PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Woody Guthrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Salizar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Guthrie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Power For Power, The Swans. Salizar has chosen Fortunate Son as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Guthrie
vs
Salizar

179 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

175 cm
20
176 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Woody Guthrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Salizar!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salizar is looking to clinch.
Guthrie tries a head kick but it misses.
Guthrie looks to land a right hand but Salizar moved out of range.
Guthrie digs a good hook to Salizar's body.
Guthrie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Guthrie wants it to stay on the feet.
Guthrie digs a good body shot into Salizar's ribs.
Guthrie misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Salizar misses the target.

Guthrie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Guthrie.
Guthrie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guthrie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Salizar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Salizar.
Salizar misses with an elbow strike.
Guthrie lands an elbow just above Salizar 's eye.
Salizar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guthrie landing knees to the head.

It looks like Pablo Salizar has been cut.
Guthrie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guthrie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guthrie misses with a knee to the head.
Salizar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guthrie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salizar backwards.
Salizar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Salizar misses with an elbow strike.
Salizar misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salizar lands an elbow just above Guthrie 's eye.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guthrie.
Salizar is trying to stall.
Guthrie is pressed up against the cage. Salizar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Guthrie down to the mat. Guthrie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Salizar misses with a head kick.

Salizar closes the distance and pushes Guthrie back into the cage.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Salizar avoids the damage to the body.
Guthrie avoids a wild elbow strike from Salizar.
A shot in the inside from Guthrie.
Guthrie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salizar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guthrie's brow.
Guthrie working Salizar over with knees to the body.
Salizar looks gassed!
Guthrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Guthrie.
Salizar takes a shot to the head.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salizar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Guthrie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Salizar is trying to maintain a safe position but Guthrie gets an underhook and turns Salizar into the cage.
Salizar goes for a takedown attempt but Guthrie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Salizar.
Guthrie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salizar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Salizar.
Guthrie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Guthrie throws a head kick but Salizar moves out of range.

Guthrie closes the distance and pushes Salizar back into the cage.
Salizar tries a knee to the head but Guthrie blocks it.
A body shot lands from Salizar.
Guthrie lands an elbow that stopped Salizar in his tracks for a moment.
Salizar managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salizar blocks it with crossed arms.
Salizar stalling in the clinch but Guthrie improves position.
Salizar avoids the elbow strike from Guthrie, against the cage.
Guthrie lands a body shot.
Guthrie misses with a knee strike.
Guthrie blocks the elbow strike.
Guthrie prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Salizar is trying to drag Guthrie to the mat but Guthrie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Guthrie missing with knees to the body.
Salizar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Guthrie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guthrie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guthrie pushes Salizar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Salizar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Guthrie smiles and moves away.
Guthrie is looking to clinch but Salizar is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie throws a hook but Salizar blocks it.
Guthrie misses with a low kick.
Salizar throws a head kick that misses
and Guthrie counters with a nice kick to the body.
Guthrie throws a leg kick but Salizar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salizar moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Salizar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salizar throws a lazy head kick
and Guthrie counters with a stiff right hand.
Guthrie tries to close the distance and clinch but Salizar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salizar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Guthrie.
Salizar throws a sloppy head kick
and Guthrie counters with a nice uppercut.
Salizar closes the distance and clinches up with Guthrie, looking for a takedown. Salizar pushes Guthrie against the cage but Guthrie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Salizar looks for a takedown but Guthrie sprawls well.

Guthrie has closed the distance and engaged Salizar in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie lands a damaging elbow.
Guthrie crunches a lovely knee into Salizar's ribcage.
Salizar scores with a knee to the head.
Guthrie blocks the elbow strike.
Guthrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salizar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guthrie's defenses.
Salizar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Salizar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie digs a right hand underneath Salizar's ribcage. Salizar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Salizar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Guthrie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Guthrie.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salizar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salizar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Guthrie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Salizar avoids the damage to the body.
Salizar tries a knee to the head but Guthrie blocks it.
Salizar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guthrie avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salizar.
Guthrie throws an elbow but it misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Guthrie as Salizar tries to tie him up.
Guthrie misses with an elbow over the top.
Salizar landing knees to the body.
Salizar misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Woody Guthrie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Salizar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Salizar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salizar keeps the fight on the outside.
Salizar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Guthrie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Salizar throws a sloppy head kick and Guthrie moves out of range easily.
Salizar looks to land a left hand but Guthrie moved out of range nicely.
Guthrie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salizar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guthrie throws a lazy head kick
and Salizar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guthrie wants to clinch
and Salizar counters with a three punch combo that has Guthrie backing up. Guthrie nods at Salizar to acknowledge the strikes.
Guthrie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Guthrie counters with a nice uppercut.
Salizar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Guthrie on the side of the head.
Salizar fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salizar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guthrie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie wants to clinch.
Guthrie closes the distance but Salizar moves to the side

and Salizar counters by clinching up.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside that Salizar shrugs off.
Salizar just leaning against Guthrie, taking a breather.
Salizar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Guthrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guthrie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Guthrie misses with a knee to the head.
Salizar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guthrie blocks it with crossed arms.
Salizar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Guthrie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salizar pushes off an throws an elbow but Guthrie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Guthrie lands a damaging elbow.

Salizar jumps guard.
Salizar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guthrie's guard.
Guthrie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Salizar drops back looking for a leg! Guthrie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Guthrie manages to kick Salizar off! Salizar jumps back into Guthrie's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salizar passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Guthrie tries to improve position but can't.
Salizar prevents Guthrie from escaping the position.
Salizar lands a nice forearm strike.
Salizar throws a strike aimed at the side of Guthrie's head but Guthrie avoids it well.
Salizar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Guthrie is looking to reverse the position.
Salizar looks up at the clock and then as Guthrie takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Salizar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
You can see the frustration on Guthrie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salizar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Guthrie is trying to work for a sweep but Salizar has mounted him!

Salizar is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Guthrie is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pablo Salizar!