|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Murillomartins Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Markowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martins comes to the cage accompanied by Campeão, Vencedor. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 150 cm
21
130 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
|
178 cm
19
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
|
BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
|
| |
|
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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murillomartins Martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Markowski!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markowski cracks Martins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Markowski throws a series of punches but Martins avoids them all with ease.
Markowski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Martins.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Martins throwing strikes but missing.
Martins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Markowski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Martins is controlling him.
Martins throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Markowski looking for a sweep. Not yet Markowski, not yet.
Martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martins postures up in Markowski's guard and throws a big left but Markowski blocks it.
Markowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Markowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martins is looking to work some ground and pound but Markowski has wrist control.
Martins throwing strikes but missing.
Martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Markowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Markowski wants to stand up but Martins is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Markowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Markowski has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Markowski throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Martins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martins throwing strikes from guard but Markowski blocks nicely.
Martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Markowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Markowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martins.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Markowski wants to stand up but Martins is controlling him.
Martins looking to pass the guard.
Markowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Markowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martins throws a big right hand that misses.
Martins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Markowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Markowski wants to get back to his feet but Martins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Markowski looks winded!
Martins throwing strikes from guard but Markowski blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins throwing strikes from guard but Markowski blocks nicely.
Markowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martins throws a big elbow that misses.
Martins is looking to work some ground and pound but Markowski has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Markowski throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Martins throws a strike but Markowski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markowski looking to sit in guard and control but Martins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murillomartins Martins dominated that round.
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.
Markowski connects with a looping right hand.
Markowski misses with a leg kick
and Martins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Markowski is trying to stand.
Markowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martins.
Murillomartins Martins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Markowski defending well though.
Martins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Markowski wants to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Markowski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Martins.
Markowski makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Markowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Markowski is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Markowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martins circles away quickly and effectively.
Markowski has taken the fight to the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Martins here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Markowski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martins.
Markowski looking to slow down the pace here.
Markowski tries to throw a body punch but Martins avoids it by throwing Markowski back against the cage.
Markowski throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Markowski tries to break free but Martins pushes him back against the cage.
Martins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Markowski gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Martins goes for a takedown attempt but Markowski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Murillomartins Martins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Markowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Markowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martins circles away quickly and effectively.
Markowski throws a leg kick
and Martins counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Markowski's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markowski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Martins throwing strikes from guard but Markowski blocks nicely.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martins postures up in Markowski's guard and throws a big left but Markowski blocks it.
Martins is looking to work some ground and pound but Markowski has wrist control.
Markowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Markowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martins with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Markowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martins.
Martins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martins is looking to work some ground and pound but Markowski has wrist control.
Martins throws a strike but Markowski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Martins pushes Markowski off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murillomartins Martins dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Markowski has Martins up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Markowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Markowski tries to break free but Martins pushes him back against the cage.
Markowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Markowski.
Markowski is pressed up against the cage. Martins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Markowski down to the mat. Markowski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Markowski.
Markowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martins 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.
Markowski misses with the body kick
and Martins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Martins.
Markowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Markowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Markowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martins postures up in Markowski's guard and throws a big left but Markowski blocks it.
Markowski throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Martins throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martins postures up in Markowski's guard and throws a big left but Markowski blocks it.
Markowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Markowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martins stops Markowski from standing up.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Markowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Markowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murillomartins Martins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Martins stays in close to Markowski's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Murillomartins Martins just wasn't active enough.
Markowski lands a jab.
Markowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Martins.
Markowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martins slips a jab and a cross from Markowski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins staying out of range there.
Markowski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Markowski throws a nice looking combination but Martins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martins moves away from the strike by Markowski.
Markowski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martins counters with a takedown into side control.
Martins misses with the ground and pound.
Martins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Martins lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Markowski sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Martins postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Markowski dodges the ground and pound from Martins.
Martins tries to score with some ground and pound. Markowski controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sebastian Markowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Markowski is avoiding damage well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Murillomartins Martins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Murillomartins Martins!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Murillomartins Martins!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Murillomartins Martins!
Murillomartins Martins wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Murillomartins Martins took to the microphone: 'Campeão, Vencedor'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
53% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
