PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feodore Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Martinez
vs
Sabre

185 cm
24
275 lbs
7 - 11 - 1

195 cm
31
253 lbs
22 - 15 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guillermo Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Feodore Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a double jab
and Sabre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Martinez thinking.

Sabre shoots in and gets a takedown into Martinez's guard.
Sabre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sabre preventing the sweep.
Martinez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Martinez tries to strike from the bottom.
Sabre passes into half guard.
Martinez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sabre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sabre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sabre working the head and body with strikes.
Sabre slows the pace down in half guard.
Sabre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Martinez misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sabre connects with a nice short shot to Martinez's temple.
Sabre working over Martinez with some ground and pound. Martinez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martinez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sabre winds up and cracks Martinez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Martinez missing with punches from the bottom.
Sabre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Martinez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sabre is controlling the pace.
Martinez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sabre on the ground.
Martinez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sabre lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabre lands strikes from half guard.
Sabre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martinez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sabre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sabre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martinez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez missing with punches from the bottom.
Martinez tries to get to full guard but Sabre has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sabre connects with a nice short shot to Martinez's temple.
Sabre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Sabre.
Sabre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sabre connects with a nice short shot to Martinez's temple.
Martinez missing with punches from the bottom.
Martinez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martinez tries to get out of the position.
Sabre blocks the strikes from Martinez.
Sabre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sabre works his way into side control.
Sabre cracks Martinez with a big right hand but Martinez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sabre scores with punches from side control.

Martinez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre advances nicely into full mount.
Sabre unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Martinez wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sabre celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Feodore Sabre!