PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hamilton
vs
Martinez

193 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Hamilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martinez drives through and clinches with Hamilton against the cage.
Hamilton misses with a knee to the head.
Hamilton blocks the elbow strike.
Hamilton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martinez.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Henry Hamilton has been cut.
Hamilton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hamilton's defenses.

Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamilton closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Jesus Martinez has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hamilton tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Martinez has Hamilton pressed against the cage, preventing Hamilton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hamilton is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.

Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Hamilton pushes him off.
Martinez throws a wild body kick that Hamilton sees coming a mile off.
Hamilton fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton with a jab.
Martinez lands a jab-cross combination.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamilton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez tries to clinch up.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hamilton gets tackled into the cage by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Hamilton working hard to break the clinch.
Martinez prevents Hamilton from breaking the clinch.

Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Hamilton takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Martinez avoids a kick to the body.

Martinez lands a left and a right that send Hamilton crashing to the mat, dazed. Martinez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Hamilton is rocked!
Hamilton is breathing heavily.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Oh Hamilton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hamilton.
Hamilton seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamilton circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Martinez darts in and clinches Hamilton up against the cage.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez prevents Hamilton from breaking the clinch.
Hamilton avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.

Hamilton manages to break the clinch.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.
Martinez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamilton circles away.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hamilton swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hamilton moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hamilton breaks the clinch.
Martinez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hamilton keeps the fight on the outside.
Hamilton looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez moves out of range as Hamilton strikes.
Martinez misses with a low kick.
Hamilton misses with the combination.

Martinez has Hamilton up against the cage in a clinch.
Hamilton is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Martinez has Hamilton pressed against the cage, preventing Hamilton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hamilton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton avoids a kick to the body.
Hamilton throws a hook but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hamilton is trying to force a seperation but Martinez has the dominant position.
Hamilton being controlled against the cage.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
A bit of stalling here from Martinez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamilton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hamilton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Martinez dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hamilton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Martinez avoids a kick to the body.
Jesus Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamilton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hamilton throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Hamilton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Martinez clinches up with Hamilton and pushes him back against the cage.
Hamilton tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the cage.
Hamilton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jesus Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martinez prevents Hamilton from breaking the clinch.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hamilton blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Martinez is looking to control Hamilton's arms but Hamilton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
Hamilton looking to throw knees to the head but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martinez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Hamilton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamilton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hamilton misses with an uppercut

and Martinez moves into the clinch.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hamilton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Hamilton blocks the leg kick.

Hamilton moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hamilton's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hamilton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
Hamilton blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
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 misses with a knee to the head.

Hamilton breaks the clinch.
Hamilton lands a jab-cross combination.
Hamilton looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Hamilton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martinez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martinez moves to clinch but Hamilton breaks away
and Hamilton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hamilton forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hamilton's efforts to push away.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martinez prevents Hamilton from breaking the clinch.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hamilton's brow.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Hamilton is blocking nicely.

Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez misses with a leg kick.
Hamilton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Martinez tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Hamilton keeps it at a distance.

Hamilton clinches with his opponent.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hamilton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamilton dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez is looking to control Hamilton's arms but Hamilton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.

Hamilton breaks from the clinch.
Martinez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamilton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Hamilton is avoiding it.
Hamilton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
No joy there for Hamilton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Hamilton dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hamilton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Martinez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Martinez tries to clinch

and Hamilton counters with a crisp right hand that drops Martinez! Hamilton lets Martinez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Martinez is rocked!
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!
Hamilton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Henry Hamilton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez tries to clinch up
and Hamilton counters with a big left hand that crumples Martinez! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henry Hamilton!