PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nobody Nobody. Kim Jong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leonard Martinez's chin.

Jong
vs
Martinez

195 cm
40
278 lbs
33 - 26 - 0

196 cm
30
256 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Big right hand

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 33 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kim Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonard Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez scores with a punch to the head.
Martinez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jong throws a leg kick that misses.

Jong closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez taking a breather.
Jong misses with a knee strike.
Martinez is trying to maintain a safe position but Jong gets an underhook and turns Martinez into the cage.
Jong misses with a punch to the body.
Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Jong.
Martinez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.
Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez avoiding damage.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Jong misses with a knee strike.

Martinez has clasped his hands together around Jong's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Martinez working the head with strikes.
Martinez trying to control the position but Jong is working away.
Jong takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jong is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Check out the look on Martinez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Martinez lands some shots froms side control.
Martinez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez scoring with punches and elbows.
Martinez is looking to take a break and control but Jong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jong is looking to reverse the position.
Martinez controls the position.
Martinez trying to control the position but Jong is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez cracks Jong with a big right hand but Jong just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jong is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Martinez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Martinez working Jong over with strikes.
Martinez working over Jong with some ground and pound. Jong looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jong taking some punishment here, with Martinez in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jong is looking for a sweep. Martinez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jong is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Jong tries to get to full guard but Martinez has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez winds up and cracks Jong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jong moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jong looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martinez is one step ahead there.
Martinez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jong being controlled here, momentarily.
Martinez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martinez trying to control but Jong is working from the bottom.

Jong looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Martinez passes into half guard.
Martinez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Martinez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jong is looking to improve his position.
Martinez lands with a punch from half guard.

Jong is rocked!
Jong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Martinez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Martinez's back!

Jong has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jong is breathing heavily.
Jong thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Martinez turns into Jong and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jong keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Martinez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Martinez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oh Jong is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jong is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jong seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez working some strikes from top position.
Martinez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martinez distracts Jong with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez tries to free his leg and advance position but Jong is retaining full guard.
Martinez with a nice head shot there.
Martinez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jong misses with a shot to the body

and Martinez counters with a right hand that sends Jong tumbling to the canvas! Can Martinez finish him? He dives into Jong's guard looking to do just that!
Leonard Martinez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Martinez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Martinez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jong's guard.
Martinez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Martinez. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Jong looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Martinez scores with a big shot! Jong's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Jong! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonard Martinez!
During a confident post fight interview, Leonard Martinez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.