PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Murillomartins Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Chapa Ral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martins comes to the cage accompanied by Campeão, Vencedor. Cris Chapa Ral will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Martins
vs
Chapa Ral

150 cm
22
130 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

168 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murillomartins Martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cris Chapa Ral!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chapa Ral shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Chapa Ral is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Martins defends it well.
Martins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Chapa Ral 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.

Martins is defending against the submission attempts here by Chapa Ral.

Chapa Ral is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chapa Ral is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Martins has managed to free his arm - good work.

Chapa Ral is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Martins sees it coming and defends easily.

Chapa Ral is trying to work for a kimura but Martins is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chapa Ral is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Martins sees it coming and defends easily.

Chapa Ral is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Chapa Ral is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Chapa Ral seems to be working for a kimura but Martins defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chapa Ral is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Martins doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Chapa Ral.

Chapa Ral is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Martins has managed to free his arm - good work.

Chapa Ral wants to work for an arm triangle but Martins is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chapa Ral is working for a submission of some sort.

Chapa Ral is working for a kimura but Martins is defending it quite comfortably.

Chapa Ral is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Martins has managed to free his arm - good work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Chapa Ral is trying to work for a kimura but Martins is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Chapa Ral closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Chapa Ral is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Martins is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Chapa Ral has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Martins is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Chapa Ral yanks on the arm and Martins is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Chapa Ral.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cris Chapa Ral!