PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oberyn Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele comes to the cage accompanied by My Time. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steele
vs
Martell

179 cm
34
175 lbs
30 - 18 - 0

184 cm
26
183 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oberyn Martell!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice takedown defense from Martell. No joy for Steele on that attempt.
Steele fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Martell clinches up with Steele and pushes him back against the cage.
Steele wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steele managing to block the knees to the body from Martell.
Martell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steele avoids it.
Martell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steele has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Martell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Martell lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steele is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martell lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Martell lands a right hand.
Martell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jason Steele has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Martell lands a nice uppercut.
Martell lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off.
Martell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martell avoiding damage.
Martell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martell lands an elbow just above Steele 's eye.
Martell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steele lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Martell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martell lands a body shot.
Steele takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Steele is rocked!

Martell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Steele is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martell scores with a knee to the head.
Martell lands a good knee to the midsection. Steele won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Martell.
Knees to the body from Martell.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martell.
Good body shot from Martell.
Steele seems to have got his legs back now.
Martell crunches a lovely knee into Steele's ribcage.

Martell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martell stuns Steele with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Martell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Come on Martell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Martell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Martell throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Steele tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Martell is in Steele's guard.
Steele keeping moving, preventing Martell from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martell's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Martell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Steele's head.
Martell preventing the sweep.
Martell lands a couple of digs.
Martell postures up and lands a big shot to Steele's brow.
Martell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Martell is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Martell throwing strikes from guard but Steele blocks nicely.
Martell landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martell 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.
Martell throwing strikes from guard but Steele blocks nicely.
Martell sitting in guard here, content to control.
Steele is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martell wants to control from the top but Steele keeps moving.

Oberyn Martell has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Martell lands a big head kick that sends Steele to the canvas! Martell follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oberyn Martell!
Oberyn Martell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.