PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciek Rostecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salazar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don Omar ft Tego Calderon - Bandolero. Rostecki has chosen Kobra "Witamy w mieście" as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Salazar
vs
Rostecki

180 cm
20
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
189 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alvaro Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maciek Rostecki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Salazar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Salazar wants to pass to mount but Rostecki is defending the position.
Rostecki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salazar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Salazar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Salazar trying to mount his opponent but Rostecki defends it.
Rostecki is looking to improve his position.
Salazar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rostecki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Salazar working Rostecki over with strikes.
Salazar is looking to advance position but Rostecki won't allow it.

Salazar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salazar seems to be looking for submissions.
Salazar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Salazar is looking for a kimura but Rostecki is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Salazar to get the leverage.
Salazar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salazar is pressing down on Rostecki's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rostecki is holding on for now.
Salazar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rostecki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Salazar.
Salazar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rostecki is trying to get back to full guard.
Rostecki has hold of Salazar's hands but Salazar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Salazar is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki is looking to escape.

Salazar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rostecki defends it well.

Rostecki is defending against the submission attempts here by Salazar.

Salazar seems to be looking for submissions.

Salazar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Salazar working over Rostecki with some ground and pound. Rostecki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Salazar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salazar seems to be looking for submissions.

Salazar is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rostecki doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Salazar.
Rostecki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salazar.

Salazar is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rostecki doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Salazar.
Rostecki wants to control but Salazar is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rostecki is trying to maintain the position but Salazar is very close to passing his half guard.
Rostecki is looking for a sweep. Salazar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salazar is nestled in close to Rostecki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Salazar lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salazar is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Salazar working for a guillotine from mount but Rostecki is in no mood to give up.
Salazar avoids the attempt from Rostecki to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salazar landing punches.
Rostecki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Salazar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rostecki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alvaro Salazar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Salazar scores with a takedown into Rostecki's guard.
Rostecki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rostecki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salazar is one step ahead there.
Alvaro Salazar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salazar advances position into side control!
Salazar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Salazar lands a decent elbow from side control.

Salazar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Salazar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Check out the look on Salazar's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rostecki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Salazar connects with a decent elbow.

Salazar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Salazar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Salazar is working Rostecki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Salazar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rostecki is trying to buck Salazar off.

Salazar has hold of Rostecki's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Rostecki seems comfortable defending it but Salazar has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Rostecki is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Rostecki is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Salazar couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alvaro Salazar!
Alvaro Salazar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.