PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jozo Martini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Woleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Martini
vs
Woleman

173 cm
24
164 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

205 cm
28
161 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jozo Martini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Woleman!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woleman misses with an uppercut
and Woleman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martini steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Woleman.
Martini fails with a takedown attempt.
Mark Woleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Woleman rushes Martini and presses him up against the cage.
Woleman prevents the takedown attempt.
Woleman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martini.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jozo Martini. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Woleman breaks from the clinch.
Martini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Woleman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Woleman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Martini slips under a jab.
Martini staying out of range there.
Martini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woleman takes a swing at Martini's ribcage but misses.
Woleman throws a hook to the side of Martini's head but Martini sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Woleman just misses with a punch to the body.

Woleman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Let's hope that Woleman has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Martini might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Woleman scores with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Martini's face as Woleman controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woleman trying to control the action but Martini is working from the bottom.
Woleman controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mark Woleman.
Martini leaves Woleman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martini takes a swing at Woleman's ribcage but misses.
Woleman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Woleman connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woleman misses with a right hand

and Martini counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woleman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martini's guard.
Woleman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Martini pulls Woleman in to control the position.
Martini looking to hit a scissor sweep but Woleman is one step ahead there.
Woleman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Mark Woleman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Woleman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woleman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Woleman moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Woleman is working Martini over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Woleman will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Woleman looks to land a combination but Martini avoids it well.
Woleman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Woleman cracks a nice hook into Martini's ribs.
Woleman slips under a jab.
Martini shoots in looking for a takedown but Woleman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Martini's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Woleman is defended easily by Martini.
Woleman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jozo Martini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Woleman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woleman throws a right hand that misses

and Martini counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Woleman's guard now.
Woleman pulls Martini in close to his closed guard and prevents Martini from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martini scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martini connects with a couple of short punches.
Martini throwing strikes from guard but Woleman blocks nicely.
Woleman is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Martini tries to free his leg and advance position but Woleman is retaining full guard.
Martini throwing strikes but missing.
Martini working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Woleman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martini manages to get himself to full guard.
Martini trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Martini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woleman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Martini working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woleman.
Woleman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Martini on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martini tries to get out of the position.

Mark Woleman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Martini misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martini gets caught flat footed, as Woleman shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Martini looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Woleman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Martini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martini keeping moving, preventing Woleman from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Mark Woleman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Woleman misses with a takedown attempt
letting Martini counter with a right hand.
Martini tries to bum rush Woleman with a series of wild strikes but Woleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Woleman swings for the body but Martini moves out of range.
Martini misses with a hook
and Woleman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Martini thinking.
Martini moves out of range as Woleman strikes.
Woleman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woleman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martini moves away.

Martini gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Woleman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jozo Martini will probably get the nod.
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!

Woleman swings away with a body shot that misses

and Martini counters with a shoot takedown. Woleman fights it but they end up in guard.
Martini trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Woleman is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Woleman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Woleman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martini wants to control but Woleman is keeping busy.
Woleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Woleman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Woleman throwing shots but Martini is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Woleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Woleman is taking a breather. Martini 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.
Woleman's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Martini is looking to improve his position.

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

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mark Woleman was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Woleman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Martini avoids the body shot from Woleman.
Woleman with a lazy takedown attempt

and Martini counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Woleman's guard now.
Woleman pulls Martini in to control the position.
Woleman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jozo Martini overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martini is fighting to break Woleman's control of his arms but Woleman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Woleman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martini manages to get himself to full guard.
Martini working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woleman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woleman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Martini seems keen to control Woleman's posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Woleman is stalling in the full guard.

Mark Woleman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Woleman misses with a hook. Martini ducked under it nicely.
Woleman misses the shot to the body.
Woleman has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martini moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Woleman connects with a body shot.
Martini with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Woleman to score with a decent uppercut.
Woleman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martini's head backwards.
Jozo Martini is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woleman misses with a left hand
and Martini counters with a nice uppercut.
Woleman swings away with a body shot that misses

and Martini counters with a takedown into side control.
Woleman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martini working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Woleman's thigh. Woleman counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Martini scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jozo Martini showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martini 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!