PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Tyers (ranked 23295 p4p, 23791 weight class) and Jenna Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tyers
vs
Salvacion

168 cm
20
135
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
143
6 - 11 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaun Tyers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jenna Salvacion!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Tyers.
Horrible takedown attempt by Salvacion or perhaps it was just good defense by Tyers, which made it look bad.
Salvacion will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Salvacion tries for a takedown but Tyers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shaun Tyers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jenna Salvacion.
A left lands for Tyers.
Tyers misses with a double jab
and Salvacion cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Tyers lands.
Shaun Tyers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Tyers.
Tyers swings for the body but Salvacion moves out of range.
Salvacion is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Salvacion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salvacion thinks about the counter body kick.

Salvacion is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tyers's half guard.
Tyers tries to kick Salvacion off in order to stand up. Salvacion Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Tyers is looking to regain half guard here but Salvacion keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Tyers's face as Salvacion controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyers is looking for a sweep.
Salvacion just content to control the position.

Tyers sneaks out the side door and pushes Salvacion away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Tyers's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tyers duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyers jabs Salvacion to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyers misses with an uppercut
and Salvacion counters with a nice body kick.
Tyers lands with a hook. Salvacion tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tyers scores with the left hand. Salvacion knows he should have avoided that one.
Tyers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Salvacion gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tyers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shaun Tyers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyers cracks Salvacion with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tyers throws a right hand that misses
and Salvacion counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tyers misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyers misses with a few strikes there.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Salvacion with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyers to score with a decent uppercut.
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!
Salvacion needs to keep his hands up - Tyers had a free shot at his head there.
Tyers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Salvacion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salvacion bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salvacion slips under a jab from Tyers.
Salvacion counters with a body kick.
Tyers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shaun Tyers dominated that round.
That's time! Tyers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tyers feints a jab promting Salvacion to slip. Tyers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Salvacion slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shaun Tyers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Salvacion gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Tyers's face as Salvacion controls the position.
Tyers is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyers wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Salvacion working the ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Salvacion stalls from top position.
Tyers is trying to buck Salvacion off.
Salvacion content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two 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.
Tyers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salvacion.
Salvacion steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Tyers takes a swing at Salvacion's ribcage but misses.
Salvacion is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tyers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shaun Tyers is winning the standup battle so far.
Salvacion takes one on the button.
Tyers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salvacion manages to avoid it.
Tyers scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salvacion changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tyers looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tyers seems a little lost for a moment, as Salvacion dominates the positioning.
Jenna Salvacion has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tyers is trying to control Salvacion's posture but Salvacion avoids it.
Tyers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvacion can do to turn this around?

Tyers is wriggling around trying to escape but Salvacion has hooked up a rear naked choke! Is it over??? Is it... you're damn right it is! Tyers taps out and Salvacion picks up the big win! Great work there by Salvacion!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jenna Salvacion!