PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Mcgee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcgee comes to the cage accompanied by McGee. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Mcgee
vs
Martinez

187 cm
38
225 lbs
18 - 20 - 1

190 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

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 18 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timothy Mcgee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mcgee slips under a jab from Martinez.

Mcgee closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mcgee lands in his opponent's guard.

Martinez is looking for a triangle but Mcgee pushes his legs off easily.

Martinez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mcgee looking to sit in guard and control but Martinez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Martinez tries to free his leg and advance position but Mcgee is retaining full guard.

Mcgee has his feet on Martinez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses the jab.
Mcgee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Mcgee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Mcgee decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Mcgee drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Mcgee is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Martinez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Martinez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Martinez is trying to work for a kimura but Mcgee is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martinez wants to work for an arm triangle but Mcgee is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mcgee is trying to control but can't.
Mcgee is looking for a sweep. Martinez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mcgee flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Mcgee gets full guard.
Martinez is pushing down on Mcgee's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mcgee is fighting to maintain full guard but Martinez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mcgee trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

Martinez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Mcgee turns into him and now he's in Martinez's guard.

Mcgee is sitting in close to Martinez's body. Martinez has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Mcgee is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Mcgee is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Martinez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Johnny Martinez! Johnny Martinez retains his light heavyweight title!
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.