PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Salampessy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Orndorf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Salampessy
vs
Orndorf

188 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Salampessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Orndorf!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salampessy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orndorf can pounce on him.
Orndorf cracks Salampessy with a good jab.
Orndorf takes a swing at Salampessy's ribcage but misses.
Paul Orndorf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Salampessy.
Salampessy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Orndorf tries to avoid it but Salampessy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Orndorf to the ground. Orndorf escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Salampessy wants to clinch.
Orndorf shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Salampessy as he jumps to the side.

Orndorf moves into the clinch successfully.
Salampessy takes an elbow to the temple.
Orndorf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Ricardo Salampessy has been cut.
Orndorf manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Orndorf pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salampessy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Salampessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Orndorf gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orndorf leaves Salampessy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A combination from Salampessy does no damage.
Salampessy fails to land the takedown.
Salampessy misses with a jab, cross combination.

Orndorf fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salampessy, pushing him back against the ropes.
Orndorf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Orndorf crunches a lovely knee into Salampessy's ribcage.
Salampessy is breathing heavily.
Orndorf lands an elbow inside.
Orndorf lands a good knee to the midsection. Salampessy won't want to take too many of those.

Orndorf pulls guard effortlessly.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orndorf doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Orndorf wants to stand up but Salampessy is controlling him.
Salampessy wants to control from the top but Orndorf keeps moving.
Orndorf is looking to stand up but Salampessy isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orndorf is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Salampessy landing some decent shots from guard.
Orndorf wants to stand up but Salampessy is controlling him.
Salampessy stopping the sweep attempt from Orndorf.
Salampessy trying to control the position from guard on top but Orndorf is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Orndorf throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Salampessy is in close to Orndorf's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Salampessy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Orndorf's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salampessy drops back looking for a leg! Orndorf is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Orndorf manages to kick Salampessy off! Salampessy jumps back into Orndorf's guard.
Salampessy stopping the sweep attempt from Orndorf.
Orndorf keeping moving, preventing Salampessy from controlling successfully.
Orndorf is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Salampessy is controlling him.
Orndorf keeping moving, preventing Salampessy from controlling successfully.
Salampessy working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salampessy preventing the sweep.

Orndorf is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Orndorf tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Salampessy just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Orndorf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salampessy's defenses.
Salampessy lands a shoulder strike.
Orndorf lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salampessy backwards.

Orndorf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salampessy shoots in for a double leg but Orndorf sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Orndorf closes the distance and pushes Salampessy back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orndorf lands an elbow that stopped Salampessy in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salampessy digs a right hand underneath Orndorf's ribcage. Orndorf let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Orndorf fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salampessy can't get the takedown.
Salampessy tries to throw a body punch but Orndorf avoids it by throwing Salampessy back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Orndorf dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Salampessy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Salampessy fails with a takedown attempt.
Salampessy shoots in but no luck this time.
Salampessy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Orndorf avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Salampessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Orndorf closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orndorf.

Orndorf gets control of Salampessy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Orndorf will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Orndorf has a closed guard, preventing Salampessy from standing up.
Orndorf is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Salampessy is controlling him.
Salampessy tries to stand but Orndorf is controlling from the bottom.
Orndorf really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salampessy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salampessy trying to control but Orndorf is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Orndorf is looking to stand back up but Salampessy counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Orndorf.
Orndorf is breathing heavily.
Salampessy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Orndorf missing with punches from the bottom.
Orndorf wants to get back to full guard.
Salampessy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Salampessy prevents Orndorf from standing back up.
Nice strikes from Salampessy there.
Salampessy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Salampessy is trying to control the action in half guard but Orndorf is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Orndorf is trying to get back to full guard.
Orndorf on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ricardo Salampessy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Salampessy has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Orndorf defend it? Salampessy steps over the head and cranks it - Orndorf is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Salampessy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Salampessy!