PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Orlando Perez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Orlando Perez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Perez
vs
Martinez

184 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Orlando Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez looks to land a combination. Perez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Martinez showed some decent athleticism there.

Perez pushes Martinez off and gets back to his feet.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Martinez tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Perez as Martinez shoots in.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martinez dives in for a single leg takedown but Perez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Perez is looking to counter punch.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Martinez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perez pinned against the cage. Perez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Perez gets a takedown into half guard.
Martinez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Martinez actively working from the bottom here.
Perez 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.
Martinez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Martinez looks winded!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martinez is on top in guard.

Martinez trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.
Perez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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.
Perez pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.

Perez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martinez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Perez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Martinez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Perez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez has Martinez pulled in close to control his posture.
Martinez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Perez working for a triangle but Martinez defends it easily.
Perez wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perez pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.
Martinez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Perez 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.

Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Martinez gets underhooks to prevent Perez's takedown attempt.
Perez wants a takedown.
Martinez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Perez gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Perez as he avoids it easily.
Perez leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Perez's waist but Perez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martinez off to one side.
Perez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Martinez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Perez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Robert Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Perez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Perez gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Perez slows the pace down.
Martinez is looking to regain half guard here but Perez keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Perez staying calm.
Martinez stops Perez from passing to mount.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Orlando Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.
Martinez throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Martinez tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Perez presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Perez controlling from the full mount.
Martinez tries to reverse the position but Perez maintains control.
Perez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Perez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Perez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Perez dominated that second round.
That's time! Perez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Martinez shoots in but Perez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Perez shows good takedown defense.
Martinez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perez circles away.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.

Martinez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Perez sprawls well initially but Martinez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Perez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Martinez wants to stand up but Perez is controlling the position.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Perez has one foot on Martinez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Perez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Perez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Perez taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez misses with the ground and pound.

Perez is trying to get an arm triangle but Martinez is defending well.
Perez working away.
Martinez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Perez is staying active.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Martinez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Perez in side control, throwing shots but Martinez defends.
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.
Perez slows the pace down.
Martinez tries to escape but Perez is in control.

Perez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez controlling from side mount.
Martinez dodges the ground and pound from Perez.
Perez trying to control the action but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orlando Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Perez, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orlando Perez!
Orlando Perez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.