PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Salda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Kisiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kisiel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Frank Stallone - Peace in Our Life . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Salda
vs
Kisiel

185 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
26
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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, Tony Salda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcin Kisiel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kisiel as he avoids it easily.
Kisiel misses with a series of wild punches.
Kisiel has his takedown stuffed

and Salda counters with a single leg into guard. Kisiel didn't expect that.

Kisiel pushes Salda off and scrambles back to his feet.
Salda is looking to score with low kicks.
Kisiel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kisiel counters with a three punch combo that has Salda backing up. Salda nods at Kisiel to acknowledge the strikes.
Salda tries for a takedown but Kisiel circles away easily
and Kisiel counters with a three punch combo that has Salda backing up. Salda nods at Kisiel to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Salda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kisiel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kisiel winds up and cracks Salda with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kisiel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Salda avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kisiel.
Salda is breathing heavily.
Kisiel thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Salda to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salda is trying to control the position but Kisiel postures up.
Salda is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kisiel is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kisiel gets to his feet. Salda looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Salda closes the distance but Kisiel moves to the side
and Kisiel counters with a two punch combo.
Kisiel stalks Salda and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Salda's face. Salda staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Tony Salda has been cut.
Kisiel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kisiel drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kisiel pushes down on Salda's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Still in half guard, Kisiel seems content to control.
Salda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Kisiel stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kisiel moves into the clinch successfully.

Kisiel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salda moves to clinch but Kisiel breaks away

and Kisiel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Salda's guard.
Kisiel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kisiel stands and steps away. Salda gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kisiel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kisiel scores with a three punch combo!

Kisiel shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Salda manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Salda trying to keep a closed guard but Kisiel is proving a slippery customer.
Kisiel distracts Salda with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kisiel decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Salda shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Kisiel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Salda won't be happy with that.
Salda tries to improve position but can't.
Kisiel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kisiel lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kisiel working the body and head with strikes.
Kisiel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Salda some visible discomfort.
Kisiel working the ground and pound from side control.
Salda is looking for a sweep.
Kisiel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Salda to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Kisiel politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Kisiel prefers to stall for the moment though.
Kisiel working away.

Kisiel decides to stand up, so the ref orders Salda to his feet.
Kisiel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Salda counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kisiel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Salda trying to control but Kisiel is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salda is really struggling to control Kisiel but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Kisiel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Salda's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kisiel instigates a clinch.

Kisiel manages to break the clinch.
Salda misses with a leg kick
and Kisiel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salda fails with the takedown

and Kisiel counters with a shoot takedown. Salda fights it but they end up in guard.
Kisiel pushing down on Salda's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kisiel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kisiel lands with a punch from half guard.
Marcin Kisiel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kisiel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Salda does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Salda has hold of Kisiel's hands but Kisiel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Salda is refusing to be controlled, as Kisiel sits in half guard.
Kisiel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Salda looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kisiel decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kisiel!
Kisiel looks to land a combination but Salda avoids it well.
Kisiel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kisiel.

Kisiel shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Salda is trying to defend but Kisiel finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kisiel stalling.
Kisiel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Salda's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salda has hold of Kisiel's hands but Kisiel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kisiel is thwarting Salda's attempts to control the position.
Salda taking some punishment here, with Kisiel in his half guard.
Salda has hold of Kisiel's hands but Kisiel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kisiel passes to side control.
Kisiel lands an elbow.
Salda is looking for a sweep.
Salda takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salda is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kisiel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kisiel has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Kisiel closes the distance and clinches.

Kisiel pulls guard.

Kisiel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Salda wants to get up but he can't break Kisiel's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Salda looking to sit in guard and control but Kisiel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kisiel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Salda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kisiel is stalling in the full guard.
Kisiel stopping the sweep attempt from Salda.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kisiel prevents Salda from getting back to his feet.
Kisiel working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcin Kisiel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tony Salda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Kisiel.
Kisiel with a poor takedown

and Salda counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kisiel won't be happy with that.
Salda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kisiel on the ground.
Salda laying and praying for a moment but Kisiel takes advantage and regains half guard.

Kisiel pushes Salda off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salda is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kisiel.
Salda shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kisiel counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice combination there by Kisiel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Kisiel both land. Nice combination.
Kisiel is looking to slow Salda down with leg kicks.
Kisiel looks to land a combination. Salda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marcin Kisiel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salda throws a leg kick
and Kisiel counters with a three punch combo that has Salda backing up. Salda nods at Kisiel to acknowledge the strikes.
Kisiel cracks Salda with a good jab.

Kisiel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salda, pushing him back against the cage.
Salda wants a takedown but no success here.

Kisiel jumps guard and drags Salda to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kisiel has a closed guard, preventing Salda from standing up.
Salda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kisiel swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Kisiel has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Salda off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kisiel misses with a two punch combination.
Kisiel fails with a takedown attempt.
Salda misses with a takedown attempt
and Kisiel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Salda. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kisiel moves into the clinch.
Kisiel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Salda.
Kisiel lands a knee to the body.
Salda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kisiel gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Kisiel breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salda is looking to land body kicks.
Kisiel lands with a hook. Salda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kisiel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kisiel counters with a series of strikes. Salda will be more careful next time no doubt.
Marcin Kisiel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A combination from Kisiel does no damage.
Salda tries to score with a low kick but Kisiel moves his leg out of the way.
Salda shoots and misses
and Kisiel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Salda or perhaps it was just good defense by Kisiel which made him look bad.
Kisiel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Salda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kisiel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Kisiel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kisiel shoots in for a takedown but Salda shows good takedown defense.
Salda moves to clinch but Kisiel breaks away

and Kisiel counters by clinching up.

Salda pulls guard successfully.

Salda is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kisiel is aware though and is defending well.
Kisiel forces his way into half guard.
Salda wants to control but Kisiel is keeping busy.
Kisiel performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salda manages to get to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcin Kisiel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kisiel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcin Kisiel!