PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georg Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alcides Salonica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salonica has chosen "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Panjabi MC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alcides Salonica has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Prime
vs
Salonica

186 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Yuber Nutrition
OdessieFIGHT

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 Montreal, Georg Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alcides Salonica!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salonica wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.
Prime looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salonica fails in his attempt to clinch.

Salonica shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Salonica breaks from Prime's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Salonica controlling from mount.
Salonica punishing his opponent with strikes.

Prime is rocked!
Salonica pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Prime is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salonica with a couple of short strikes.
Salonica tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Prime is bucking up trying to escape but Salonica cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Salonica with shots to the head and body - Prime looks very uncomfortable down there.
Salonica sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Salonica lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salonica with a couple of short strikes.
Salonica controlling his opponent.
Salonica landing strikes from the mount and Prime is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salonica with good strikes from the mount here!
Salonica working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Salonica connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Salonica with the ground and pound from mount.
Salonica really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Prime. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Salonica looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

It looks like Georg Prime has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salonica looking to control and managing it successfully.
Prime taking shots to the head.
Prime is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Prime is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Salonica looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Prime is bucking up trying to escape but Salonica cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Salonica takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Salonica lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Salonica.
Prime takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salonica working the ground and pound effectively.
Prime taking shots to the head.
Salonica landing shots from mount.
Salonica lands with some strikes.
Salonica landing punches.
Salonica lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prime hang on?
Salonica takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Prime tries to reverse the position but Salonica maintains control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Salonica landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alcides Salonica dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georg Prime's cut.
That's time! Prime's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Salonica fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salonica shoots in but no luck this time.
Salonica tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salonica tries to clinch but Prime moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Salonica looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salonica is looking to clinch.
Salonica tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alcides Salonica seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salonica is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.
Salonica will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salonica is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salonica shoots in and drives through. Prime sprawls well.
Salonica fails with the takedown.
Georg Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alcides Salonica.
Prime keeps the fight on the outside.
Prime keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Salonica fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from Prime. No joy for Salonica on that attempt.
Salonica is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Prime as Salonica shoots in.
Salonica tries to clinch but Prime moves out of range.
Salonica tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Prime swivels and escapes.
Georg Prime is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salonica tries to clinch but Prime is having none of it.
Prime keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salonica.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Salonica fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salonica wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Prime blocks the low kick.
Salonica tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salonica moves in looking to clinch but Prime pushes him off.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salonica is looking to clinch but Prime is avoiding it.
Salonica tries to clinch there but Prime circles away.
Prime keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salonica.
Salonica shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Prime pinned against the cage. Prime gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Salonica tries for a takedown but Prime sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime swats away the attempt to clinch by Salonica.
The fight stays on the outside here - Salonica looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salonica misses with a double jab.
Salonica has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salonica looks to land a left hand but Prime moved out of range nicely.
Salonica throws the left hand but Prime avoids the punch easily.
Salonica tries to clinch up but Prime circles away and keeps his distance.
Salonica jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salonica swinging wilding here.
Prime slips a straight right by Salonica.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Salonica misses with a double jab.
Salonica misses with a wild body shot.
Salonica tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salonica shoots for a takedown but Prime saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Salonica looks to land a combination but Prime avoids it well.
Salonica changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Prime tries to avoid it but Salonica manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Prime to the ground. Prime escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Salonica wants to clinch up but Prime keeps it at a distance.
Salonica rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prime moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Salonica, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Prime keeps the fight on the outside.
Salonica swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georg Prime dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Georg Prime's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Prime connects with a body shot.
Prime fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Salonica swats away the attempt to clinch by Prime.
Salonica takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Prime paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Prime tries to clinch but Salonica is having none of it.
Prime scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
An inside leg kick from Prime misses.
Prime keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Prime misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prime buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Salonica takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Prime lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Prime.
A slapping leg kick lands for Prime.
Prime tries to work over Salonica's front leg with a kick but Salonica checks it.
No joy there for Prime, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Salonica avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salonica misses with a low kick.
Salonica tries to clinch but Prime moves away
and Prime makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Prime shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Salonica tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Prime counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salonica fails with an attempt to clinch.

Salonica forces Prime back against the cage and clinches.
Salonica prevents Prime from breaking the clinch.
Salonica has Prime pressed against the cage.
Salonica lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prime backwards.
Salonica misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prime.
Prime stops a takedown attempt from Salonica.
Salonica landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Salonica stalling.
Prime wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Salonica lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prime is trying to control the position but Salonica postures up.
Salonica content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prime lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Salonica!
Prime prevents Salonica from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salonica is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Salonica wants to hold on but Prime pushes him away.
Salonica is trying desperately to improve position.

Prime gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Salonica sizes up Prime with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Prime stalks Salonica and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Salonica's face. Salonica staggers backwards, shaken.
Prime feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Salonica's calf.
Prime throws a combination. Salonica tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Salonica as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georg Prime. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prime throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Salonica tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Prime throws a right hand that Salonica ducks under and follows up with a left that Salonica also avoids with ease.
Salonica tries to clinch but Prime moves away
and Prime counters with a left to the body.
Prime tries to clinch up

and Salonica counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Prime!
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prime is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Prime is bucking up trying to escape but Salonica cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Salonica takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Georg Prime showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Prime 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!