PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludwig Manres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Martinez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven. Manres comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Aqualung - Jethro Tull kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ludwig Manres enters the cage!

Martinez
vs
Manres

178 cm
26
183 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

182 cm
25
187 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ludwig Manres!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Manres tries to move into range but Martinez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manres gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Martinez counters with a good low kick that Manres was not able to check.
Martinez misses with a leg kick

and Manres counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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 is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Martinez is adopting a defensive guard.
Martinez trying to control the position.
Martinez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manres is in close to Martinez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manres trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Manres is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Martinez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Manres has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manres loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Martinez is pulling down on Manres's head. It's preventing any offense from Manres, at least for the moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Richard Martinez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Martinez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manres at a distance.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Manres avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scores with a jab.
Manres shoots and misses
and Martinez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manres's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manres shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Martinez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Richard Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ludwig Manres.
Manres looks gassed!
Martinez scoring well with a low kick there.
Martinez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice shot by Martinez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez connects with a body shot.

Manres shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Martinez working to try and regain half guard.
Martinez wants to control but Manres is having none of it.
Martinez holds on to Manres around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Martinez sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Manres working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Manres looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Martinez wants to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Manres seems to be working for a kimura but Martinez defends the submission attempt.
Manres throws a strike but Martinez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez trying to control the position.
Manres advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Martinez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martinez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Richard Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Manres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martinez.
Martinez throws a series of strikes that have Manres backpedaling.
Manres shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Martinez counters with a huge head kick that drops Manres! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Martinez!
During a confident post fight interview, Richard Martinez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.