PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fred Dirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cisay Salace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fred Dirk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dirk
vs
Salace

190 cm
27
186 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

177 cm
22
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Fred Dirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Cisay Salace!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dirk looks to score with a jab to the body but Salace is just out of range.
Dirk throws a nice looking combination but Salace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Salace misses with a body shot.
Fred Dirk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dirk moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dirk misses with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Salace utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Salace tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dirk just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dirk throws an elbow that misses.
Dirk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Salace throws an elbow that misses.
Salace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dirk misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Salace takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dirk's brow.
Salace managing to block the knees to the body from Dirk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dirk dodges an elbow strike from Salace.
Salace pushes off an throws an elbow but Dirk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dirk blocks an elbow strike.
Salace lands a nice elbow.
Salace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Dirk has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Salace clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Dirk lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Dirk is striking from the back but Salace escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Salace trying to control here.
Salace regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dirk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirk postures up in Salace's guard and throws a big left but Salace blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dirk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dirk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dirk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Salace is controlling Dirk's posture.

Salace is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dirk trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Salace is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Salace preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Salace 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dirk throws a strike but Salace rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Dirk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salace can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Dirk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Dirk isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Salace stacks Dirk on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Salace!
Dirk tries to bench press Salace off him but Salace keeps the position.
Dirk manages to work his way to half guard, despite Salace's best efforts.
Nice strikes from Salace there.
Salace prevents Dirk from improving his position.
Salace lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salace is trying to control. Dirk wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Salace is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Dirk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Salace pulls his head out easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salace working over Dirk with some ground and pound. Dirk looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Salace working Dirk over with strikes.

Dirk looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Salace working Dirk over with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salace looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Salace winds up and cracks Dirk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Dirk looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cisay Salace will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Salace blocks a low kick nicely.
A punch combination from Dirk misses.
Salace moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Dirk. Beautiful body shot.
Salace lands with a hook. Dirk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Salace blocks a low kick nicely.

Salace has managed to clinch.
Dirk gets underhooks to prevent Salace's takedown attempt.
Salace scores a nice knee to the body.
Salace lands a damaging elbow.
Salace looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dirk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salace is defending well for now.
Dirk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Salace looking to throw knees to the head but Dirk is blocking nicely.
Dirk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salace.
Dirk lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dirk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salace tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dirk smiles and moves away.
Salace jabs Dirk right on the nose. Dirk blinks but takes it well.
Salace plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Dirk gets caught napping as Salace dives in and scores a takedown. Dirk manages to retain guard.
Salace throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dirk wants to stand but Salace is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dirk had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salace defends it easily.
Salace stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dirk swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Dirk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salace can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Salace controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salace keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dirk's head.
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!

Dirk looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Salace has picked Dirk up and slammed him! Dirk can't keep hold of the triangle and Salace manages to pass to side control!
Salace lands a few punches from side control.
Salace lands an elbow.
Dirk tries to improve position but can't.
Dirk gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salace seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dirk does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Salace trying to control the pace.
Salace frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dirk is bucking up trying to escape but Salace cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dirk keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Salace lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dirk hang on?
Dirk is desperately trying to improve his position but Salace has a good base and remains in mount.
Salace looking to finish Dirk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dirk!
Salace controlling his opponent.
Salace has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salace raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dirk is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Salace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salace prevents Dirk from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Salace throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Dirk has his hands clasped together but Salace breaks the hold and Dirk is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Salace!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cisay Salace!
Cisay Salace spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.