PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bon Joy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyquil Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Joy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Prodigy - Breathe. The crowd seem to be enjoying Salazar's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman. Nyquil Salazar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Joy
vs
Salazar

190 cm
22
199 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bon Joy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nyquil Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar misses with a right hand
and Joy counters with a stiff right hand.
Joy wants to slow Salazar down by chopping away at his legs.
Salazar throws a head kick that misses
and Joy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Salazar takes one to the side of the head.
Joy moves out of range as Salazar throws a body kick.
Joy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salazar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joy.
Salazar misses with a head kick.
Joy scores with a push kick.
Salazar ducks right into an uppercut from Joy.
Joy connects with a leg kick. Salazar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Joy lands a head kick. Salazar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Salazar takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Salazar takes the fight into the clinch.
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joy just leaning against Salazar, taking a breather.
Salazar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Salazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.

Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salazar wants to clinch up but Joy keeps it at a distance.
Joy delivers a nice body kick.
Joy digs a good hook to Salazar's body.
Salazar looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joy is looking to slow Salazar down with leg kicks.

Joy closes the distance and clinches.
Joy landing knees to the head.
Joy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Nyquil Salazar has been cut.
Salazar takes an elbow to the forehead.

Joy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Joy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joy effectively controlling the action here.
Joy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy lands a damaging elbow.
Joy throws an elbow that misses.

Joy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salazar moves to clinch but Joy breaks away
and Joy counters with a thumping low kick.

Joy moves into range and clinches up with Salazar.
Salazar can't break the clinch.
Joy missing with knees to the body.

Joy breaks the clinch.
Salazar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joy stuffs the takedown attempt from Salazar. Salazar gets slowly back to his feet.
Joy lands a head kick. Salazar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Joy counters with a nice leg kick.
Salazar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joy jabs Salazar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Salazar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Joy scores with a leg kick.

Joy closes the distance and clinches.

Joy breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Joy cracks Salazar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bon Joy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nyquil Salazar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Salazar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Salazar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Joy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A cross from Joy lands.
Joy connects with an inside leg kick.
Joy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A lazy left from Joy finds it's target.
Joy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Salazar if he has to take too many more of those.
Joy moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salazar throws a sloppy head kick
and Joy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salazar is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joy.
Salazar drops his hands momentarily and Joy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joy fakes the leg kick and cracks Salazar in the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joy. Salazar shrugs it off though.

Joy pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Joy tries a knee to the head but Salazar blocks it.
Joy avoiding damage as Salazar throws knees to the body.
Joy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Joy lands a nice knee to the body.
Joy lands a knee to the head.
Joy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joy lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Joy breaks from the clinch.
Joy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salazar can do to turn this around?
Joy lands with a right hand.

Joy moves into range and clinches up with Salazar.
Joy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Salazar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joy lands a nice elbow.
Joy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Joy slows down the pace here.
Joy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Joy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Salazar avoids a wild elbow strike from Joy.
Salazar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joy.

Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joy catches Salazar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joy keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to clinch but Joy is having none of it.
Joy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bon Joy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Salazar tries to clinch there but Joy circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salazar. Joy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salazar tries to land a body kick
and Joy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy jabs Salazar right on the nose. Salazar blinks but takes it well.
Salazar tries to clinch up
and Joy counters with a nice uppercut.
Bon Joy is winning the standup battle so far.
Salazar tries to clinch up
and Joy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salazar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Joy throws an off balance right hand

and Salazar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bon Joy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nyquil Salazar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Salazar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joy.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Salazar throws a sloppy head kick and Joy moves out of range easily.
Salazar misses with a head kick.
Joy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy left from Joy finds it's target.
Joy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salazar closes the distance but Joy moves to the side
and Joy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar walks into a jab.
Salazar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Joy clinches up against the cage.
Joy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Salazar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Salazar looking for a takedown.

Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joy scores with a push kick.
Salazar 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.
Bon Joy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joy scores with a shot to the body.
Joy scores with a jab to the head.
Nyquil Salazar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Salazar. Salazar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joy.
Joy jabs at Salazar's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Salazar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joy. Joy obviously looking to wear him down.
Joy lands with a slapping head kick.

Joy moves into the clinch successfully.
Salazar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Joy lands an elbow inside that Salazar shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joy's brow.

Joy breaks from the clinch.
Joy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joy lands a jab to Salazar's midsection.
Joy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Salazar on the side of the head.
Salazar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Salazar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Salazar throws a sloppy head kick
and Joy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Salazar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Salazar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy slips a straight right by Salazar.
Salazar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joy. That's going to slow Salazar down.

Joy pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joy scores with a knee to the head.
Salazar takes an elbow to the forehead.

Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salazar throws a lazy head kick
and Joy counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bon Joy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joy 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bon Joy!