PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Still (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Major Lazer - Pon De Floor. Still has chosen Laveerre - Kaasupää as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Martinez
vs
Still

183 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
30
198 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Still!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws a low kick but Still moves out of range easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Martinez - that will leave a mark!
Still slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
and Still cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Still misses with a hook
and Martinez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Still moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinez.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Still's head but Still sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Still.
Still misses with a leg kick
and Martinez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Still misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tests Still's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Martinez.
Martinez throws a right and a left that Still avoids nicely.
Santiago Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Still misses with a body kick.
Martinez looks to land a right hand but Still moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Still.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
letting Still counter with a right hand.
Martinez thumps Still with a low kick.
Still throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Still's head but Still sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body. Still takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martinez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Martinez tries to score with a low kick but Still moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Santiago Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Still checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Martinez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Still.
Martinez throws a hook but Still avoids it easily.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
and Still counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Still.
Martinez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Still cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Still misses with a hook. Martinez ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Still checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Still shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martinez scoring well with a low kick there.

Still shoots in and gets a takedown into Martinez's guard.
Martinez trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still won't allow Martinez to sweep him here.
Martinez has Still pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Santiago Martinez.
A bone on bone clash there as Martinez blocks the leg kick.
Martinez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Still in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Still misses with a jab to the body
and Martinez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Martinez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Martinez misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Still counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Martinez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Martinez wants to sweep here but Still controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Santiago Martinez just wasn't active enough.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Still counters with a left and a right that stings Martinez.
A nice inside leg kick there by Martinez. That's going to slow Still down.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
and Still counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Martinez throws a solid leg kick but Still takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Matt Still will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Still scores a takedown into full mount!
Martinez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Still.
Martinez is trying desperately to improve position.
Martinez is working hard here to advance position.
Martinez wants to control but Still is having none of it.
Still looking to ground and pound but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Martinez wants to control but Still is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Still wants to finish this one by submission but Martinez is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Still.
Martinez wants to hold on but Still pushes him away.
Martinez is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Martinez is looking to improve his position but Still isn't that keen on the idea.
Martinez wants to control but Still is having none of it.
Martinez is trying desperately to improve position.
Still thowing shots but they're missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martinez just holding on.

Still looking for a guillotine from mount but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez wants to hold on but Still pushes him away.
Martinez is working to get back to half guard.
Still cracks Martinez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still trying to control but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez wants to control but Still is having none of it.
Still with shots to the head and body - Martinez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Still sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Still sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Still with shots to the head and body - Martinez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Martinez tries to hold on but Still postures up.
Martinez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to hold on but Still pushes him away.
Martinez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Martinez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Martinez wants to improve his position but Still is controlling well.
Martinez is looking to control Still's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martinez avoid being mounted?
Still wants to pass the guard but Martinez is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Still comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Still has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Still!