PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 2642 p4p, 3282 weight class) and Branibar Voiwar (ranked 345 p4p, 419 weight class). Branibar Voiwar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Martin
vs
Voiwar

183 cm
24
200
3 - 0 - 0

205 cm
24
209
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Branibar Voiwar!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voiwar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Voiwar misses with a hook.
Voiwar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Martin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voiwar misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Voiwar.
Voiwar keeps Martin at a distance using the push kick.

Voiwar has managed to clinch.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Voiwar misses with an elbow strike.
Martin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martin.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Voiwar is trying to maintain a safe position but Martin gets an underhook and turns Voiwar into the cage.
Martin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voiwar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Voiwar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Voiwar trying to control the position but instead, Martin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Voiwar into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voiwar landing knees to the head.
I was talking to Martin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voiwar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Voiwar lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voiwar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Martin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Voiwar can turn it around.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Voiwar backwards.
Martin gets through Voiwar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Voiwar up against the cage.
Martin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Voiwar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Voiwar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voiwar's elbow.
Voiwar lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin lands a body shot.
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Martin lands with a light punch inside.
Martin lands a right hand.
Voiwar is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Voiwar fails to land.
Voiwar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
Voiwar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short uppercut from Voiwar.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Voiwar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voiwar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Voiwar.
Martin just leaning against Voiwar, taking a breather.
Voiwar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martin blocking some punches.
Voiwar looking to throw knees to the head but Martin is blocking nicely.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Voiwar stalling in the clinch but Martin improves position.
Voiwar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martin is keeping busy.
Voiwar taking a breather.
Voiwar is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Voiwar misses with a punch on the inside.
Voiwar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Voiwar as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voiwar.
Voiwar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin misses with some punches.
Voiwar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Martin.
Voiwar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voiwar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands with a light punch inside.
Voiwar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
Voiwar lands with a short shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Voiwar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martin lands a shoulder strike.
Martin lands a shot to the body.
Voiwar looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
Martin lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Martin.
Martin pushes Voiwar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin lands a nice uppercut.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voiwar.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Martin.
Martin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Voiwar up against the cage.
Martin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Swole Ricky Martin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fighters circle momentarily. Martin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Voiwar stuns Martin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Voiwar's head but Voiwar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Voiwar misses with a low kick as Martin jumps back.
Martin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Voiwar slips under a jab.
That kick from Martin tenderised Voiwar's leg. Voiwar is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martin takes a swing at Voiwar's ribcage but misses.
Jab, jab by Martin - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Voiwar. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Voiwar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin throws the left hand but Voiwar avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Voiwar.
Martin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Are you kidding me?! Martin ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Voiwar clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Swole Ricky Martin!
A very excited looking Swole Ricky Martin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.