PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Magic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Salcedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Magic
vs
Salcedo

184 cm
21
258 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
271 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Magic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Salcedo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salcedo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magic.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice body punch from Salcedo - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Salcedo.
Magic is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Salcedo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salcedo lands with a left to the head.
Salcedo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salcedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Magic's face.
Salcedo scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mr Magic has been cut.
Salcedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short body shot lands from Salcedo as the two fighters clinch.
Magic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Magic takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Salcedo.
Salcedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Salcedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salcedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salcedo obliges.
Salcedo pushes Magic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Salcedo.
Nice elbow from Salcedo.
Nice body punch from Salcedo.
Salcedo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Salcedo presses Magic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Salcedo lands a knee to the body.
Salcedo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Magic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salcedo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salcedo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salcedo crunches a lovely knee into Magic's ribcage.
Salcedo lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salcedo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Magic is working for takedown but Salcedo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Salcedo lands a nice knee to the body.
Salcedo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Salcedo connects with a knee to the head.
Salcedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Magic's face.
Salcedo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magic backwards.
Salcedo lands a nice shot to the body.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
Salcedo keeps control of Magic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Salcedo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salcedo landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Salcedo.
Salcedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Magic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salcedo lands a nice knee to the body.
Salcedo scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Magic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Salcedo scores a nice knee to the body.
Salcedo blocking some punches.
Salcedo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Salcedo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Magic backwards.
Salcedo lands a knee to the body.
Salcedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Salcedo lands with a light punch inside.
Salcedo scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salcedo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salcedo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Salcedo prevents Magic from breaking the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salcedo obliges.
Magic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salcedo landing knees to the body.
Salcedo keeps control of Magic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Salcedo.
Salcedo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Salcedo lands an elbow that stopped Magic in his tracks for a moment.
Salcedo lands a knee to the body.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
A body shot lands from Salcedo.
Magic working hard to break the clinch.
Salcedo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magic's defenses.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
Salcedo lands an elbow inside.
Salcedo lands a body punch.
Magic is trying to break the clinch but Salcedo has him pressed against the cage.
Magic tries to break free but Salcedo pushes him back against the cage.
Salcedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Salcedo scores with a hook to the body.
Salcedo lands a good knee to the midsection. Magic won't want to take too many of those.
Magic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salcedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Salcedo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Salcedo.
Still in the clinch, Salcedo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Salcedo with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Magic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Salcedo lands a nice elbow.
Salcedo lands a good knee to the midsection. Magic won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Salcedo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Salcedo.
Magic takes an elbow to the temple.
Magic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Salcedo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Salcedo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salcedo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.

Magic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Salcedo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Salcedo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Salcedo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Magic is looking to escape.
Salcedo lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salcedo lands a heavy elbow.
Salcedo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Salcedo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Magic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Magic misses with a wild combination.
Mr Magic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Salcedo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Magic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Magic takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Salcedo.
Salcedo scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Salcedo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salcedo obliges.
Magic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salcedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Salcedo lands a knee to the body.
Salcedo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Magic's face.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
Salcedo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Salcedo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Magic.
Salcedo landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Salcedo.
Magic working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Magic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Magic wants to break free but Salcedo has control.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
Magic lands a right hand.
Salcedo lands a damaging elbow.
Omar Salcedo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo digs a right hand into Magic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Magic's gas tank.
Salcedo lands a knee to the body.
Magic tries to break free but Salcedo pushes him back against the cage.
Salcedo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Salcedo connects with a knee to the head.
Salcedo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Salcedo keeps control of Magic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Magic tries for a takedown but Salcedo manages to get underhooks.
Salcedo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Salcedo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Salcedo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Salcedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magic working aggressively here.
Magic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salcedo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Salcedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Magic has had enough of the clinch but Salcedo keeps him there for the moment.
Salcedo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Salcedo.
Salcedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Salcedo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Magic's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salcedo obliges.
Salcedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magic is working for takedown but Salcedo is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Salcedo scores with a knee to the head.
Salcedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salcedo has him pressed against the cage.
Salcedo scores with a shoulder strike.
Salcedo scores a nice knee to the body.
Salcedo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Salcedo lands a right hand.
Salcedo landing knees to the body.
Salcedo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Magic is trying to force a seperation but Salcedo has the dominant position.
Magic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salcedo landing knees to the head.
Salcedo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Salcedo.
Salcedo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Salcedo scores with a knee to the head.
Salcedo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Salcedo.
Salcedo prevents Magic from breaking the clinch.
Salcedo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees to the body from Salcedo.
Salcedo lands with a right to the head.
Magic can't break the clinch.
A short right from Salcedo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salcedo scores with a knee to the head.
Salcedo with a knee to the head.
Magic is looking to break free of the clinch but Salcedo has double underhooks.
Salcedo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Salcedo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salcedo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Magic's efforts to push away.
Salcedo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Salcedo lands an elbow inside that Magic shrugs off.
Salcedo digs a right hand underneath Magic's ribcage. Magic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magic can't break the clinch.
Salcedo lands a good knee to the midsection. Magic won't want to take too many of those.
Salcedo lands a nice shot to the body.
Salcedo lands a body punch.
Magic is trying to break free.
Salcedo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magic's defenses.
Magic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Magic throws a punch but it's blocked by Salcedo.
Salcedo lands a nice uppercut.
Salcedo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Salcedo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Salcedo - that landed with a thud.
Magic is trying to break free.
Salcedo lands a body shot.
Salcedo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Salcedo.
Magic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Salcedo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Salcedo.
A right handed body shot lands from Salcedo.
A knee to the head by Salcedo.
Salcedo cracks Magic with a nice body shot.
Salcedo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salcedo scores a nice knee to the body.
Salcedo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Magic wants to break free but Salcedo has control.
Salcedo lands a nice uppercut.
Magic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Salcedo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Magic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salcedo with a knee to the head.
Salcedo lands with a left to the head.
Salcedo working Magic over with knees to the body.
Magic tries to score a body lock takedown but Salcedo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Salcedo.
Salcedo lands a left hand.
Salcedo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Salcedo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Salcedo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salcedo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magic's defenses.
Magic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salcedo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magics head.
Salcedo lands an elbow inside.
Salcedo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Magic wants to get back to striking at distance but Salcedo won't allow it.
Salcedo lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Salcedo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mr Magic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Salcedo.

Salcedo has hold of Magic's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Magic seems comfortable defending it but Salcedo has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Magic is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Magic is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Salcedo couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Omar Salcedo!