PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanji Yokohama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin has chosen Freude schöner Götter Funken as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Yokohama
vs
Martin

195 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sanji Yokohama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Martin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokohama scores with a leg kick.

Martin feints and as Yokohama raises his hands in defense, Martin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Martin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Martin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martin thows a big elbow that misses.
Martin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yokohama is keeping the position for now.
Martin scoring with some ground and pound.

Yokohama is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Martin is aware though and is defending well.
Yokohama 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Martin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yokohama keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Martin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yokohama preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yokohama wants to sweep here but Martin controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yokohama is looking for a triangle but Martin pushes his legs off easily.
Martin wanted to stand there but Yokohama had control of the position.

Yokohama throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Yokohama tries for a takedown but Martin circles away easily

and Martin counters with a single leg into guard. Yokohama didn't expect that.
Yokohama is breathing heavily.

Martin drops back looking for a leg! Yokohama is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yokohama manages to kick Martin off! Martin jumps back into Yokohama's guard.

Yokohama is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martin defends well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin trying to control but Yokohama is working from the bottom.

Yokohama looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yokohama keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.

Martin drops back looking for a leg! Yokohama is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yokohama manages to kick Martin off! Martin jumps back into Yokohama's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Yokohama.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Martin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Sanji Yokohama has been cut.

Martin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yokohama manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Martin advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Martin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Yokohama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.
Yokohama is looking to improve his position.

Martin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Yokohama defends it well.
Yokohama moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Martin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Yokohama is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martin defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Yokohama looking for a guillotine here but Martin defends easily.
Martin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Martin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Yokohama.
Martin wants to control from the top but Yokohama keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sanji Yokohama's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yokohama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martin tries to clinch up.
Yokohama closes the distance but Martin moves to the side

and Martin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Yokohama is staying active underneath Martin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Yokohama is defending against the submission attempts here by Martin.
Martin drops an elbow to the side of Yokohama's head.
Martin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yokohama. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yokohama trying to hold on to Martin's head to control him but Martin postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin is trying to work for a kimura but Yokohama is defending well.

Yokohama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Martin is looking to take a break and control but Yokohama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Yokohama is defending against the submission attempts here by Martin.
Yokohama wants to improve his position but Martin is controlling well.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Martin trying to control from half guard but Yokohama is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Martin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokohama circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
A right-left combo lands from Martin.
Yokohama throws a head kick that half lands.

Martin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yokohama manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Martin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Yokohama is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Martin, into his guard.
Martin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Martin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yokohama doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yokohama manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Yokohama drops back looking for a leg! Martin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Martin manages to kick Yokohama off! Yokohama jumps back into Martin's guard.
Yokohama has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Martin is proving hard to escape from.

Martin looking for a guillotine here but Yokohama defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Martin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Martin has his foot on Yokohama's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yokohama works his way back into a safe position though.

Martin has his foot on Yokohama's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yokohama works his way back into a safe position though.
Yokohama wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Martin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sanji Yokohama's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Yokohama rushes Martin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Yokohama tries for a takedown. No joy.
Martin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yokohama goes for a takedown in the clinch but Martin prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Martin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yokohama smiles and moves away.
Yokohama with a lazy takedown attempt

and Martin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yokohama won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sanji Yokohama. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Martin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yokohama is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Yokohama tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.
Yokohama wants to control but Martin postures up.
Yokohama is trying to improve his position.
Martin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Yokohama to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yokohama is looking to reverse the position.

Martin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yokohama tries to improve position but can't.
Yokohama gets back to half guard.
Yokohama is trying to maintain the position but Martin is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martin drops an elbow to the side of Yokohama's head.
Martin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Martin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yokohama doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Martin.
Yokohama is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Martin gets the takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Martin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Martin is pressing down on Yokohama's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Martin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yokohama trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Yokohama thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martin is on top in guard.

Yokohama has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Martin pushing down on Yokohama's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama manages to get to full guard.
Martin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Yokohama looking for a guillotine here but Martin defends easily.

Yokohama escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Martin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Martin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Martin wants to control from the top but Yokohama keeps moving.
Sanji Yokohama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Martin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Yokohama working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Martin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Martin!