PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corleone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Four Year Strong - Find My Way Back kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Martin
vs
Corleone

190 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
213 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Beast Body

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Corleone!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone works Martin's body with a nice hook.
A shot to the body from Martin misses
and Corleone counters with a series of strikes. Martin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Corleone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Corleone misses with a hook
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Martin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Martin throwing strikes but Corleone manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Martin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Corleone connects with a decent elbow.
Martin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Martin is refusing to be controlled, as Corleone sits in half guard.
Martin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Martin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Corleone 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Corleone from controlling successfully.

Martin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Corleone from controlling successfully.
Corleone throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Martin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Corleone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martin thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin content to stall in guard here.
Martin trying to control but Corleone is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Frank Martin.

Corleone gets caught flat footed, as Martin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Martin is looking to stand up but Corleone won't let him.
Martin wants to control from the top but Corleone keeps moving.
Martin wants to pass the guard but Corleone is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corleone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to free his leg and advance position but Corleone is retaining full guard.
Martin trying to control but Corleone is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Frank Martin just wasn't active enough.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Corleone counters with a left to the body.
Martin wants to clinch but Corleone slips to the side
and Corleone counters with a one-two to the body.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corleone.
Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martin scores with a nice strike.
Corleone moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Corleone closes the distance and clinches up with Martin, looking for a takedown. Corleone pushes Martin against the cage but Martin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Martin blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frank Martin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A big right from Corleone misses.
Corleone misses with a wild body shot.
Frank Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corleone throws an off balance right hand
and Martin counters with an outside leg kick.
Martin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Martin swings widly with a right hand

and Corleone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Martin is looking to control Corleone's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martin avoid being mounted?
Corleone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Corleone working Martin over with strikes.
Corleone is thwarting Martin's attempts to control the position.
Martin is refusing to be controlled, as Corleone sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Martin is looking to escape.
Corleone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Martin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Corleone is in close to Martin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Martin wants to control but Corleone passes easily into half guard.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Corleone drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin taking some punishment here, with Corleone in his half guard.
Corleone throwing shots but Martin is blocking nicely.
Corleone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Corleone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Corleone lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Corleone lands a nice short elbow.
Corleone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Corleone working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corleone wants to pass the guard but Martin is defending well.
Corleone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Corleone connects with a nice short shot to Martin's temple.
Corleone trying to control from half guard but Martin is working away.
Corleone thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.
Corleone throwing shots but Martin is blocking nicely.
Martin trying to control from the bottom.
Corleone prevents Martin from improving his position.
Martin is staying active underneath Corleone, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Corleone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Corleone is just content to waste time from the top position. Martin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Corleone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Corleone being controlled here momentarily.
Corleone throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Corleone wriggles free and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Corleone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Corleone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martin misses with a straight left.
Corleone throws a combination. Martin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Martin throws a looping overhand right but Corleone ducks down to avoid it.
Martin slips a straight right by Corleone.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Corleone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice shot by Martin.
Corleone misses with a left hand
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Martin misses with a low kick.
Martin misses the body punch

and Corleone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.

Martin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Martin looking for a sweep. Not yet Martin, not yet.
Martin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Corleone wants to control but Martin is having none of it.
Martin trying to control but Corleone is having none of it.
Rich Corleone has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two 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.
Poor strikes thrown by Martin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Corleone blocking the ground and pound.
Corleone holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Martin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Martin thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin with a couple of short strikes.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Corleone but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Corleone is desperately trying to improve his position but Martin has a good base and remains in mount.
Martin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Martin thowing shots but they're missing.
Martin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Martin.
Martin looking to finish with strikes here!
Martin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Martin landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corleone is squirming around, avoiding Martin's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martin 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

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