PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Peri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Peri
vs
Martinez

200 cm
27
270 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

187 cm
30
250 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Peri!
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, Diego Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Martinez moves into the clinch.

Martinez tightens his grip and picks Peri up, before dumping him to the ground. Peri manages to land in guard.

Peri is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Martinez is aware though and is defending well.
Martinez 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.

Peri looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
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 stalling in the full guard.
Martinez wants to pass the guard but Peri is keeping the position.

Peri working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martinez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martinez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Martinez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peri has his foot on Martinez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Martinez works his way back into a safe position though.
Martinez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Peri. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Martinez stands and steps away. Peri gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Adam Peri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Martinez clinches up against the ropes.
Martinez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Martinez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Martinez.
Peri is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Peri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Martinez lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez crunches a lovely knee into Peri's ribcage.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.

Peri is rocked!
Martinez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Peri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peri has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Martinez crunches a lovely knee into Peri's ribcage.
Peri seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
Peri is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Martinez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peri's face.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Martinez connects with a knee to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Peri blocks with his arms.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peri tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the ropes.
Peri tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Peri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Martinez misses with a knee to the head.
Martinez has Peri pressed against the ropes, preventing Peri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peri's efforts to push away.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the ropes.
Martinez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peri's face.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez landing knees to the body.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
Martinez connects with a knee to the head.
Peri is trying to force a seperation but Martinez has the dominant position.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peri's efforts to push away.
Martinez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Martinez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Peri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Martinez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Martinez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Martinez darts in and clinches Peri up against the ropes.
Diego Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Peri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Peri blocks it.
Peri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Peri takes a knee right on the jaw!
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Martinez. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Martinez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peri's face.

It looks like Adam Peri has been cut.

Martinez lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Peri goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Martinez in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peri is looking to reverse the position.
Peri is working hard here to advance position.

Martinez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Martinez takes the fight into the clinch.
Martinez lands a good knee to the midsection. Peri won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Martinez lands a nice knee to the body.

Martinez connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Peri goes down! Martinez jumps into full mount looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Martinez is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Peri tries to keep at a distance but Martinez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Peri is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Peri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Martinez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Peri tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the ropes.
Peri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez lands a good knee to the midsection. Peri won't want to take too many of those.
Peri takes a knee to the side of the body.

Martinez wants the takedown. Peri is fighting it off but Martinez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Peri's guard against the ropes.
Peri will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Peri throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Peri has his foot on Martinez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Martinez works his way back into a safe position though.

Peri is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Martinez is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Peri misses the shot to the body.
Peri shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Martinez moves into range and clinches up with Peri.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
Martinez connects with a knee to the head.
Martinez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peri's face.
Martinez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Martinez.
Peri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Peri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peri can't break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peri is trying to break free.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Martinez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Peri looking for a triangle here. Martinez is fighting it but it looks tight! Peri pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Martinez is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Adam Peri!