PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Guerra Salsido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Sokolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra Salsido comes into the arena with Cuba Anthem blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Guerra Salsido
vs
Sokolov

188 cm
27
219 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

188 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent 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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Guerra Salsido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Sokolov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Guerra Salsido.

It looks like Sergei Sokolov has been cut.
Guerra Salsido ducks right into an uppercut from Sokolov.
Sokolov moves out of range as Guerra Salsido strikes.
Guerra Salsido avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sokolov throws a lazy right hand but Guerra Salsido sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Guerra Salsido ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sokolov lands a really nice looking cross but Guerra Salsido seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

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

Guerra Salsido is rocked!

Guerra Salsido knocks Sokolov to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Sokolov is rocked!
A big shot lands for Guerra Salsido! That's hurt Sokolov! Will he recover? Guerra Salsido fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonid Guerra Salsido!
In his post fight interview, Leonid Guerra Salsido started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.