PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lashley (ranked 3519 p4p, 364 weight class) and Will Martin (ranked 7561 p4p, 628 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lashley
vs
Martin

150 cm
25
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Martin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martin gets caught napping as Lashley dives in and scores a takedown. Martin manages to retain guard.

Lashley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lashley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lashley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Lashley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lashley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lashley won't allow Martin to get back to his feet.

Lashley drops back looking for a leg! Martin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Martin manages to kick Lashley off! Lashley jumps back into Martin's guard.
Martin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Lashley from controlling successfully.

Lashley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley preventing the sweep.
Lashley content to stall in guard here.
Lashley really is a fat lump.
Lashley wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Martin can't keep his opponent in guard - Lashley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lashley is trying to control the action in half guard but Martin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Martin keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Martin can do anything to dispel that myth.

Lashley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Lashley is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Lashley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lashley wants to pass the guard but Martin is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lashley is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Martin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Martin is looking to escape.
Lashley trying to control from half guard but Martin is working away.
Lashley not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Lashley seems to be working for a kimura but Martin defends the submission attempt.
Martin wants to control but Lashley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lashley wants to take a breather but Martin is having none of it.
Lashley passes to full mount!
Martin is looking to improve his position but Lashley isn't that keen on the idea.

Lashley is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Martin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Martin shrugs it off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lashley prevents Martin from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Lashley dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lashley scores with a takedown into Martin's guard.
Lashley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lashley advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lashley seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Martin is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Bobby Lashley!
After winning the bout, Bobby Lashley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.