PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomi Atomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Atomi's choice of entrance music: Spookshow Baby. Tomi Atomi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Salabim
vs
Atomi

180 cm
27
170 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

191 cm
28
167 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

A.C: Awesome Clothing (20 dollar Sale!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomi Atomi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Atomi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Salabim quickly recovers to half guard.
Salabim might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Atomi is thwarting Salabim's attempts to control the position.
Salabim tries to roll over but Atomi keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Salabim actively working from the bottom here.
Atomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Atomi is trying to control. Salabim wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Atomi tries to pass to full mount but Salabim defends it.

Atomi wants to work for an arm triangle but Salabim is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim is pressing down on Atomi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Salabim manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Atomi manages to get himself to full guard.

Atomi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salabim can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Atomi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Salabim passes Atomi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Atomi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Salabim's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Salabim's back!
Salabim looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Salabim. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Salabim trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Salabim is keeping busy.
Atomi is hanging on to Salabim's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atomi misses with an elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi keeps control of the position as Salabim tries to break free.
Atomi is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Atomi controlling well, preventing Salabim from escaping the position.
Salabim wants to control his opponent's hands but Atomi gets his hands free.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Atomi's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Salabim wants to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Atomi looking for the choke but no joy.
Salabim has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Atomi.

Atomi working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Salabim is really stuck here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is striking from the back but Salabim escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Atomi throws a strike but Salabim avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Salabim keeping moving, preventing Atomi from controlling successfully.
Salabim manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Atomi manages to get himself to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Atomi keeping moving, preventing Salabim from controlling successfully.
Salabim is pushing down on Atomi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Atomi is fighting to maintain full guard but Salabim has managed to sneak the leg through.
Salabim is looking to advance position but Atomi won't allow it.
Atomi gets back to full guard.
Salabim trying to control but Atomi is working from the bottom.
Atomi keeping full guard, as Salabim tries to pass.
Atomi trying to keep a closed guard but Salabim is proving a slippery customer.

Atomi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Atomi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Salabim lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Atomi is looking for a triangle but Salabim pushes his legs off easily.
Atomi controls Salabim momentarily but Salabim frees himself.

Atomi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salabim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salabim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Atomi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salabim defends it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Salabim looking to pass the guard.

Atomi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Salabim postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Atomi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salabim stands up over Atomi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Atomi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Atomi has his foot on Salabim's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Salabim works his way back into a safe position though.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Atomi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salabim can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Atomi looks winded!
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Atomi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Atomi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salabim defends it easily.
Salabim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Salabim passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salabim wants to advance to full mount but Atomi doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Salabim sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Atomi's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tomi Atomi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Salabim lands with a good body shot.
Atomi is looking to score with low kicks.
Salabim lands with an uppercut that bounces Atomi off the cage and back into range.
Atomi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Atomi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Salabim misses.
Salabim stuns Atomi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Salabim thows a body shot but no joy.
Atomi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Atomi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Salabim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Salabim connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Atomi momentarily.
Atomi throws a leg kick but Salabim sees it coming and moves out of range.
Atomi blocks a jab.
Salabim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atomi manages to avoid it.
Salabim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Salabim finds it's way through Atomi's defenses.
Salabim fails with a takedown attempt.
Salabim staying out of range there.
Salabim misses the shot to the body.
Atomi slips a jab from Salabim.
Atomi lands with a good body shot.
Atomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salabim.
Salabim gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Atomi.
Atomi swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Salabim.
Atomi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salabim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Atomi throws the kick towards the body but Salabim avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim tries to clinch up

and Atomi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Salabim's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atomi trying to control but Salabim is working from the bottom.
Salabim looking to control.
Atomi preventing the sweep.
Atomi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Atomi controlling the position.

Atomi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Salabim is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Atomi trying to control from half guard but Salabim is working away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Atomi is working for a submission of some sort.
Salabim wants to control but Atomi is keeping busy.

Salabim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Salabim is looking to improve his position.
Salabim is staying active underneath Atomi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tomi Atomi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Atomi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Salabim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Atomi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Atomi wants to take a breather but Salabim is having none of it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Atomi thows a huge punch but Salabim dodges it nicely.
Salabim tries to get to full guard but Atomi has control of the leg.

Atomi is working for a kimura but Salabim is defending it quite comfortably.

Atomi wants to work for an arm triangle but Salabim is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Salabim avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Atomi.
Salabim wants to get back to full guard.
Salabim works his way to full guard. Good work.

Salabim is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Salabim wants to sweep but no luck.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Atomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Salabim is retaining full guard.
Atomi preventing the sweep.
Atomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Salabim is retaining full guard.
Atomi throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atomi stopping the sweep attempt from Salabim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tomi Atomi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Salabim there.
Atomi cracks the inside of Salabim's front leg.
Salabim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Atomi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Atomi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Salabim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atomi moves away.

Salabim looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Salabim trying to control the action but Atomi is working from the bottom.
Salabim thows a huge punch but Atomi dodges it nicely.
Atomi gets full guard.
Salabim passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Atomi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Salabim is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Atomi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salabim is looking to advance position but Atomi won't allow it.
Salabim is thwarting Atomi's attempts to control the position.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but Atomi defending well.
Atomi is trying to control but can't.
Atomi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Atomi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Atomi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

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

Salabim drops back looking for a leg! Atomi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Atomi manages to kick Salabim off! Salabim jumps back into Atomi's guard.

Atomi has his foot on Salabim's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Salabim works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Atomi looking to control.
Salabim missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salabim throwing strikes but missing.
Atomi looking to control.

Salabim is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Salabim forces his way into half guard.
Atomi is concentrating on defense, preventing Salabim from advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salabim.

Atomi actively working from the bottom here.
Salabim moves nicely into side control.
Salabim lands a nice forearm strike.
Atomi is looking for a sweep.

Salabim tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Salabim has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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!
Atomi is looking to reverse the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Atomi wants to control but Salabim postures up.

Salabim wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Atomi, who protects the arm well.
The strikes coming from Salabim are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Atomi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Salabim off and has taken his back!
Salabim prevents Atomi from getting a body triangle.
Atomi slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Salabim turns into Atomi and is now in his guard.
Atomi has his hands on Salabim's head, controlling the position.
Atomi has momentary wrist control but Salabim slips an elbow through the middle.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Atomi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salabim keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Atomi's head.
Salabim stands and throws Atomi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Atomi is looking for a sweep.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salabim landing strikes.
Salabim lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Atomi down.
Salabim sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Atomi is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Salabim tries for a kimura but Atomi is defending well.
Atomi tries to buck Salabim off but Salabim is having none of it.
Salabim grinds an elbow into Atomi's temple.

Salabim thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Salabim is trying to get an arm triangle but Atomi is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atomi is looking to reverse the position.
Salabim lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Atomi down.

Salabim is trying to get an arm triangle but Atomi is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Atomi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Atomi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Salabim's best efforts.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Atomi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salabim stands and throws Atomi's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Salabim tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Salabim thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Atomi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salabim is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Atomi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Atomi's back!

And that's the end of the fight!
Sim Salabim showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Atomi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Sim Salabim!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Sim Salabim!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Sim Salabim!

Sim Salabim wins by unanimous decision!
Sim Salabim retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Sim Salabim thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.