PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Anton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anton Anton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chris Martinez's chin.

Martinez
vs
Anton

186 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
21
174 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anton Anton!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Martinez's waist but Martinez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anton off to one side.
Anton Anton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.

Anton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Anton controlling his opponent.
Anton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anton looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Anton content just to control the position here.
Martinez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Anton thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
Anton controlling the position easily from mount.
Martinez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anton controlling the position easily from mount.
Anton's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Anton jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Martinez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anton is looking to take a break and control but Martinez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Anton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Martinez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Martinez duly obliges.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.

Anton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Martinez was covering up waiting for the punch and Anton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Anton trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anton throws a big right hand that misses.
Anton controls from within his opponent's guard.
Martinez is looking to stand up but Anton isn't so interested in that idea.

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.
Anton looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Martinez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martinez slaps away a takedown attempt from Anton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chris Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Anton.
Martinez fails to land with a series of punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Martinez. Anton shrugs it off though.
Chris Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anton tries for a takedown but Martinez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Anton Anton has been cut.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Anton keeps it at a distance.
Anton sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Anton takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Anton slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Martinez fails to land with a series of punches.
Anton slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Martinez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Martinez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anton Anton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Martinez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anton fails to land the takedown.
Martinez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martinez throws a right and a left that Anton avoids nicely.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Anton avoids them all with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Martinez!
Anton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Martinez avoids it really well and circles away.
Chris Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Anton.
Martinez lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Martinez misses with a series of wild punches.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Anton is avoiding it.
Anton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martinez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anton fails with a takedown attempt.
Anton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Martinez as Anton shoots in.
Chris Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez throws a nice head kick!
Anton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Martinez but Martinez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chris Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martinez scores with a three punch combo!
Martinez looks to land a combination but Anton avoids it well.
Anton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Martinez is fending him off so far but Anton persists. Nope, Martinez circles away and we're back to standing.
Martinez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez stuffs the takedown attempt from Anton. Anton gets slowly back to his feet.
Martinez scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Martinez. That's going to slow Anton down.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anton.
Anton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Anton with that takedown attempt.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anton is defended easily by Martinez.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anton.
Martinez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martinez wants it to stay on the feet.
Martinez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Anton scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Martinez is trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martinez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Martinez!