PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ishaq Khentimentiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin has chosen Rebel Yell as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khentimentiu
vs
Martin

189 cm
25
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

198 cm
21
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ishaq Khentimentiu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tony Martin!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin connects with the punch.
Khentimentiu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martin's sensitive parts.
Martin throws a good cross that connects.
Khentimentiu throws a shot from downtown. Martin moves away and avoids it.
Khentimentiu misses with a hook
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khentimentiu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martin finds it's way round the side to connect with Khentimentiu's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khentimentiu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Khentimentiu misses with a wild combination.
Khentimentiu ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Martin throws a right hand that Khentimentiu ducks under and follows up with a left that Khentimentiu also avoids with ease.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khentimentiu manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Khentimentiu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khentimentiu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Khentimentiu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Khentimentiu misses.
Khentimentiu misses with a body kick.
Khentimentiu thows a body shot but no joy.
Khentimentiu throws a hook but Martin blocks it.
Martin lands the left hand.
Martin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khentimentiu in his tracks.
Khentimentiu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Khentimentiu moves away and avoids it.
Khentimentiu misses with a left hand
and Martin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Tony Martin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khentimentiu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Martin's head.
Martin thows a body shot but no joy.
Martin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Martin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khentimentiu.
Martin misses with a looping left.
Khentimentiu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khentimentiu wants to land a leg kick but Martin is out of range.
Martin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Khentimentiu throws a wild body kick that Martin sees coming a mile off.
Khentimentiu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Martin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Khentimentiu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Khentimentiu.
Khentimentiu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Martin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khentimentiu moves out of range of the strikes.
Khentimentiu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khentimentiu lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice jab there from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Khentimentiu saw that one coming.
Khentimentiu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Khentimentiu misses with a straight left.
Martin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khentimentiu under the eye.
Martin misses with a looping left.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Khentimentiu moved out of range nicely.
Khentimentiu lands a leg kick that knocks Martin off balance momentarily.
Martin throws the left hand but Khentimentiu avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khentimentiu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khentimentiu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ishaq Khentimentiu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Martin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martin blocks the body kick.
Martin punishes Khentimentiu's body with a nice straight punch.
Ishaq Khentimentiu is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Khentimentiu counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Tony Martin's cut even more.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Martin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Khentimentiu looks to land a body kick but Martin moved away.
Martin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khentimentiu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khentimentiu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khentimentiu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khentimentiu throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Martin looks to land a combination but Khentimentiu avoids it well.
Khentimentiu scores with a jab.
Ishaq Khentimentiu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin sizes up Khentimentiu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Khentimentiu throws a hook but Martin blocks it.
Khentimentiu moves away from the strike by Martin.
Khentimentiu misses with a low kick.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Khentimentiu slips the punch.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khentimentiu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khentimentiu misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands a nice looking body shot.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Khentimentiu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khentimentiu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khentimentiu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khentimentiu throws out a loose jab but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khentimentiu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

The cut above Tony Martin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khentimentiu throws out the jab.
Khentimentiu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khentimentiu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khentimentiu thumps Martin with a low kick.
Khentimentiu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khentimentiu connects with a leg kick. Martin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Martin slips under a jab from Khentimentiu.
Khentimentiu thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch lands to the side of Khentimentiu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Martin blocks a head kick by Khentimentiu.
No joy there for Martin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khentimentiu misses with the combination.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Khentimentiu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khentimentiu slips under a jab from Martin.
Khentimentiu misses with an uppercut. Martin saw that one coming.
Khentimentiu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Khentimentiu.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin misses with a double jab
enabling Khentimentiu to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khentimentiu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ishaq Khentimentiu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Martin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Khentimentiu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Khentimentiu saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Khentimentiu misses.
Martin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slow jab from Martin misses its intended target.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khentimentiu's head backwards.
A combination from Khentimentiu does no damage.
A big right from Martin misses.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khentimentiu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khentimentiu ducks under a wild hook from Martin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Martin misses.
Khentimentiu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Martin misses.
Khentimentiu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Khentimentiu thows a body kick. Martin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khentimentiu thuds his shin into the meat of Martin's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khentimentiu, right into the meat.
Khentimentiu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Khentimentiu's head but Khentimentiu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Khentimentiu.
Martin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khentimentiu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Tony Martin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Khentimentiu throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.
Martin misses with a hook
and Khentimentiu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khentimentiu cracks the inside of Martin's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khentimentiu scores with a sloppy right hand. Martin should have avoided that one.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tony Martin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ishaq Khentimentiu!
After the fight, Ishaq Khentimentiu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.