PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Coalman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alehh Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coalman
vs
Salazar

175 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
162 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Coalman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alehh Salazar!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Coalman doesn't manage to clinch there - Salazar circles away.
Salazar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coalman manages to avoid it.

Coalman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Salazar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coalman is stalling here.
Salazar tries to break free but Coalman pushes him back against the cage.
Salazar is looking to break free of the clinch but Coalman has double underhooks.
Coalman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Coalman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Salazar breaks the clinch.
Salazar throws a hook but Coalman blocks it.
Coalman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salazar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Coalman has Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Coalman lands an elbow just above Salazar 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coalman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coalman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coalman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Salazar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coalman.
Salazar misses with a punch on the inside.
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Salazar looks winded!
Salazar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Coalman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Coalman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coalman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salazar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coalman.
Coalman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coalman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Salazar is trying to break the clinch but Coalman has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coalman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Coalman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Salazar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Coalman landing knees to the body.
Salazar has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Coalman after a bit of a struggle.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Coalman pushes Salazar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Coalman lands a nice knee to the body.
Coalman working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coalman lands a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Coalman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Coalman.
Coalman stalling.
Coalman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Coalman lands a good knee to the midsection. Salazar won't want to take too many of those.
Coalman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salazar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coalman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Coalman stalling the fight.
Coalman lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coalman stalling the fight.
Salazar swings wildly with an uppercut but Coalman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coalman lands a good knee to the midsection. Salazar won't want to take too many of those.
Coalman leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mark Coalman.
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coalman avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coalman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coalman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Coalman instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Coalman dominated that round.
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.

An inside leg kick from Salazar misses.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Salazar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Coalman tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coalman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salazar can do to turn this around?
Salazar misses with a looping right.
Salazar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coalman on the side of the head.
Alehh Salazar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coalman moves in looking to clinch but Salazar pushes him off.
Salazar fails to land the takedown.
Salazar misses with a combination
and Coalman counters with an inside leg kick.
Coalman tries to clinch up.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Coalman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coalman wants to clinch.
Coalman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salazar is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar misses with a double jab.
Coalman is looking to clinch.
Salazar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Coalman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Salazar tries a body shot but Coalman blocks it.
Salazar throws a head punch that misses.
Coalman lands a nice elbow.
Salazar letting Coalman take a breather here.
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Coalman scores a nice knee to the body.
Salazar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salazar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Coalman.
Coalman blocking some punches.
Salazar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coalman stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Coalman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coalman works on Salazar's body with a couple of short punches.
Coalman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Coalman working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Coalman.
Coalman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coalman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coalman working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Coalman leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mark Coalman.

Salazar gets tackled into the cage by Coalman. Coalman maintains the clinch.
Salazar looking to stall.
Coalman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Coalman lands a nice knee to the body.
Salazar takes a knee to the side of the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Coalman works on Salazar's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Mark Coalman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coalman landing knees to the body.
Coalman scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Coalman.
Coalman lands a nice knee to the body.
Coalman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Coalman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salazar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Coalman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Coalman scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coalman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Coalman dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Coalman instigates a clinch.
Coalman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Coalman - that landed with a thud.
Coalman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Coalman landing knees to the body.
Salazar being controlled against the cage.
Salazar struggles to land a body shot inside as Coalman controls his hands.
Salazar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coalman lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Coalman.
Salazar tries to break free but Coalman pushes him back against the cage.
Coalman crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Salazar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coalman avoiding damage.
Salazar misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Salazar drops down looking for an ankle pick but Coalman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mark Coalman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Coalman closes the distance and clinches.
Coalman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coalman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coalman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Coalman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Coalman crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Coalman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Coalman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salazar or not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coalman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coalman obliges.
Coalman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salazar's face.
Coalman lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salazar.
Coalman landing knees to the body.
Salazar is working for takedown but Coalman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Coalman presses Salazar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Coalman lands a knee to the head.
Coalman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Coalman scores a nice knee to the body.
Coalman lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coalman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salazar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Coalman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salazar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Coalman controlling the action here for a moment.
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Coalman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Salazar fails to land.
Coalman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salazar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Coalman lands a good knee to the midsection. Salazar won't want to take too many of those.
Coalman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salazar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Coalman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Coalman landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coalman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Coalman.
Salazar is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Coalman to keep the fight standing.
Mark Coalman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alehh Salazar.
A hook to the body from Coalman.
Salazar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salazar is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Coalman to keep the fight standing.
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!
Coalman lands a knee to the body.
Coalman scores with a knee to the head.
Coalman has Salazar pressed against the cage.
Coalman crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Coalman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Coalman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Coalman.
Coalman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alehh Salazar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mark Coalman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Salazar misses with the head strike.
Salazar throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Coalman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Coalman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Coalman!