PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between paul salvatore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cena (ranked 0 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.

salvatore
vs
Cena

199 cm
21
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Behold The Beast

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 London, paul salvatore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Cena!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cena fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. salvatore sprawls well initially but Cena persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
salvatore keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
salvatore avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cena.
salvatore keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
salvatore manages to get to full guard.
Cena trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cena postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cena makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cena postures up in salvatore's guard and throws a big left but salvatore blocks it.
salvatore wants to get back to his feet but Cena is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
salvatore is trying to keep Cena in close.
Cena is looking to work some ground and pound but salvatore has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
salvatore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
salvatore lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cena!
salvatore tries to control but Cena wriggling away.
salvatore postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cena looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena is working to get back to half guard.
salvatore trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cena working to try and regain half guard.
Cena tries to hold on but salvatore postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
salvatore tries to control but Cena wriggling away.
Cena tries to lock up and control but salvatore gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

salvatore with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Cena tries to get back to half guard but can't.

salvatore swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cena is now in salvatore's guard. A big mistake from salvatore there, giving up the dominant position!
salvatore is breathing heavily.
Cena wants to pass the guard but salvatore is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

salvatore escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cena gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cena's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cena scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
salvatore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
salvatore looking for a sweep. Not yet salvatore, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cena's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

salvatore is working an open guard so Cena takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Cena shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. salvatore is trying to defend but Cena finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
salvatore has hold of Cena's hands but Cena slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cena shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cena lands a big elbow.
salvatore is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cena working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like paul salvatore has been cut.
Cena trying to control but salvatore is having none of it.
Cena lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cena lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cena landing punches.
John Cena has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Cena connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cena landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cena unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena unloading with bombs!
Cena cracks salvatore with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
salvatore tries to lock up and control but Cena gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cena cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cena lands a nice shot to the head.
salvatore in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cena scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish salvatore?
Cena landing strikes from the mount.

Cena is working for a guillotine from mount but salvatore frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cena punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cena cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Cena connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cena lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cena unloads with some shots from mount but salvatore bucks and avoids them well.
Cena working salvatore over with strikes here.
Cena with shots to the head and body - salvatore looks very uncomfortable down there.
salvatore tries to hold on but Cena pushes him away.
salvatore is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns salvatore that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
salvatore is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Cena breaks from salvatore's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cena has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of salvatore's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena landing strikes from the mount and salvatore is in trouble!
salvatore is in a horrible position here. Cena smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cena landing shots from mount.
Cena with shots to the head and body - salvatore looks very uncomfortable down there.
salvatore tries to hold on but Cena pushes him away.
salvatore is looking to improve his position but Cena isn't that keen on the idea.
Cena punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cena lands a heavy elbow.
Cena working salvatore over with strikes here.
salvatore is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
salvatore is in a horrible position here. Cena smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cena is landing with some decent strikes but salvatore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cena is landing with some decent strikes but salvatore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cena cracks salvatore with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
salvatore is desperately trying to improve his position but Cena has a good base and remains in mount.
Cena lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cena connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cena scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish salvatore?
salvatore keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on paul salvatore's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cena shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cena slips a nice elbow through salvatore's hands, connecting with salvatore's forehead.
Cena winds up and cracks salvatore with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

salvatore makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cena is defended easily by salvatore.
Cena throws an overhand right that lands on salvatore's shoulder, as salvatore tries to avoid the shot.
salvatore thuds his right hand into Cena's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
salvatore is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena moves away from the strike by salvatore.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cena.
salvatore is trying to get back to half guard.
Cena creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
salvatore prevents Cena from improving position.
Cena landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
salvatore can't do much from the bottom here.
salvatore takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
salvatore wants to control but Cena postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
salvatore tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Cena easily slips into full mount!
salvatore is trying desperately to improve position.
salvatore tries to lock up and control but Cena gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cena unloading with bombs!
Cena can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as salvatore is looking to escape.
salvatore trying desperately to get to his feet.
Cena with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
salvatore tries to hold on but Cena pushes him away.
Cena lands a nice shot to the head.
Cena landing strikes from the mount.
Cena landing strikes from the mount and salvatore is in trouble!
salvatore is looking to improve his position but Cena isn't that keen on the idea.
Cena with the ground and pound from mount.
Cena is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. salvatore can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cena is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. salvatore can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
salvatore flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
salvatore is in all sorts of trouble here.
salvatore wants to hold on but Cena pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
salvatore is looking to improve his position but Cena isn't that keen on the idea.
Cena working away from the top, dropping strikes.
salvatore is squirming around, avoiding Cena's attempts to control the action.
Cena controlling from the full mount.
salvatore working to try and regain half guard.
Cena landing punches.
paul salvatore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Cena is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
salvatore is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Cena comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cena winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Cena!