PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nyquil Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glass Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salazar's entrance music is Enter Sandman. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Joe's choice of entrance music: Rap Overdose. This should be a great matchup!

Salazar
vs
Joe

183 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nyquil Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glass Joe!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.
Nyquil Salazar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Joe decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Joe wants to control but Salazar is keeping him busy.
Joe is looking to stall here but Salazar recovers full guard.
Joe throws a big right hand that misses.
Salazar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Joe is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar working a defensive guard here.
Joe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Salazar is looking to clinch but Joe is avoiding it.

Salazar closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Joe to the mat! Joe manages to get full guard.
Salazar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Salazar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joe controls Salazar momentarily but Salazar frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe controlling the position.
Salazar postures up in Joe's guard and throws a big left but Joe blocks it.
Joe is trying to control the position but Salazar postures up.
Salazar is looking to work some ground and pound but Joe has wrist control.
Salazar with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salazar wants to clinch up but Joe keeps it at a distance.
Salazar has his takedown stuffed
and Joe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salazar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Joe counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe throwing shots but Salazar is blocking nicely.
Joe throwing shots but Salazar is blocking nicely.
Joe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Salazar defending well though.
Joe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salazar is trying to get back to full guard.
Salazar is not content to let Joe control the position.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Joe is looking for a kimura here.

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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Salazar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Joe throws a big right hand that misses.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Joe gets the takedown into side control.
Joe working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Joe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Salazar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Joe looks gassed!
Joe in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe 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.

Salazar tries to clinch up

and Joe counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Salazar works his way to full guard. Good work.
Joe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salazar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Salazar looking to ground and pound but Joe is blocking nicely.
The referee warns Joe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salazar looking to finish with strikes here!
Salazar thowing shots but they're missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar throws some wild stikes that Joe manages to avoid easily.
Salazar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joe really wants to buck Salazar off and get back to his feet.
Salazar landing strikes from the mount and Joe is in trouble!
Glass Joe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salazar looking to finish Joe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Joe!
Salazar thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Joe is working to get back to half guard.
Salazar with shots to the head and body - Joe looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar throws some wild stikes that Joe manages to avoid easily.
Salazar punching from mount but Joe doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Salazar landing punches.
Salazar throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Salazar throws a sloppy strike and Joe uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Joe has ended up in Salazar's guard.
Salazar is controlling Joe's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joe throws and elbow that misses. Salazar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Joe's guard. Nice move by Salazar!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salazar.
Salazar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Joe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Salazar is stalling in the full guard.
Salazar throws and elbow that misses. Joe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Salazar's guard. Nice move by Joe!
Salazar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Joe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Salazar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salazar wants to clinch

and Joe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Salazar is positioning himself well to prevent Joe advancing to mount.
Salazar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salazar is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyquil Salazar dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Salazar fails to land with a series of punches.
Salazar tries a head kick but it misses.
Salazar looks to clinch

and Joe counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Joe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Salazar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Salazar tries to get to full guard but Joe has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Salazar taking some punishment here, with Joe in his half guard.
Joe wants to take a breather but Salazar is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joe lands a nice short elbow.
Salazar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Joe.
Salazar won't allow Joe to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Joe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Salazar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Joe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Salazar has hold of Joe's hands but Joe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Joe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Salazar is not content to let Joe control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Salazar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Joe preventing the sweep.
Joe postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Salazar holds on and takes a little breather.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Joe keeping moving, preventing Salazar from controlling successfully.
Salazar postures up.
Salazar throws and elbow that misses. Joe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Salazar's guard. Nice move by Joe!
Salazar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Salazar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Joe throws and elbow that misses. Salazar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Joe's guard. Nice move by Salazar!

And that's the end of the fight!
Glass Joe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glass Joe!