PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Lodbrok
vs
Martinez

191 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ragnar Lodbrok!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Martinez!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
Martinez swings for the body but Lodbrok moves out of range.

Lodbrok closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Martinez quickly recovers to half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Martinez gets back to full guard.
Lodbrok is working Martinez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martinez looking for a sweep. Not yet Martinez, not yet.
Lodbrok working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Martinez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Martinez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lodbrok gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lodbrok throws a big right hand that misses.
Lodbrok lands a couple of digs.
Lodbrok scoring with some ground and pound.
Lodbrok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lodbrok lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lodbrok has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.
Lodbrok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lodbrok lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Martinez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lodbrok is aware though and is defending well.
Lodbrok lands a couple of elbows.
Lodbrok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martinez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lodbrok lands a couple of elbows.
Lodbrok throws an elbow that misses. Martinez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lodbrok's guard. Nice move by Martinez!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lodbrok is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lodbrok wants to sweep but no luck.

Martinez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Lodbrok manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Martinez has Lodbrok in his guard.
Lodbrok lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok is working Martinez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Martinez is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lodbrok's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lodbrok scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Martinez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lodbrok scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lodbrok is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lodbrok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martinez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lodbrok loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok is looking to work some ground and pound but Martinez has wrist control.
Lodbrok working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Lodbrok is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lodbrok's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lodbrok stands up over Martinez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Johnny Martinez!
Johnny Martinez is the new light heavyweight champion!
Johnny Martinez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.