PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le has chosen Ten Thousand Strong as his entrance music. James Martin had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Martin
vs
Le

182 cm
32
185 lbs
16 - 24 - 0

178 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cung Le!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin shoots in for a takedown but Le shows good takedown defense.
Le stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Le wants it to stay on the feet.
Le moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Martin scores with a takedown into Le's guard.
Le throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Martin won't allow Le to get back to his feet.

Le looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Le trying to control the position.
Martin sitting in guard here, content to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le wants to sweep but no luck.
Martin wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin wants to get up but he can't break Le's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Le keeping full guard, as Martin tries to pass.

James Martin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Good shot there by Le.
Le scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Martin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Le gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martin blocks it with crossed arms.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
Le lands a body punch in the clinch.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
Martin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like James Martin has been cut.
Martin is breathing heavily.
Martin stalling the fight.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Le.
Le lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Martin.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Martin won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Le.
Le lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Le throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martins head.
Le scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Le lands a shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le scores with a nice hook to the head.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Le.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martin's face.
Nice body punch from Le - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.

Le escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Martin gets a double leg takedown into Le's guard.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Le.
Le is looking to sweep but instead, Martin has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin is pressing down on Le's thigh, looking to free his foot. Le is holding on for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Le can do anything to dispel that myth.

Martin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Le tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Le manages to get to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Martin drops back, looking for a kneebar! Le looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Le looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Le!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Martin's cut.
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.

Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
James Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin shoots in and drives through. Le sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Martin or perhaps it was just good defense by Le which made him look bad.
Le stuffs the takedown attempt from Martin. Martin gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martin shoots in for a double leg but Le sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Le sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martin fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin blocks a head kick by Le.
Le scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Le circles away.
Le keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Le drives through and clinches with Martin against the cage.
Le throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cung Le seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Le stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Le takes a knee to the side of the body.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Martin avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martin's face.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Martin tries to break the clinch but Le is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Le.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Le.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Le.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Le creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but Le blocks with his arms.
Le lands a body punch.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
Martin misses with a knee strike.
Martin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Le is defending well.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Le blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Le.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Le is pressed up against the cage. Martin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le down to the mat. Le avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Le pushes Martin away with a front kick.
A solid body kick from Le.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Le lands an impressive looking overhand right. Martin doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Martin tries to keep at a distance but Le has taken the fight into the clinch.
Martin looking to throw knees to the head but Le is blocking nicely.
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Le avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Le tries a knee to the head but Martin blocks it.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Martin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Le's jab looks to have found its range, popping Martin under the eye.
Le throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Martin fails with a takedown attempt.
Le throws a half hearted mid kick.
Martin shoots in looking for a takedown. Le tries to sprawl out of it but Martin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Le manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Le lands a big head kick that sends Martin tumbling to the mat! Le takes a step backwards and waves Martin back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Martin is rocked!
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!
Martin is looking to clinch but Le is avoiding it.
Oh Martin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Le.
Martin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le feints a jab and as Martin dips his head, Le unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Martin right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Martin falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Le smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cung Le!
A very excited looking Cung Le made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.