PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Salomanca (ranked 3235 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bazooka Joe (ranked 4942 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.

Salomanca
vs
Joe

195 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Salomanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bazooka Joe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salomanca misses with a combination
and Joe counters with an inside leg kick.
Joe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Joe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salomanca throws a series of punches but Joe moves out of range.
Joe lands a front kick.
Joe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joe throws a shot to the body.
Salomanca lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Salomanca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joe shapes to counter with a head kick.
Salomanca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joe was well out of range. Poor timing from Salomanca.
Salomanca fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joe throws the kick towards the body but Salomanca avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salomanca misses with a body shot.
Joe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Salomanca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salomanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joe chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salomanca looks to land a left hand but Joe moved out of range nicely.
Joe lands a really nice looking cross but Salomanca seems unphased.
Joe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salomanca swings for the body but Joe moves out of range.
Salomanca jabs at Joe's body.
Joe dodges the punch combination from Salomanca.
Salomanca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Salomanca misses with a two punch combination.
Salomanca is breathing heavily.
Joe throws a hook to the side of Salomanca's head but Salomanca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Salomanca lands.
Joe misses with a head kick.
Salomanca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joe fails to land with a series of punches.
Joe tries to move into range but Salomanca moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salomanca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joe checks the leg kick nicely there.
Salomanca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Joe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Salomanca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salomanca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joe.
Salomanca misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Joe counters with a nice uppercut.
Salomanca throws a nice looking combination but Joe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joe is looking for the big counter here.
Joe slips a straight right by Salomanca.
Joe was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joe scores with a head kick.
Salomanca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carlos Salomanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salomanca tries to close the distance and clinch but Joe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joe looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe scores with a head kick. Salomanca tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Salomanca lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Joe lands a lovely overhand right.
Salomanca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salomanca misses with the combination.
As Salomanca backs off Joe throws a huge counter combo but Salomanca manages to avoid it all.
Salomanca tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch combination from Salomanca misses.
Joe scores with a leg kick.
Joe throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe lands a lovely overhand right.
Joe lands a lovely overhand right.
Joe lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Salomanca misses with a two punch combination.
Joe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Salomanca had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Good shot there by Joe.
Salomanca looks to throw the jab but Joe is out of range.
Joe throws out a counter right but Salomanca avoids it with no problem.
Joe looks to land a body kick but Salomanca moved away.
Salomanca blocks the body kick.
Salomanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe looks to land a left hand but Salomanca moved out of range nicely.
Salomanca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Joe on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Salomanca lands the left hand.
Joe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Salomanca misses with a double jab
and Joe counters with a good, hard body kick but Salomanca shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bazooka Joe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Salomanca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joe throws a head kick that misses.
Salomanca is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Joe.
Salomanca blocks a low kick nicely.
Salomanca just misses with a punch to the body.
Salomanca cracks Joe with an open hand slap.
Joe slips a jab from Salomanca.
Joe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carlos Salomanca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salomanca misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salomanca tries a low kick but Joe avoids it.
Joe is looking for the big counter here.
Joe slips a straight right by Salomanca.
Joe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Salomanca is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salomanca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
Salomanca punishes Joe's body with a nice straight punch.
Joe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salomanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joe misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salomanca misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salomanca gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joe throws a shot from downtown. Salomanca moves away and avoids it.
Joe swinging wildly here.
Joe throws an overhand right that lands on Salomanca's shoulder, as Salomanca tries to avoid the shot.
Salomanca throws a right hand that Joe ducks under and follows up with a left that Joe also avoids with ease.
Joe throws a lazy body kick
and Salomanca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salomanca could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Salomanca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Salomanca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Salomanca!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Salomanca!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Salomanca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bazooka Joe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salomanca fails to land with a series of punches.
Joe avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Joe.
Salomanca swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Joe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salomanca misses with an uppercut
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Joe.
Joe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Salomanca in his tracks.
Salomanca takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe throws a hook to the side of Salomanca's head but Salomanca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salomanca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salomanca moves away from the strike by Joe.
Salomanca lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Joe just misses with a punch to the body.
Salomanca connects with a solid leg kick.
Salomanca lands with an overhand left.
Salomanca throws a series of punches but Joe avoids them all with ease.
Joe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joe connects with an inside leg kick.
Salomanca slips a jab from Joe.
Salomanca goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Salomanca scores with a hook to the body. Joe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joe lands a nice looking body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Salomanca. Those never looked like landing.
Joe lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Salomanca does no damage.
Joe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joe.

Salomanca has closed the distance and engaged Joe in a clinch.
Salomanca pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joe.
Salomanca misses with an elbow over the top.
Salomanca lands a nice elbow.
Salomanca misses with an elbow over the top.
Salomanca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Salomanca throws a head punch that misses.

Joe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salomanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Joe is just out of range.
Salomanca misses the body punch
and Joe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salomanca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Salomanca is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Joe throws a jab when Salomanca was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Carlos Salomanca will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Salomanca.
Salomanca lands a nice shot to the body.
Joe throws a body kick that misses
and Salomanca counters with a right hand to the body.
Joe walks into a stiff left hand from Salomanca.
Salomanca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joe.
Joe blocks a leg kick.
Salomanca connects with a single shot there.
Salomanca takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Joe throws the kick towards the body but Salomanca avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salomanca swinging wildly here.
Salomanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Joe.
Joe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe misses with a series of wild punches.
Joe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salomanca looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Joe throws a hook but Salomanca avoids it easily.
Joe misses with a two punch combination.
Salomanca seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Salomanca lands with a hook. Joe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Joe checks a low kick from Salomanca.

Salomanca moves into the clinch.
Salomanca throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joe blocking some punches.
Salomanca misses with an elbow strike.
Salomanca lands a nice elbow.
Joe blocks the elbow strike.
Joe blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Joe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salomanca tests Joe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Joe.
Joe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joe walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Salomanca wants to clinch
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from Salomanca.
Salomanca is looking to clinch.
Joe scores with a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joe.
Joe cracks Salomanca with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca throws a leg kick but Joe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salomanca misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joe tests Salomanca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Joe loads up on a big right hand but Salomanca slips the punch.
Joe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salomanca circles away quickly and effectively.
Joe walks into a jab.
Joe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Salomanca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salomanca slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Salomanca scores with a crisp jab that stopped Joe in his tracks.
Nice body punch from Joe.
Salomanca tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Joe counters with a low kick, right behind Salomanca 's knee.
Joe lands with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salomanca tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salomanca lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Salomanca cracks Joe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Salomanca. Those never looked like landing.
Joe feints a counter leg kick.
Joe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salomanca lands a jab to the nose.
Joe just misses with a punch to the body.
Salomanca pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Joe back to the cage. Salomanca follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Joe tries to keep at a distance but Salomanca has taken the fight into the clinch.
Salomanca throws an elbow but it misses.

Salomanca manages to break the clinch.
Joe swats away the attempt to clinch by Salomanca.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Salomanca showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Salomanca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Salomanca!