PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sophie Salvacion (ranked 23504 p4p, 6832 weight class) and Alicia Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salvacion
vs
Salvacion

165 cm
21
143
11 - 22 - 2

165 cm
21
143
19 - 21 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sophie Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alicia Salvacion!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Sophie Salvacion shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Alicia Salvacion defends it nicely.
Sophie Salvacion misses with a takedown attempt
and Alicia Salvacion finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sophie Salvacion closes the distance and clinches up with Alicia Salvacion, looking for a takedown. Sophie Salvacion pushes Alicia Salvacion against the cage but Alicia Salvacion circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sophie Salvacion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alicia Salvacion scores with a takedown into Sophie Salvacion's guard.

Sophie Salvacion pushes Alicia Salvacion off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alicia Salvacion leaves Sophie Salvacion with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alicia Salvacion fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sophie Salvacion feinted with a counter takedown.
Alicia Salvacion slaps away a takedown attempt from Sophie Salvacion, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Alicia Salvacion counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sophie Salvacion throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Alicia Salvacion slaps away a takedown attempt from Sophie Salvacion, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sophie Salvacion fails with the takedown.
And Alicia Salvacion responds with a good body kick, but Sophie Salvacion manages to step out the way in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sophie Salvacion closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Alicia Salvacion keeping hold of Sophie Salvacion's head, controlling as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alicia Salvacion is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alicia Salvacion keeping hold of Sophie Salvacion's head, controlling as best he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sophie Salvacion 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.

Sophie Salvacion shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alicia Salvacion pinned against the cage. Alicia Salvacion gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Alicia Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sophie Salvacion shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alicia Salvacion dives in and scores a takedown into Sophie Salvacion's guard.

Sophie Salvacion wriggles free and stands up.

Alicia Salvacion manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sophie Salvacion on his heels. He'll look to pass Sophie Salvacion's guard now, I'm sure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sophie Salvacion wants to get back to his feet but Alicia Salvacion is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sophie Salvacion overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alicia Salvacion seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Alicia Salvacion trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sophie Salvacion seems keen to control Alicia Salvacion's posture.
Sophie Salvacion not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alicia Salvacion looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Alicia Salvacion's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sophie Salvacion is pulling down on Alicia Salvacion's head. It's preventing any offense from Alicia Salvacion, at least for the moment.
Alicia Salvacion controlling from the top position.
Sophie Salvacion wants to stand and escape but Alicia Salvacion is having none of it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alicia Salvacion fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Alicia Salvacion. No joy for Sophie Salvacion on that attempt.
Alicia Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sophie Salvacion blocks it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sophie Salvacion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alicia Salvacion fails with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alicia Salvacion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Alicia Salvacion tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sophie Salvacion defends well and Alicia Salvacion ends up having to push Sophie Salvacion into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Alicia Salvacion shoots in and drives through. Sophie Salvacion sprawls well.
Sophie Salvacion tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Alicia Salvacion swivels and escapes.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sophie Salvacion enables Alicia Salvacion to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sophie Salvacion manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alicia Salvacion is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sophie Salvacion wants to get back to his feet but Alicia Salvacion passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sophie Salvacion is trying to stand up here but Alicia Salvacion is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Alicia Salvacion closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sophie Salvacion did well to prevent Alicia Salvacion getting side control.
Alicia Salvacion is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sophie Salvacion trying to control here.
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.
Sophie Salvacion wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alicia Salvacion misses with a takedown attempt
and Sophie Salvacion makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Alicia Salvacion really felt that one!
Sophie Salvacion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alicia Salvacion.

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.
Sophie Salvacion tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alicia Salvacion sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sophie Salvacion somewhat.
Alicia Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

Alicia Salvacion shoots in and bounces Sophie Salvacion off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Sophie Salvacion has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Alicia Salvacion is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sophie Salvacion showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sophie Salvacion!