PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Johnson
vs
Martinez

180 cm
27
128 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

175 cm
21
143 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Emilio Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
A leg kick checked by Johnson.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.

Martinez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Johnson is trying to defend but Martinez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Martinez is controlling the pace.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.

Johnson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Martinez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Johnson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Martinez has managed to get both his arms back between Johnson's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Johnson, up you get!
Martinez is looking to clinch.

Martinez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Martinez prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Martinez is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.

Johnson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Martinez has worked his arm free - good work by Martinez!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Johnson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Martinez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Johnson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Martinez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
A control attempt from Martinez but he's now mounted!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Martinez is on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Martinez stands and throws Johnson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Martinez decides to stand back up.

Martinez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Martinez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Martinez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Johnson is rocked!

It looks like John Johnson has been cut.
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!
Martinez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looking to control but Johnson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Martinez cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martinez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

John Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Martinez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Martinez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Martinez! Johnson is hurt baaadly! Martinez is firing away with more strikes - Johnson is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Emilio Martinez!