PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Salwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grande
vs
Salwa

193 cm
32
204 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

184 cm
29
198 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Salwa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salwa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grande.
Salwa throws an off balance right hand
and Grande counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Salwa.
Salwa missing with a left hand there. Grande was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salwa moves away.

Grande closes the distance and clinches.
Grande working aggressively here.

Salwa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grande throws a head kick that misses.
Grande dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Salwa. That did some damage!

Grande rushes Salwa and presses him up against the cage.

Grande breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salwa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Salwa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Salwa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grande counters with a nice uppercut.
Salwa throws a leg kick which misses Grande's front leg but catches the back leg as Grande tries to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Grande.
A shot to the body from Salwa misses
and Grande counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grande tries to clinch up.
Salwa lands a nice hook to Grande's body. Grande takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salwa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a wild combination.
Grande fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salwa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grande will feel that in the morning.
Salwa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grande on the side of the head.
Grande is looking to clinch but Salwa is avoiding it.
Salwa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grande will feel that in the morning.
Gabriel Salwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salwa lands with a hook. Grande tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Salwa misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salwa misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Grande misses the target.
Salwa blocks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Grande blocks the leg kick.
Grande on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Salwa. Salwa obviously looking to wear him down.
Salwa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Salwa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salwa scoring well with a low kick there.
Salwa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Grande checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salwa is looking to land body kicks.
Good standup being displayed there by Salwa as he connects with a hook.
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!
Salwa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grande tries to clinch there but Salwa circles away.
Salwa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grande has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salwa throws a body kick that misses.
Salwa looks for the body kick but Grande saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grande closes the distance but Salwa moves to the side
and Salwa counters with a body kick that stops Grande in his tracks momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Salwa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Salwa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grande.
Grande has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Salwa.
Salwa misses with a wild body shot.
Grande takes one to the side of the head.
Salwa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salwa.
Crunch! Salwa slams his shin into Grande's torso.
Salwa swinging wildly here.
Salwa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grande has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salwa throws the left hand but Grande avoids the punch easily.
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
Salwa connects with a body shot.
Gabriel Salwa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salwa misses with a right hand

and Grande moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Grande has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Salwa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grande throws a head punch that misses.
Salwa can't find room to land a body shot as Grande controls the action.
Grande throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Salwa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Salwa is pushing Grande up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grande just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salwa's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Salwa.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Salwa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grande avoids the body shot from Salwa.
Salwa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Salwa scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice uppercut there from Salwa.
Grande thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slapping body kick lands there for Salwa.
Grande misses with a leg kick.
Grande will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salwa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grande takes a step back to recover.
Salwa loads up on a big right hand but Grande slips the punch.
Salwa throws a low kick but Grande moves out of range easily.
Salwa throws out a powerful jab.
Salwa cracks Grande's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Grande slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Salwa can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gabriel Salwa!
A very excited looking Gabriel Salwa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.