PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 622 p4p, 564 weight class) and Lucas McCain (ranked 85 p4p, 77 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Martin
vs
McCain

183 cm
29
208
12 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
205
16 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 5 - 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 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lucas McCain !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin looks to land a right hand but McCain moved out of range.
Martin swings widly with a right hand
and McCain counters with a straight right hand.
Martin avoids the body shot from McCain .
Martin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McCain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Martin scrambles back to his feet.
We've been informed that McCain has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A clash of legs there as McCain blocks the low kick.
McCain feints and then cracks Martin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martin down.
McCain lands a jab.
McCain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martin throws the left hand but McCain avoids the punch easily.
Martin tries to clinch but McCain moves out of range.
McCain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McCain lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martin backs up against the cage.
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!
McCain misses with a low kick.
Martin slips under a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McCain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martin tries a body shot but McCain blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCain scores with a shoulder strike.
McCain tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as McCain controls his hands.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCain 's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martin.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Martin lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCain backwards.
McCain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
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.
A short left from Martin.
McCain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martin presses McCain against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as McCain controls his hands.
McCain misses with some punches.
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martin.
McCain misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Martin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCain lands an uppercut.
Martin trying to stall but McCain improves his position.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
McCain misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCain blocks a body shot from Martin.
McCain tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of McCain backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from McCain .
McCain blocks a body shot from Martin.
Martin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but McCain avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
McCain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by McCain .
McCain struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
McCain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Martin.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as McCain controls his hands.
McCain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McCain misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCain tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
McCain is trying to stall.
McCain swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McCain lands with a right hand.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
McCain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCain lands with a kick to the temple. Martin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
McCain lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Martin misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin slips under a jab.
Martin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCain throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A lazy body kick from McCain
and Martin counters with a body kick.
McCain looks winded!
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!
McCain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.
McCain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
Martin misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martin feinted there with a counter leg kick.
McCain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCain manages to avoid it.
Martin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from McCain . Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Martin misses.
McCain throws a big shot that misses.
McCain looks to throw the jab but Martin is out of range.
A big right from McCain misses.
McCain misses with a leg kick
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
Martin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lucas McCain will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McCain .
Martin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCain tries to clinch up.
Martin is looking to counter with a body kick.
McCain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Martin drops McCain with a big left hand! McCain is injured, injured bad! Martin jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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.