PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salita comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself by Eminem. Nicky Salita could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shawn Thornton's chin.

Salita
vs
Thornton

194 cm
23
220 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

187 cm
24
217 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Salita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shawn Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thornton misses with an uppercut
and Salita counters with a straight right hand.
Salita throws a low kick but Thornton avoids it.
Thornton lands a jab-cross combination.
Salita uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thornton.
Salita walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thornton throws a poor cross that misses
and Salita counters with a nice leg kick.
Thornton swings widly with a right hand
and Salita counters with a nice body shot.
Thornton throws a poor cross that misses
and Salita counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thornton looks to throw the jab but Salita is out of range.
Thornton punishes Salita's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salita tries to clinch up but Thornton circles away and keeps his distance.
Thornton is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Salita lunges at Thornton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thornton's hand.
Thornton tries a low kick but Salita avoids it.
A low kick from Salita misses
and Thornton counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salita misses with a right hand
and Thornton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shawn Thornton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thornton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thornton misses with an uppercut
and Salita counters with a stiff right hand.
Salita throws a leg kick
and Thornton counters with a one-two to the body.
Salita tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thornton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thornton pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Salita back to the cage. Thornton follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Salita moves away from the strike by Thornton.
Thornton misses the shot to the body.
Thornton throws a body punch but Salita moves out of range.
Thornton misses with a lunging right hand
and Salita connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Shawn Thornton has been cut.
Thornton drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thornton misses with an uppercut
and Salita counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salita takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Thornton.
Thornton misses with a wild combination.
Thornton throws an off balance right hand
letting Salita counter with a right hand.

Thornton is rocked!
Thornton misses with a lunging right hand
and Salita counters with a big left hand that crumples Thornton! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nicky Salita!