PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Saint Roc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salita comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself by Eminem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Saint Roc's choice of entrance music: Rock superstar. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Pierre Saint Roc enters the cage!

Salita
vs
Saint Roc

194 cm
28
220 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

189 cm
27
219 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicky Salita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pierre Saint Roc!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Salita.
Saint Roc closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Saint Roc throws a leg kick but Salita sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salita tried to score with a low kick but Saint Roc checks it.
Saint Roc connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Salita momentarily.
Salita throws a low kick, looking for Saint Roc's leg but Saint Roc calmly moves out of range.
Saint Roc looks to land a left hand but Salita moved out of range nicely.
Salita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Salita.
Salita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salita scores with a jab to the body.
Salita checks a low kick from Saint Roc.
Nicky Salita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint Roc showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salita.
Saint Roc misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint Roc bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saint Roc throws out a loose jab but Salita uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salita closes the distance and clinches.
Salita tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Saint Roc scores with a nice short uppercut.
Salita misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Salita misses with the head strike.
Saint Roc lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Salita.
Saint Roc is leaning against Salita and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Salita working aggressively here.
Saint Roc misses with a knee to the head.
Saint Roc will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Salita up against the cage.
Salita misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Roc throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salita throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint Roc misses with a body punch.
Salita misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Saint Roc.
A left hand lands to the body for Salita.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint Roc lands a nice uppercut.
Saint Roc working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saint Roc throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Salita tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saint Roc blocks an uppercut.

Saint Roc manages to break the clinch.
Saint Roc lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salita tries a head kick but it misses.
Saint Roc throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Salita on the side of the head.
Salita walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saint Roc feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Salita's calf.
Good work by Saint Roc as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Salita misses.
Saint Roc moves forwards but Salita connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Salita throws a series of punches but Saint Roc moves out of range.
Saint Roc scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Salita misses.
Saint Roc throws a shot to the body.
Salita throws out a loose jab but Saint Roc uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saint Roc manages to avoid it.
Saint Roc lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Salita on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Saint Roc.

Salita is rocked!
Saint Roc lands a big right hook! Salita looks hurt but is still standing! Saint Roc lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Salita falls down and Saint Roc dives in with a huge hammer fist! Salita's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Saint Roc runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pierre Saint Roc!
An out of breath Pierre Saint Roc thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.