PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lewyn Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Giraldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewyn Martell has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Martell
vs
Giraldo

187 cm
19
209 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lewyn Martell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Greg Giraldo!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martell's corner calls for a 1-2. Martell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Greg Giraldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martell slips a jab from Giraldo.
A telegraphed right hand from Giraldo misses the target.
Giraldo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Giraldo misses the target.
Martell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Greg Giraldo has been cut.
Giraldo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martell to score with a decent uppercut.
Martell misses with a straight left.
Giraldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martell manages to avoid it.
Giraldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Giraldo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Martell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giraldo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Giraldo misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
Martell throws out a powerful jab.
Martell avoids the body shot from Giraldo.
Giraldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Martell is just out of range.
Martell throws a sloppy head kick and Giraldo moves out of range easily.
Giraldo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Giraldo takes a swing at Martell's ribcage but misses.
Martell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martell ducks under a wild hook from Giraldo.
Martell lands a head shot.
Martell is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Giraldo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
Martell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell throws a hook but Giraldo avoids it easily.
Giraldo scores with a nice strike.
Martell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Giraldo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
Giraldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Martell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Giraldo swings for the body but Martell moves out of range.
Giraldo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Giraldo lands with a nice body punch.
Giraldo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giraldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martell. Martell obviously looking to wear him down.
Giraldo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Giraldo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giraldo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Giraldo throws a hook but Martell blocks it.
Giraldo lands with a cross.
Giraldo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giraldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Martell.
Martell ducks under a wild hook from Giraldo.
Giraldo misses with a straight left.
Martell jabs Giraldo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martell just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell lunges at Giraldo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giraldo's hand.
Martell slips under a jab.
Giraldo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giraldo misses the shot to the body.
Giraldo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Martell counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Giraldo throws a looping overhand right but Martell ducks down to avoid it.
Martell scores with a sloppy right hand. Giraldo should have avoided that one.
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
Nice shot by Martell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice jab there from Martell.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Giraldo.
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
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 Lewyn Martell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Greg Giraldo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martell takes one to the chin there.
Martell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martell avoids the body shot from Giraldo.
Giraldo misses with a jab to the body
and Martell counters with a straight right hand.
Lewyn Martell is winning the standup battle so far.
Giraldo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Martell avoids the body shot from Giraldo.
Giraldo missing with a left hand there. Martell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giraldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martell.
Giraldo thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Martell misses the target.
Jab by Giraldo.
Giraldo throws a hook but Martell blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giraldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Giraldo lands with a hook. Martell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Giraldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Giraldo misses with a wild body shot.
Martell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good shot there by Martell.
Giraldo lands a nice shot to the body.
Martell misses the shot to the body.
Giraldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Martell is just out of range.
A jab from Martell finds it's way through Giraldo's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell tries a head kick but it misses.
Martell misses with the combination.
Giraldo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Martell rather than just go for the knockout.
Martell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giraldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martell.
Martell misses with a lunging right hand
and Giraldo counters with a straight right hand.
Martell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Martell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giraldo throws an off balance right hand
and Martell counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giraldo moves away from the strike by Martell.
Giraldo blocks a head kick by Martell.
Martell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giraldo cracks Martell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab from Martell.
Martell takes a swing at Giraldo's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Martell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A cross from Giraldo lands.
Martell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giraldo.
Giraldo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Giraldo throws a big shot that misses.
Giraldo lunges at Martell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Martell's hand.
Giraldo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Martell counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Giraldo swings for the body but Martell moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Martell.
Giraldo jabs Martell right on the nose. Martell blinks but takes it well.
Martell just misses with a punch to the body.
Martell lands a head kick. Giraldo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martell takes one on the button.
Giraldo throws a hook but Martell blocks it.
Martell misses with a two punch combination.
Martell throws a big shot that misses.
Martell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lewyn Martell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martell throws a right hand that Giraldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Giraldo also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Giraldo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martell throws a sloppy head kick and Giraldo moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Greg Giraldo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Greg Giraldo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Giraldo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Giraldo duly obliges.
A telegraphed right hand from Giraldo misses the target.
Giraldo throws a big shot that misses.
Giraldo cracks Martell with a good jab.
Martell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Giraldo throws a hook to the side of Martell's head but Martell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Giraldo thows a body shot but no joy.
Giraldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martell.
Giraldo connects with a looping right hand.
Giraldo misses with a straight right.
Giraldo throws a hook but Martell blocks it.
Martell misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giraldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martell was well out of range. Poor timing from Giraldo.
Martell throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Giraldo connects with the punch.
Martell is looking to slow Giraldo down with leg kicks.
Giraldo misses the jab.
Martell looks to throw the jab but Giraldo is out of range.
Martell ducks under a wild hook from Giraldo.
Giraldo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Martell momentarily.
Martell throws a right hand that Giraldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Giraldo also avoids with ease.
Martell looks to throw the jab but Giraldo is out of range.
Giraldo scores with a decent looking hook.
Martell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giraldo throws a body punch but Martell moves out of range.
Martell throws a leg kick but Giraldo checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Giraldo. Martell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Martell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Martell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Giraldo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martell throws an overhand right that lands on Giraldo's shoulder, as Giraldo tries to avoid the shot.
Martell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Giraldo connects with a nice looking jab.
Giraldo swings for the body but Martell moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Giraldo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Martell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Giraldo. Martell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giraldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Giraldo.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Giraldo. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Giraldo lands a really nice looking cross but Martell seems unphased.
Giraldo throws a jab but it's blocked by Martell.
Giraldo throws a body punch but Martell moves out of range.
Martell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Giraldo under the eye.
Giraldo lands a right hook to the body.
Giraldo misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giraldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Giraldo misses the shot to the body.
Martell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Giraldo.
Martell throws a shot from downtown. Giraldo moves away and avoids it.
A good leg kick by Martell.
Martell misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giraldo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big left from Giraldo misses.
Giraldo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martell throws out a powerful jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Giraldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Giraldo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greg Giraldo!