PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dieudonne Ntsengue (ranked 3694 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rigoberto Martinez (ranked 7639 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.

Ntsengue
vs
Martinez

182 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dieudonne Ntsengue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rigoberto Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Ntsengue sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martinez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ntsengue counters with a three punch combo that has Martinez backing up. Martinez nods at Ntsengue to acknowledge the strikes.

Ntsengue instigates a clinch.

Ntsengue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez leaves Ntsengue with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martinez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martinez stuffs the takedown attempt from Ntsengue. Ntsengue gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ntsengue has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dieudonne Ntsengue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ntsengue counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ntsengue fails with a takedown attempt.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinez darts in trying to clinch
and Ntsengue makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ntsengue.

Ntsengue clinches up with Martinez and pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ntsengue to keep the fight standing.
Ntsengue has Martinez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Martinez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ntsengue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ntsengue is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Martinez is defending well.

Ntsengue gets control of Martinez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ntsengue will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ntsengue is pulling down on Martinez's head to control his posture.
Martinez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ntsengue has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a strike but Ntsengue rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Ntsengue has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Martinez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martinez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ntsengue is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Martinez wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Martinez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ntsengue can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ntsengue not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ntsengue throws a head kick that misses.

Ntsengue fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.
Martinez letting Ntsengue take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dieudonne Ntsengue dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ntsengue has a takedown stuffed.
And Martinez tries to counter it with a takedown but Ntsengue pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.
Martinez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses.

Ntsengue has taken the fight to the clinch.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Ntsengue decides to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ntsengue has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Martinez is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Martinez fails to pull guard.
Martinez is trying to force a seperation but Ntsengue has the dominant position.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Ntsengue avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ntsengue's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ntsengue moves into the clinch.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ntsengue comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ntsengue is working for takedown but Martinez is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dieudonne Ntsengue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ntsengue avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ntsengue.

Ntsengue escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown attempt by Martinez or perhaps it was just good defense by Ntsengue, which made it look bad.
Martinez just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromNtsengue.
Martinez shoots in looking for a takedown. Ntsengue tries to sprawl out of it but Martinez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ntsengue manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ntsengue shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Martinez sprawls well. Martinez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ntsengue gets slowly back to his feet.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Ntsengue keeps it at a distance.
Martinez fails to land the takedown.
Dieudonne Ntsengue is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Ntsengue tries to score a power double leg takedown but Martinez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ntsengue somewhat.
Martinez shoots in but Ntsengue avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Ntsengue will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ntsengue looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ntsengue tries for a takedown but Martinez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Martinez. No joy for Ntsengue on that attempt.
Martinez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ntsengue fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Martinez duly obliges.
Martinez dives in and grabs Ntsengue's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ntsengue pushes down on Martinez's head and hops out.
Martinez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ntsengue shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ntsengue is defended easily by Martinez.
Ntsengue fails with a takedown attempt.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ntsengue as he jumps to the side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ntsengue fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dieudonne Ntsengue dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Martinez misses with the combination.
Ntsengue avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Martinez misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ntsengue counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ntsengue.
Martinez fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Ntsengue lands a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Martinez looking for a guillotine here but Ntsengue defends easily.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ntsengue throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martinez keeping full guard, as Ntsengue tries to pass.

Martinez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ntsengue defends it easily.
Ntsengue working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martinez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ntsengue fails with the takedown.
Ntsengue tries for a takedown but Martinez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Martinez shoots for a double leg takedown but Ntsengue sprawls well. He's pushed Martinez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ntsengue fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dieudonne Ntsengue. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ntsengue clinches.
Ntsengue has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martinez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Ntsengue breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to clinch but Ntsengue is having none of it.

Ntsengue rushes Martinez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ntsengue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ntsengue moves out of range of the leg kick from Martinez.

Ntsengue darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.

Ntsengue gets control of Martinez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ntsengue will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dieudonne Ntsengue overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.

Martinez drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ntsengue dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ntsengue scoring with some ground and pound.
Martinez is trying to keep Ntsengue in close.
Ntsengue preventing the sweep.
Ntsengue forces his way into half guard.
Still in half guard, Ntsengue seems content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Ntsengue decides to stand and escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dieudonne Ntsengue showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ntsengue has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dieudonne Ntsengue!