PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between adan martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ADAM ROBLES (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ROBLES has chosen WHO LET THE DOGS OUT as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that ADAM ROBLES was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

martinez
vs
ROBLES

192 cm
20
175 lbs
5 - 18 - 0

177 cm
20
170 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

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 5 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, adan martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, ADAM ROBLES!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

ROBLES scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
ROBLES is taking a breather. martinez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
martinez is looking to improve his position.

martinez is defending against the submission attempts here by ROBLES.
martinez trying to control from the bottom.

martinez looking for submissions off his back.
martinez wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

martinez looking for submissions off his back.
ROBLES seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but martinez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
martinez throws a series of punches but ROBLES moves out of range.
martinez tries to clinch there but ROBLES circles away.
martinez slaps away a takedown attempt from ROBLES, before circling back to the center of the mat.

ROBLES looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for martinez!
ROBLES wants to control the pace but martinez is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, ROBLES cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
martinez is wriggling around trying to escape.
ROBLES controlling from the full mount.
martinez is breathing heavily.

martinez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from ROBLES.
martinez wants to hold on but ROBLES pushes him away.
ROBLES trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
martinez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ROBLES controlling the pace for now.
martinez tries to hold on but ROBLES postures up.
ROBLES tries to control but martinez wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
ROBLES working the ground and pound effectively.
martinez tries to hold on but ROBLES pushes him away.
ROBLES cracks martinez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
martinez is in all sorts of trouble here.

ROBLES goes for an armbar but he's not got it… martinez turns into him and now he's in ROBLES's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
martinez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ADAM ROBLES dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

ROBLES shoots in but no luck this time.
An inside leg kick lands from ROBLES.
ROBLES misses with a takedown attempt - martinez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
martinez with a lazy takedown attempt

and ROBLES counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
ROBLES wants to control from the top but martinez keeps moving.

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

martinez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. ROBLES gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ROBLES working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
ROBLES stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. martinez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
ROBLES must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
ROBLES passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
ROBLES works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
martinez tries to buck ROBLES off but he can't manage it.
ROBLES punching from mount but martinez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
martinez tries to reverse the position but ROBLES maintains control.
ROBLES controlling his opponent.
martinez is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
martinez tries to control ROBLES's body but ROBLES pushes him off. martinez squirms to his side and now ROBLES has his back!
ROBLES misses with punches from the back.
ROBLES trying to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ROBLES keeps control of the position as martinez tries to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
martinez holding both ROBLES 's hands and preventing any damage.
martinez manages to reverse the position and now he's in ROBLES's guard. Nice work there by martinez.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
martinez preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ADAM ROBLES 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. This is the final round!

martinez shoots for a takedown but ROBLES saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
adan martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ROBLES closes this distance looking for a takedown but martinez circles away.
Nice takedown defense from martinez. No joy for ROBLES on that attempt.
martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but ROBLES swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
martinez has his takedown stuffed

so ROBLES counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
ROBLES trying to control the position from guard on top but martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
martinez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ROBLES gets to his feet - martinez follows without any prompting.

ROBLES gets the takedown into side control.

ROBLES decides to take the fight back to the feet.
martinez shoots and misses

and ROBLES counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for adan martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

ROBLES decides to take the fight back to the feet.
martinez misses with a takedown attempt

and ROBLES counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in martinez's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
martinez trying to strike off his back.
ADAM ROBLES has got the better of the ground game so far.
martinez wants to sweep but no luck.

ROBLES avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
martinez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

martinez looking for a triangle here. ROBLES is fighting it but it looks tight! martinez pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, ROBLES is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). adan martinez!