PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Martinez (ranked 3819 p4p, 3876 weight class) and Rio Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Boy

195 cm
25
270
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
265
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

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 Sydney, Marco Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rio Boy!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Boy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martinez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boy slips under a jab.

Martinez gets tackled into the cage by Boy. Boy maintains the clinch.
Boy lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boy tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Boy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Boy presses Martinez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy is leaning against Martinez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boy lands a shot to the body.
Boy digs a right hand into Martinez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Martinez's gas tank.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Boy lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control the position but instead, Boy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martinez into the cage.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Boy scores with a shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Boy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Marco Martinez has been cut.
Boy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.

Boy breaks the clinch.
Boy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez throws an overhand right that lands on Boy's shoulder, as Boy tries to avoid the shot.
Boy cracks Martinez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boy moves in looking to clinch but Martinez pushes him off.
Boy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Boy.
Boy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinez.
Boy tries to clinch up but Martinez circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Martinez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Boy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Rio Boy has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Martinez catches Boy right on the button with a cross.
Martinez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Boy in his tracks.
Boy tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
Boy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Martinez throws a jab when Boy was well out of range.
Boy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Marco Martinez's cut is getting worse.

Boy closes the distance and clinches.
Boy lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy gets through Martinez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boy lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez trying to stall but Boy improves his position.
Boy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Boy looking for a takedown.
Boy tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martinez blocks a body shot from Boy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
Boy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boy tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Boy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Boy tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Boy back against the cage.
Boy lands a right hand.
Boy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez blocks a body shot from Boy.
Boy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rio Boy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martinez misses with a double jab.
Boy tries to clinch but Martinez is having none of it.
Boy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
Boy throws a lazy uppercut
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.
Boy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Martinez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Boy pushes Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Boy digs a right hand into Martinez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Martinez's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boy scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez trying to control the position but instead, Boy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martinez into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boy lands with a right to the head.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boy slows down the pace here.
Boy misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Boy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Martinez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Boy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Boy scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Martinez is defending well.
A short right from Boy on the inside.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boy misses with some punches.
Boy struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Boy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boy scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Marco Martinez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A frustrated look appears on Martinez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy lands a nice shot to the body.
Boy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rio Boy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boy has a takedown stuffed.
Martinez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marco Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rio Boy.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
Nice shot lands for Martinez.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boy tries to clinch but Martinez moves away
and Boy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Boy takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Boy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rio Boy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy lands a nice hook to Martinez's body. Martinez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marco Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Boy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Martinez momentarily.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Boy tries to clinch up but Martinez circles away and keeps his distance.
Boy looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Boy darts in trying to clinch
and Martinez counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy fails with the takedown
and Martinez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Boy clinches with his opponent.
Boy misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Boy is controlling the position.
Martinez looking to stall.
Boy goes for a takedown attempt but Martinez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Martinez lands a body shot.
Boy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martinez throws a good cross that connects.
Boy misses with a double jab
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marco Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy tries to clinch but Martinez moves away
and Martinez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez with a hook.
Boy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That has opened up Rio Boy's cut even more.
Boy misses with a body punch
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.
Boy misses with a right hand
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez swats away the attempt to clinch by Boy.
Good shot there by Martinez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

The cut above Rio Boy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A slow jab from Martinez misses its intended target.
Boy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Martinez with a jab.
Boy ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Boy is out of range.
It seemed like Boy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boy slips a straight right by Martinez.
Boy misses with an uppercut. Martinez saw that one coming.
Boy moves out of range of the strikes.
Boy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martinez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Rio Boy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Marco Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rio Boy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Boy is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rio Boy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marco Martinez!
Marco Martinez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.