PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andersam salavate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). salavate has chosen CY- CO - LIK- NO as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fernandez
vs
salavate

185 cm
26
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andersam salavate!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez throws an overhand right that lands on salavate's shoulder, as salavate tries to avoid the shot.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but salavate moves away.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but salavate moves away.
Fernandez misses with a few strikes there.
Fernandez throws a jab when salavate was well out of range.
salavate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fernandez misses with an uppercut. salavate saw that one coming.
Fernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fernandez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of salavate's head.
salavate takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Fernandez misses its intended target.
Fernandez misses with a wild combination.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but salavate circles away and keeps his distance.
salavate keeps the fight on the outside.
Fernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from salavate. Fernandez does a little dance to reset his feet.
salavate misses with a double jab.
salavate throws a sloppy head kick and Fernandez moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Fernandez clinches.
Nice body punch from Fernandez.
Fernandez pushes salavate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
salavate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Fernandez.
Fernandez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of salavate backwards.
Fernandez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from salavate.
Fernandez blocks a body shot from salavate.
Fernandez lands a shot to the body.
Fernandez works on salavate's body with a couple of short punches.
A bit of stalling here from Fernandez.
Fernandez lands an elbow inside.
salavate misses with a hook to the ribs.
salavate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for salavate.
Fernandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. salavate is defending well for now.
Fernandez is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Fernandez.
salavate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fernandez stalling in the clinch.
Fernandez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
salavate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fernandez.
salavate tries to stall but Fernandez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fernandez trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Fernandez.
salavate managing to block the knees to the body from Fernandez.
salavate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fernandez is defending well for now.

Fernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Fernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fernandez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
salavate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fernandez.
Fernandez throws a jab but it's blocked by salavate.
Fernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but salavate is just out of range.
Fernandez misses with a straight left.

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.
Fernandez slips a jab from salavate.
salavate throws a front kick aimed at Fernandez's knee but Fernandez avoids it well.
Xavier Fernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
salavate attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
salavate tries to clinch but Fernandez is having none of it.
Fernandez moves away from the strike by salavate.
Fernandez throws a hook but salavate blocks it.
Fernandez tries to clinch but salavate is having none of it.
Fernandez misses the body punch

and salavate counters by clinching up.
salavate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Fernandez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
salavate turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
salavate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
salavate throws a body punch but Fernandez moves out of range.
Fernandez throws a left and a right that both miss
and salavate makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Fernandez really felt that one!
salavate lands a nice looking body kick.
salavate slips under a jab.
Fernandez misses with a leg kick
and salavate counters with a leg kick.
salavate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
salavate misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez tries to clinch up.
Fernandez misses with a leg kick
and salavate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
salavate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
salavate circles away from the clinch attempt.
salavate swings away with a body shot that misses

and Fernandez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fernandez.
Fernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. salavate is keeping the position for now.
Fernandez preventing the sweep.
Fernandez advances position into side control!
salavate looks to move to half guard but instead Fernandez has passed into mount! Damn!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fernandez stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Fernandez throws a hook but salavate avoids it easily.
salavate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernandez moves away.
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but salavate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fernandez swinging wildly here.
salavate avoids the body shot from Fernandez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
salavate throws a hook but Fernandez blocks it.
salavate pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fernandez is out of range and salavate settles back down.
Fernandez misses the body punch
and salavate makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A shot to the body from salavate misses
and Fernandez counters with a left to the body.
salavate misses with a low kick.
Fernandez connects with a crisp jab.
Fernandez avoids the body shot from salavate.
Fernandez misses with a kick to the body
and salavate counters with a lovely shot to the body.
salavate is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fernandez.
Fernandez tries to clinch there but salavate circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
salavate misses with a leg kick
and Fernandez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fernandez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. salavate eats them both and turns towards Fernandez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fernandez needs to keep his hands up - salavate had a free shot at his head there.
salavate shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fernandez but Fernandez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fernandez throws a shot from downtown. salavate moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
salavate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fernandez misses with a jab to the body
and salavate counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andersam salavate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - salavate circles away.
Fernandez missing with a left hand there. salavate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fernandez misses with a looping right.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - salavate circles away.
Fernandez looks to land a left hand but salavate moved out of range nicely.
salavate defending well as Fernandez loads up on a big left hand.
salavate steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fernandez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but salavate circles away and keeps his distance.
salavate misses the jab.
salavate is looking to clinch but Fernandez is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch but salavate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fernandez tries to clinch up.
A nice leg kick lands there from salavate.
Fernandez lands a head shot.
Fernandez tries to clinch but salavate moves out of range.
Fernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
salavate misses the body punch
and Fernandez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
salavate throws a right and a left that Fernandez avoids nicely.
salavate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fernandez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
salavate moves away from the strike by Fernandez.
salavate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fernandez connects with the punch.
Fernandez throws a leg kick
and salavate counters with a one-two to the body.
Fernandez misses with a body shot
and salavate counters with a nice uppercut.
salavate checks a leg kick.
salavate throws a sloppy body shot
and Fernandez counters with a two punch combo.
Fernandez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
salavate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fernandez is looking to clinch but salavate is avoiding it.
Fernandez throws a big shot that misses.
Fernandez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by salavate.
Fernandez misses with a straight right.
Fernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from salavate.
Fernandez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fernandez throws a looping overhand right but salavate ducks down to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Fernandez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from salavate.
salavate keeps the fight on the outside.
Andersam salavate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
salavate circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - salavate circles away.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but salavate circles away and keeps his distance.
Fernandez scores with a body shot.
salavate throws a sloppy body shot
and Fernandez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps salavate thinking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
salavate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fernandez looks to throw a body kick
and salavate counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Xavier Fernandez.
I think Fernandez 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Fernandez!