PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Tepes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by ACDC - Are You Ready? . The crowd seem to be enjoying Tepes's choice of entrance music: Waste My Hate. This should be a great matchup!

Martinez
vs
Tepes

187 cm
26
250 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

185 cm
23
262 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vlad Tepes!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepes looks to clinch
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Tepes.
Tepes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martinez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tepes digs a good body shot into Martinez's ribs.
Tepes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tepes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tepes throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Tepes throws a right hand that misses
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Tepes throws a poor cross that misses

and Martinez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tepes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tepes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martinez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Tepes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martinez tries to stall but Tepes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez stalling in the clinch.
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Martinez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martinez looking for a takedown.
Tepes prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Tepes tries a knee to the head but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tepes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Martinez avoiding damage as Tepes throws knees to the body.
Tepes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tepes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martinez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Tepes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Tepes.
Tepes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tepes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Tepes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Tepes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tepes missing with a left hand there. Martinez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tepes throws a poor cross that misses

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tepes won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Martinez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Martinez unloads with some shots from mount but Tepes bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Martinez unloads with some shots from mount but Tepes bucks and avoids them well.
Martinez with the ground and pound from mount.
Martinez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tepes hang on?
Tepes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Martinez throwing strikes here but Tepes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Martinez looking to finish with strikes here!
Martinez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tepes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Martinez unloads with some shots from mount but Tepes bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tepes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Martinez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martinez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
A nice elbow there by Martinez.
Martinez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Martinez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Tepes is rocked!
The referee warns Tepes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tepes is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Tepes wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Martinez celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Martinez!