomaye working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martinez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Bomaye is tightening it up a little... Martinez has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Martinez reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Martinez taps out! nice BJJ there by Bomaye!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ali Bomaye!