PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chips Salsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chips Salsa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hester
vs
Salsa

176 cm
22
177 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Transformer Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chips Salsa!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salsa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salsa throws a head kick that misses.
Hester throws a head kick that misses.
Hester moves in looking to clinch but Salsa pushes him off.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Salsa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hester wants to clinch.

Salsa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hester!
Salsa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Salsa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Salsa wants to control the pace but Hester is squirming around nicely.
Salsa looking to ground and pound but Hester is blocking nicely.
BOOM! Salsa connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Hester is rocked!
Hester tries to improve his position but instead Salsa has taken his back!
Oh Hester is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salsa misses with an elbow to the head.
Hester seems to have got his legs back now.
Salsa tries to keep control of the position but Hester is staying busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester wants to escape the position.
Hester avoids the strikes from Salsa.
What can Hester do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Hester trying to control but not successfully.

Salsa patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
A lull in the action here.
Hester holding both Salsa 's hands and preventing any damage.

Salsa is looking for the choke from the back position but Hester is controlling his hands well.
Salsa thows a strike but Hester uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Hester as he ends up in Salsa 's guard!

That's two 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.
Hester wants to stand but Salsa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hester slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hester tries to stand but Salsa is controlling his head.
Hester moves into full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hester avoids the attempt from Salsa to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Salsa is looking to improve his position but Hester isn't that keen on the idea.
Salsa looks gassed!
Hester is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Salsa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hester tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salsa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hester thowing shots but they're missing.
Salsa tries to lock up and control but Hester gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Salsa is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Hester is staying active.
Hester throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Salsa wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Salsa tries to break free.

Hester has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Salsa wants to control his opponent's hands but Hester gets his hands free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Even with his hooks in, Hester manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Hester not allowing Salsa to control his hands.
Hester doesn't have the hooks in and Salsa manages to turn into his guard.
Salsa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hester's guard.
Salsa content to control rather than advance.
Salsa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Salsa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hester taking some punishment here, with Salsa in his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Salsa trying to control the action but Hester is working from the bottom.
Salsa slows the pace down in half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Salsa is looking to advance position but Hester won't allow it.
Salsa frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salsa landing strikes from the mount and Hester is in trouble!

Salsa jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hester is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hester and Salsa has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Salsa trying to control the position but Hester is working away.
Salsa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hester is avoiding damage well.
Hester prevents Salsa from moving into mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Salsa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hester keeps working.
A lull in the action here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Chips Salsa just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salsa swats away the attempt to clinch by Hester.
Hester tries to clinch but Salsa moves out of range.
Salsa blocks a head kick by Hester.
Patrick Hester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salsa keeps the fight on the outside.
Hester tries to clinch there but Salsa circles away.
Salsa circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hester gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Salsa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Salsa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Salsa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Salsa stands and steps away. Hester gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Salsa wants to clinch up but Hester keeps it at a distance.
Hester tries to clinch but Salsa is having none of it.

Salsa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hester wants to sweep but no luck.
Salsa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Salsa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Hester is working an open guard so Salsa takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Salsa with a jab.

Salsa gets a takedown into half guard.
Salsa trying to control the pace.
Hester pushes Salsa off looking to stand but Salsa dives back in and keeps control.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Salsa wants to free his trapped foot but Hester is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Salsa stops Hester from getting back to his feet.
Salsa winds up and cracks Hester with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Salsa wants to pass the guard but Hester is defending well.
Hester is staying active underneath Salsa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hester tries to clinch but Salsa moves away

and Salsa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Salsa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hester with a knee to the head.
Hester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salsa blocks it with crossed arms.
Hester throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salsas head.
Hester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Salsa tries to land knees in the clinch but Hester avoids the damage to the body.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Salsa has Hester pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Hester manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salsa takes an elbow to the temple.
Salsa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Salsa is blocking nicely.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Salsa has Hester pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Salsa pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hester tumbling to the mat - Salsa dives into Hester's guard.
Hester wants to sweep but no luck.
Salsa wants to control from the top but Hester keeps moving.
Hester lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Salsa!

Hester looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Salsa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Salsa is squirming around, avoiding Hester's attempts to control the action.

Hester get's back to his feet.
Hester wants to clinch but Salsa slips to the side

and Salsa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hester connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Chips Salsa has been cut.
Hester is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salsa is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chips Salsa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chips Salsa'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.

Salsa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Salsa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Salsa stands up out of the half guard.

Salsa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hester is refusing to be controlled, as Salsa sits in half guard.
Hester wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Salsa stands up from half guard.

Salsa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester is trying to buck Salsa off.
Salsa throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hester is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Salsa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hester is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hester tries to kick Salsa off but Salsa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Salsa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Hester is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Salsa is tapping! Great win for Hester!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Patrick Hester!