PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenric Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle comes to the cage accompanied by Simply Ravishing. The crowd seem to be enjoying Salita's choice of entrance music: Lose Yourself by Eminem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kyle
vs
Salita

179 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
220 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenric Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Salita!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salita misses with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Salita.
Kenric Kyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Salita there.
Salita moves out of range of the body kick from Kyle.
Salita scores with a nice strike.
Kyle throws a lazy right hand but Salita sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salita misses with a wild body shot.
Salita misses with a straight left.
Salita scores with a shot to the body.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salita manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Kyle misses.
Kyle throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Salita counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salita throws a big shot that misses.
Kyle throws a lazy head kick

and Salita counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kyle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kyle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Kyle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salita trying to control from half guard but Kyle is working away.
Salita sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kyle is refusing to be controlled, as Salita sits in half guard.
Salita wants to pass to mount but Kyle is defending the position.
Salita looks to land a strike but Kyle avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Kyle wants to sweep but no luck.
Salita pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kyle is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salita throwing strikes from guard but Kyle blocks nicely.
Kyle is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kyle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salita.
Kyle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyle wants to stand but Salita is controlling the position.
Kyle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Salita looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Salita is looking to control Kyle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Salita avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salita slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Salita had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kyle defends it easily.
Salita avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Salita has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kyle is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Salita.
Salita manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Salita is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kyle!
Kyle is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salita is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Salita punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salita unloading with bombs!
Salita lands a nice shot to the head.
Kyle slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Salita lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kyle manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kyle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kyle keeping full guard, as Salita tries to pass.
Kyle has momentary wrist control but Salita slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Salita dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Salita throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salita cracks Kyle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Salita ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Salita shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kyle manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kyle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salita.
Salita stands and throws Kyle's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kyle is looking to reverse the position.
Kyle throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Kyle tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Salita cracks Kyle with a big right hand but Kyle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Salita wants to control but Kyle is keeping him busy.
Nicky Salita has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salita scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salita wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kyle keeps working.
Kyle manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kyle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Salita looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Salita tries to pass to full mount but Kyle defends it.
Salita missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salita sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kyle defending well though.
Kyle regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kyle trying to strike off his back.
Kyle throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Salita pushing down on Kyle's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Salita is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kyle slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Salita with a flurry of punches that miss.
Salita throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyle throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Salita with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyle is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salita pushes down on Kyle's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Salita working over Kyle with some ground and pound. Kyle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Salita is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kyle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salita.
Kyle is staying active underneath Salita, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Salita sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kyle defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salita works his way into side control.

Salita working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Salita is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kyle has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kyle is looking for a sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salita wants to control but Kyle is keeping him busy.
Kyle regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Salita showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Salita lands a body shot.
Kyle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nicky Salita seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salita stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kyle.
Salita blocks a head kick by Kyle.
Salita misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Salita. Beautiful body shot.
Salita takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kyle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Salita counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kyle throws a jab when Salita was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salita smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salita moves away.
Salita misses with a takedown attempt - Kyle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salita shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kyle eats them both and turns towards Salita to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Salita throws a jab but it's blocked by Kyle.
Kyle staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut there from Salita.
Kyle throws a head kick but Salita moves out of range.
Salita throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A low kick from Kyle misses
and Salita counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salita throws the left hand but Kyle avoids the punch easily.
Kyle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salita misses with a body shot.
Kyle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kyle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Salita throws a jab when Kyle was well out of range.
Kyle looks for the body kick but Salita saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Salita. No joy for Kyle on that attempt.
Kyle throws a head kick but Salita moves out of range.
Kyle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Salita.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salita lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kyle's sensitive parts.
Nice uppercut there from Salita.
Salita works the jab nicely.
Salita connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kyle's hands.
Kyle dodges the punch combination from Salita.

Salita looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salita won't allow Kyle to sweep him here.
Salita works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salita is looking to take a break and control but Kyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Kyle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Salita is trying to control. Kyle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nicky Salita is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kyle works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salita wants to control from the top but Kyle keeps moving.

Salita is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kyle is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kyle has escaped and now he's on top!
Salita looking to control.
Kenric Kyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salita utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Salita is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Salita looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyle chips away with some ground and pound.
Kyle is working Salita over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Salita lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kyle!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kyle is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyle regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nicky Salita comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Salita 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicky Salita!