PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Sykes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Villak Martinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Deathlike Silencce - Next to your grave. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sykes
vs
Martinson

201 cm
20
277 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
247 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

AnonymouS
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Sykes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Villak Martinson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykes manages to avoid it.
Bill Sykes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sykes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinson.
Sykes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Martinson misses with a series of wild punches.
Sykes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.
Martinson scores with a spinning back kick!
Martinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Jab by Martinson.
Martinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sykes.
Sykes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinson manages to avoid it.
Martinson throws out a leg kick but Sykes moves out of range and Martinson only half commits.
Martinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sykes throws out a loose jab but Martinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykes lands a slapping body shot.
Sykes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes throws a lazy right hand but Martinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sykes scores with a nice head shot.
Sykes scores with a jab. Martinson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinson throws a head kick that misses.
Sykes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinson scores with a jab to the body.
Martinson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinson slips a straight right by Sykes.
Martinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sykes.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykes lands a right hook to the body.
Sykes lands a slapping body shot.
Sykes connects with a jab.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.
Martinson throws out a powerful jab.
Martinson looks to throw the jab but Sykes is out of range.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sykes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinson.
Sykes throws a body shot but no joy.
Sykes stuns Martinson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Martinson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sykes connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Martinson misses.
Martinson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Martinson throws the left hand but Sykes avoids the punch easily.
Sykes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sykes misses with a looping right.
Martinson feints and then cracks Sykes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sykes down.
The crowd cheers as Sykes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Martinson doesn't seem phased though.
Martinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sykes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykes.
Martinson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sykes keeps the fight on the outside.
Sykes takes one to the chin there.
Sykes thuds his right hand into Martinson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Martinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Martinson misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sykes ducks under a wild hook from Martinson.
Sykes takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Sykes misses the target.
Martinson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sykes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martinson. Martinson obviously looking to wear him down.
Sykes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinson counters with a left and a right that stings Sykes.
Sykes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martinson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sykes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Sykes sizes up Martinson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sykes connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sykes throws a jab but it's blocked by Martinson.
Martinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sykes moves away.
It looked like Sykes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martinson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sykes blocks the body kick.
Sykes scores with a jab to the head.
Martinson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sykes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sykes loads up on a big right hand but Martinson slips the punch.
Sykes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykes throws a jab when Martinson was well out of range.
Sykes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sykes.

Martinson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sykes lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinson.
Martinson has Sykes pressed against the ropes, preventing Sykes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sykes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martinson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sykes is trying to break the clinch but Martinson is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Sykes is breathing heavily.
Martinson blocking some punches.
Martinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sykes wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Martinson scores with a hook to the body.
Martinson pushes Sykes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

Martinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Villak Martinson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Martinson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sykes should have avoided that one.
Martinson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sykes momentarily.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.

Martinson closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Sykes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martinson.
Martinson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sykes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Martinson can turn it around.
Martinson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sykes backwards.
Martinson pushes Sykes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinson misses with a body punch.
Martinson blocks an uppercut.
Sykes scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sykes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sykes lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Martinson.
Martinson blocking some punches.
Martinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martinson.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinson.

Martinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykes throws a hook to the side of Martinson's head but Martinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinson scores with a body shot.
Sykes avoids a kick to the body.
Martinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sykes.
Sykes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Martinson scores with a leg kick.
Martinson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sykes should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Sykes.
Martinson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Martinson drives through and clinches with Sykes against the ropes.
Martinson scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Martinson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Martinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sykes throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sykes thinking.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Martinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykes throws a good cross that connects.
Sykes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinson manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Martinson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
Sykes throws a right hand that misses
and Martinson counters with a body kick that stops Sykes in his tracks momentarily.
Sykes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.
Martinson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Martinson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinson throws a good cross that connects.
Sykes avoids the body shot from Martinson.
Sykes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Sykes misses.
Nice defenses there by Martinson.

Martinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Martinson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Sykes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martinson staying out of range there.
Martinson throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Sykes.
Martinson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sykes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martinson on the side of the head.
Martinson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sykes blocks a head kick by Martinson.
Sykes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.
Martinson needs to keep his hands up - Sykes had a free shot at his head there.
Sykes misses the jab.
Martinson throws a sloppy head kick and Sykes moves out of range easily.
Sykes throws out a loose jab but Martinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martinson lands a jab to Sykes's midsection.
Martinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sykes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinson. Sykes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sykes misses with a straight right.

Martinson clinches with his opponent.
Martinson lands a shot to the body.
Martinson lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinson lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Martinson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martinson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.

Sykes is rocked!
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Sykes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinson lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Martinson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martinson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sykes to his knees! Martinson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Villak Martinson!
Villak Martinson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.