PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Salcedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salcedo comes to the ring accompanied by Muse - Muscle Museum. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: Atreyu- You were the king, now your unconcsious. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Salcedo
vs
White

183 cm
25
280 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

192 cm
31
265 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Salcedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John White!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salcedo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White ducks under a wild hook from Salcedo.
Salcedo misses with a double jab
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Salcedo misses with a lunging right hand
and Salcedo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Salcedo misses the target.
Salcedo swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a straight right hand.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice shot lands for White.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White stuns Salcedo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salcedo.
White tests Salcedo's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
John White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White throws a series of strikes that have Salcedo backpedaling.

It looks like Julio Salcedo has been cut.
White misses with a double jab
and Salcedo counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Salcedo to acknowledge the strikes.
White on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
White misses the shot to the body.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Salcedo and White goes tumbling to the canvas! Salcedo follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

White is rocked!

It looks like John White has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth.
Salcedo is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
White is still in real trouble! Can Salcedo finish him?
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
White trying to control here.
White seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is refusing to be controlled, as Salcedo sits in half guard.
Salcedo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Salcedo works his way into side control.
White prevents Salcedo from improving position.
White managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Salcedo.
You can see the frustration on White's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Salcedo is putting a hurting on White here, landing some big shots from side control.
Salcedo scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo trying to control the position but White is working away.
White stops Salcedo from passing to mount.
Salcedo throws an elbow but White slips to the side and avoids it well.
Salcedo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Salcedo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
White can't do much from the bottom here.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salcedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sloppy strikes there by Salcedo.
Salcedo cracks White with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White struggling a bit here.
Salcedo 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
White dodges the ground and pound from Salcedo.
Salcedo wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
Salcedo scores with punches from side control.
Salcedo working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salcedo wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Salcedo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White lands a nice hook to Salcedo's body. Salcedo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Salcedo looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salcedo.
Salcedo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of White's head.

Salcedo moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! White goes down! Can Salcedo finish him!?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salcedo is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
Salcedo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of White's head.
White preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White is trying to control the position but Salcedo postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Salcedo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Salcedo trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Julio Salcedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salcedo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of White's head.
Salcedo throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
White trying to control the position.
Salcedo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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!
White keeping moving, preventing Salcedo from controlling successfully.
Salcedo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salcedo cracks White with a solid left hand.
Salcedo wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Salcedo wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White working a defensive guard here.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Salcedo from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Julio Salcedo.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salcedo finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
Salcedo looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Salcedo throws a big shot that misses.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salcedo doesn't seem bothered though.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Salcedo thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Salcedo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Salcedo lands a big shot that drops White! Can he finish him?

White is rocked!
Salcedo is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
White is still in real trouble! Can Salcedo finish him?
Salcedo wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
Salcedo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Salcedo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salcedo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A control attempt from White but he's now mounted!
Salcedo lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Salcedo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Salcedo swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a series of strikes. Salcedo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Salcedo throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Salcedo looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salcedo lands a nice looking body shot.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
John White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salcedo throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Salcedo.
Salcedo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Salcedo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salcedo misses the shot to the body.
Salcedo looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salcedo misses with a looping right.
White scores with a jab.
White slips a jab from Salcedo.
Salcedo defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Salcedo misses with a body punch
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salcedo.
Salcedo throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from White.
Salcedo takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo blocks a jab.
White misses with a combination
and Salcedo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salcedo punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salcedo cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Salcedo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Julio Salcedo is winning the standup battle so far.
White slips a jab and a cross from Salcedo.
White misses with a body shot
and Salcedo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Salcedo lands a big shot that drops White! Can he finish him?
Salcedo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed White's guard.
White taking some punishment here, with Salcedo in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is staying active underneath Salcedo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Salcedo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Salcedo is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, White is hurt! He's hurt bad - Salcedo fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save White from any more punishment! Congratulations to Salcedo! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Salcedo!
After winning the bout, Julio Salcedo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.