PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yunel Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries comes to the cage accompanied by My Ding-A-Ling. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Vries
vs
Martinez

173 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
20
151 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Das Labor
Malicious Intent Fight Gear - The Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yunel Martinez!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Vries is fending him off so far but Martinez persists. Nope, De Vries circles away and we're back to standing.

De Vries moves into the clinch.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
Martinez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Vries gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinez is working for takedown but De Vries is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunel Martinez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
De Vries gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martinez.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries lands a good knee to the midsection. Martinez won't want to take too many of those.
De Vries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Martinez goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Vries prevents it.
Martinez blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martinez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martinez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martinez looks gassed!
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Vries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martinez's face.
Martinez avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
De Vries is working Martinez over against the cage.
Martinez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
Martinez tries for a takedown but De Vries manages to get underhooks.
De Vries stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez dodges an elbow strike from De Vries.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martinez is defending well for now.
De Vries is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries stalling the fight.
De Vries lands a good knee to the midsection. Martinez won't want to take too many of those.
De Vries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries is pushing Martinez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Martinez can't break the clinch.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Martinez in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Martinez in his tracks for a moment.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.
Martinez tries to score a body lock takedown but De Vries shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
Martinez avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
De Vries avoiding damage.
De Vries lands a good knee to the midsection. Martinez won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.
De Vries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Vries lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.
Martinez avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
Martinez blocks the elbow strike.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
Martinez takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Martinez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez blocks the elbow strike.
De Vries misses with an elbow over the top.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Vries rushes Martinez and presses him up against the cage.
De Vries has Martinez pushed against the cage.
Martinez is working for takedown but De Vries is calmly controlling the position for now.
De Vries lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
De Vries misses with an elbow over the top.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Martinez in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.

Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Vries wants to clinch.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Martinez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
Martinez tries to score a body lock takedown but De Vries shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martinez is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Vries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martinez takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Martinez in his tracks for a moment.
Martinez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De Vries is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunel Martinez.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries has Martinez pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.
De Vries scores a nice knee to the body.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
A short right from De Vries on the inside.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Martinez's defenses.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Vries creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.
Martinez avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
De Vries scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Vries with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
Martinez takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez has De Vries pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Vries manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Martinez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
A short right from De Vries on the inside.
Martinez avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Martinez's defenses.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Martinez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez dodges an elbow strike from De Vries.
Martinez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Martinez's defenses.
Knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Martinez blocks it.
De Vries lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Vries lands a body punch.
Martinez has De Vries pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Vries manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

De Vries closes the distance and pushes Martinez back into the cage.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.
Hans De Vries has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinez takes an elbow to the temple.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Vries prevents it.
Martinez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Martinez in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martinez goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Vries prevents it.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries avoiding damage.
Martinez takes an elbow to the temple.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
Martinez avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries holding his opponent close, against the cage.
De Vries lands a knee to the head.
De Vries connects with a knee to the head.
De Vries lands a body shot in the clinch.
Martinez letting De Vries take a breather here.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Martinez tries to keep at a distance but De Vries has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Vries misses with a knee to the head.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Martinez wants a takedown.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunel Martinez.
De Vries lands a body punch.
Martinez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Vries creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Vries.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Martinez's defenses.

Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hans De Vries is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Martinez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Vries sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Martinez somewhat.

De Vries drives through with a takedown into guard.

Martinez is working an open guard so De Vries takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from De Vries as Martinez shoots in.

De Vries gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Vries lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Martinez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hans De Vries is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
Yunel Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez tries to score a body lock takedown but De Vries shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
Martinez blocks the elbow strike.

Martinez has hold of one of De Vries's legs. De Vries is fighting the takedown attempt but Martinez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but De Vries is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries wants to get back to his feet but Martinez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but De Vries is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De Vries kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Martinez prevents De Vries from getting back to his feet.
Martinez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans De Vries showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Vries has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans De Vries!