PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaime Bolitho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez has chosen Puya -- Sal Pa' Fuera as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bolitho
vs
Martinez

178 cm
24
176 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

165 cm
32
178 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaime Bolitho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez lands with a nice body punch.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bolitho manages to avoid it.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bolitho.
Bolitho blocks a low kick nicely.
Bolitho slips under a jab.

Martinez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bolitho was covering up waiting for the punch and Martinez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses. Bolitho uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Martinez's guard. Nice move by Bolitho!
Bolitho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.
Martinez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bolitho would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bolitho gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Martinez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bolitho can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Martinez working for a triangle but Bolitho defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martinez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bolitho uses it to pass to side control.
Martinez gets back to half guard.
Martinez desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Martinez tries to roll over but Bolitho keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bolitho jumps into side control!
Martinez tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bolitho presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Martinez wants to hold on but Bolitho pushes him away.
Martinez is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Bolitho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez closes the distance but Bolitho moves to the side
and Bolitho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolitho fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Bolitho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez throws a chopping leg kick but Bolitho manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bolitho swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Bolitho moves out of range as Martinez throws a body kick.
Martinez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bolitho. That did some damage!
Martinez lands with a hook. Bolitho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A bone on bone clash there as Bolitho blocks the leg kick.
Martinez sizes up Bolitho with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolitho takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolitho throws a solid leg kick but Martinez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bolitho.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martinez.
A head kick misses from Bolitho.
Martinez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bolitho's waist but Bolitho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martinez off to one side.
Jaime Bolitho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bolitho throws a lazy uppercut
and Martinez counters with a thumping low kick.

Bolitho gets tackled into the cage by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Bolitho.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez tries a body shot but Bolitho blocks it.
Bolitho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bolitho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bolitho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez is working Bolitho over against the cage.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bolitho lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bolitho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho misses with a body punch.
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bolitho controls his hands.
Bolitho digs a right hand into Martinez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Martinez's gas tank.
Bolitho tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bolitho controls his hands.
Bolitho misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martinez.
Martinez is working Bolitho over against the cage.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez lands a jab to Bolitho's midsection.
Martinez throws a nice looking combination but Bolitho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bolitho works the jab nicely.
Jesus Martinez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinez misses with a kick to the body.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Bolitho.
Bolitho's corner calls for a 1-2. Bolitho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Bolitho.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Bolitho dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Martinez shoots in for a double leg but Bolitho sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bolitho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinez misses with a leg kick
enabling Bolitho to counter with a crisp jab.
Bolitho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinez manages to avoid it.
Martinez tries to work over Bolitho's front leg with a kick but Bolitho checks it.
Martinez swings for the body but Bolitho moves out of range.
Martinez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bolitho rather than just go for the knockout.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bolitho moves away.
Martinez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martinez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bolitho throws out the jab.
Martinez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to slow Bolitho down with leg kicks.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bolitho scores with the left hand. Martinez knows he should have avoided that one.
Martinez swings for the body but Bolitho moves out of range.
Bolitho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolitho looks to land a left hand but Martinez moved out of range nicely.
Bolitho scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Martinez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Jaime Bolitho has been cut.
Martinez misses with a few strikes there.
Decent striking displayed by Bolitho there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bolitho misses with a right hand
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.
Bolitho misses with a looping left.
Martinez throws a low kick but Bolitho moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jaime Bolitho's cut.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bolitho.
Bolitho misses with a body shot.
Bolitho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bolitho thows a body shot but no joy.
Bolitho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.
Bolitho chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martinez can pounce on him.
Martinez throws a right and a left that Bolitho avoids nicely.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bolitho's calf.
Bolitho fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bolitho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martinez wants to slow Bolitho down by chopping away at his legs.
Bolitho throws a hook but Martinez avoids it easily.
Bolitho comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bolitho is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bolitho ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Bolitho as he checks the leg kick.
Martinez misses with a body kick.
Bolitho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Martinez swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolitho.
Bolitho is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Martinez gets tackled into the cage by Bolitho. Bolitho maintains the clinch.
A short right from Martinez on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bolitho misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Bolitho lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Bolitho.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolitho's elbow.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Bolitho misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaime Bolitho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez digs a right hand underneath Bolitho's ribcage. Bolitho let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Martinez tries a body shot but Bolitho blocks it.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolitho's elbow.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolitho's elbow.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Bolitho.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bolitho backwards.
Bolitho misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Bolitho can't find room to land a body shot as Martinez controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
A hook to the body from Martinez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bolitho lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bolitho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinez.

Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bolitho misses with a straight left.
Martinez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bolitho circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Martinez. That snapped Bolitho's head back.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bolitho checks a low kick from Martinez.
Bolitho keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bolitho checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolitho is just out of range.
Bolitho misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez scores with a hook.
Martinez throws a hook but Bolitho avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez keeps the fight on the outside.
Martinez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bolitho lands a right hook to the body.
Bolitho swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez looks to land a left hand but Bolitho moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses.
Bolitho swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez misses with an uppercut.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez misses with some punches.
Bolitho prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Bolitho lands a shot to the body.
Bolitho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Martinez!
An out of breath Jesus Martinez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.