PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Saballe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saballe comes to the cage accompanied by In My City. Tank has chosen Destiny as his entrance music. 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.

Saballe
vs
Tank

225 cm
25
275 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Salvador Saballe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Tank!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tank takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tank throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Salvador Saballe has been cut.
Saballe connects with a high kick.

It looks like Frank Tank has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saballe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Oooooh!!! Saballe has knocked Tank down with a huge combo! Saballe steps away and waves a wobbly Tank back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Saballe misses the shot to the body.
Tank is looking to clinch.
Tank tries a head kick but it misses.
Saballe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saballe tries to clinch up.
Saballe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That has opened up Frank Tank's cut even more.
Saballe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Saballe moves into range and clinches up with Tank.
Tank letting Saballe take a breather here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Saballe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tank.
Tank is trying to push Saballe away but Saballe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saballe wants to stall.
Tank avoids the elbow strike from Saballe, against the cage.
Tank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saballe blocks a body shot from Tank.
Tank misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Saballe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saballe moves out of range of the body kick from Tank.
Tank with a nice cross.
Tank lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Saballe looks to land a body kick but Tank moved away.

Oooooh!!! Saballe has knocked Tank down with a huge combo! Saballe steps away and waves a wobbly Tank back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Tank is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tank.
Tank is still on wobbly legs! Can Saballe finish him?
Tank takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tank seems to have recovered his senses.
Tank looks gassed!
and Saballe counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Tank! He's just covering up as Saballe starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salvador Saballe!
After the fight, Salvador Saballe was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.