PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caesar Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin comes to the cage accompanied by Lost Again. 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.

Martin
vs
Baker

182 cm
21
265 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

186 cm
24
265 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Bullet Proof System

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Caesar Baker!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Tony Martin has been cut.

Baker rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Martin.
Martin misses with the head strike.
A short right from Martin.
Baker is working Martin over against the cage.
Martin is looking to take this one to the mat.

Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Martin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Martin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Baker defends it well.
Martin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Baker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Baker is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tony Martin!
A relieved looking Tony Martin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.