PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graf Orlak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the ring accompanied by Juicy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Orlak

196 cm
24
223 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
205 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafael Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Graf Orlak!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Orlak.
Orlak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinez.
Martinez cracks a nice hook into Orlak's ribs.
Martinez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orlak rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Orlak scores with a one two! Martinez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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 bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Orlak throws a solid leg kick but Martinez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Orlak.
Martinez connects with a body shot that sends Orlak's belly button to the back.
Left hook, right uppercut from Orlak.
Martinez misses the jab.
A slow jab from Orlak misses its intended target.
Orlak misses with the combination.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Orlak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Graf Orlak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orlak avoids the body shot from Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlak throws a combination that misses
and Martinez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orlak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Martinez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Martinez finds it's way through Orlak's defenses.
Orlak connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Orlak avoids them all with ease.
Orlak slips a jab from Martinez.
Orlak throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orlak. Martinez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orlak misses with a jab to the body
and Martinez counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orlak scoring well with a low kick there.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orlak lands with a nice body punch.
Orlak sizes up Martinez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Martinez cracks Orlak with a good jab.
Martinez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlak misses with a straight left.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orlak.
Orlak throws a right hand that misses
and Martinez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Orlak is looking to chop away at Martinez's legs.
Martinez with a nice cross.
Orlak lands a jab to Martinez's midsection.
Orlak throws a combination. Martinez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Orlak throws the left hand but Martinez avoids the punch easily.
Martinez looks to land a combination but Orlak avoids it well.
Martinez looks to throw the jab but Orlak is out of range.
Orlak looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Orlak misses with a low kick.
Martinez slips under a jab.
Orlak misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinez moves out of range of the leg kick from Orlak.
Orlak darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Orlak.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Orlak.
Martinez throws a right and a left that Orlak avoids nicely.
Orlak takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Orlak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Orlak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Orlak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Orlak.
No joy there for Orlak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orlak fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Orlak connects with a right hand. Martinez shakes it off.
Martinez checks the leg kick.
Orlak scores with a crisp jab that stopped Martinez in his tracks.
Martinez throws a nice looking combination but Orlak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good shot there by Orlak.
Orlak is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Martinez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Orlak throws a series of punches but Martinez avoids them all with ease.
Martinez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Orlak. Orlak circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right-left combo lands from Orlak.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Martinez tests Orlak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Martinez moves away from the strike by Orlak.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez swinging wildly here.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 Rafael Martinez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Martinez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Martinez walks into a stiff left hand from Orlak.
Martinez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Orlak on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Orlak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orlak takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martinez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Martinez defending well as Orlak loads up on a big left hand.
Orlak throws an off balance right hand
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Orlak tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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!
Orlak misses with an uppercut.
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orlak.
Orlak misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez slips a straight right by Orlak.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Orlak avoids them all with ease.
Orlak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Martinez misses the jab.
Orlak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martinez misses with a series of wild punches.
Orlak misses with an uppercut. Martinez saw that one coming.
Orlak throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
Orlak tries to clinch but Martinez moves out of range.
Orlak fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Martinez checks it well.
Martinez thuds a left hand into Orlak's body.
Orlak slips under a jab from Martinez.
Orlak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Orlak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Martinez's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlak with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orlak takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Orlak lands an overhand right.
Rafael Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Orlak misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Orlak tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez tries to clinch up.
Orlak catches Martinez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Orlak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez stalks Orlak and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Orlak's face. Orlak staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Orlak scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Orlak uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Martinez has time to react.
Orlak digs a good hook to Martinez's body.
Martinez tries to bum rush Orlak with a series of wild strikes but Orlak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martinez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orlak swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Martinez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Martinez misses with a double jab.
Orlak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martinez's head backwards.
Orlak looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Orlak lands the left hand.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Orlak.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orlak.
Orlak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martinez, as that shot connected.
Martinez connects with a crisp jab.

Orlak clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Orlak working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez taking a breather.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Orlak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Orlak misses with the combination.
Orlak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Orlak feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martinezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Orlak blocks a jab.
Martinez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orlak.
Orlak throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orlak misses with the combination.
Rafael Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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 Rafael Martinez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Orlak misses with a straight left.
Orlak looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
A cross from Orlak lands.
Martinez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Orlak jabs Martinez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martinez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Orlak lands a jab.
Orlak throws a big shot that misses.
Orlak tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Orlak misses with a looping right.
Orlak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.
Martinez connects with a body shot.
Orlak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Martinez defending well as Orlak loads up on a big left hand.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orlak.
Martinez takes a swing at Orlak's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Orlak misses.
Orlak takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Martinez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Orlak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Orlak as he connects with a hook.
Orlak blocks a jab.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orlak slips under a jab from Martinez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Orlak.
Martinez misses with a double jab
letting Orlak counter with a right hand.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Orlak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orlak scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orlak defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Martinez throws the left hand but Orlak avoids the punch easily.
Orlak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martinez throws a lazy right hand but Orlak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Orlak cracks a nice hook into Martinez's ribs.
Martinez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez moves forwards but Orlak connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Orlak has Martinez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Orlak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Orlak misses with the head strike.
Orlak misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Orlak has him pressed against the ropes.
Orlak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orlak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martinez avoids it.
Orlak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Orlak fails to land.
Orlak misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orlak blocks an elbow strike.
Graf Orlak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez blocks an uppercut.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orlak.
Martinez tries to clinch but Orlak moves out of range.
Orlak throws out a loose jab but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Orlak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rafael Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a hook but Orlak blocks it.
Martinez throws a right hand that Orlak ducks under and follows up with a left that Orlak also avoids with ease.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orlak.
Orlak listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Orlak connects with a right hand. Martinez shakes it off.
Martinez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orlak.
Orlak clobbers Martinez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martinez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martinez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Martinez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orlak scores with a jab. Martinez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Orlak dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Orlak misses with an uppercut. Martinez saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Graf Orlak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!