PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Salas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadeya Shooto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2 PAC Picture Me Rollin . Marcelo Salas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Salas
vs
Shooto

190 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelo Salas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tadeya Shooto!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shooto to score with a decent uppercut.
Salas missing with a left hand there. Shooto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shooto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salas.
Shooto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Salas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shooto misses with a looping left.
Salas lands with a good body shot.
Shooto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salas.
Salas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shooto looks to throw the jab but Salas is out of range.
Salas cracks Shooto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shooto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Salas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Salas throws a big shot that misses.
Shooto ducks right into an uppercut from Salas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooto throws a big shot that misses.
Salas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Salas misses with a double jab.
Shooto walks into a left hand.
Salas throws a hook to the side of Shooto's head but Shooto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salas throws a hook to the side of Shooto's head but Shooto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shooto misses with a hook
and Salas counters with a stiff right hand.
Salas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shooto to score with a decent uppercut.
Shooto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Salas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shooto misses with a looping right.
Salas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salas staying out of range there.
Marcelo Salas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Salas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salas throws out a loose jab but Shooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salas connects with an inside leg kick.
Salas moves away from the strike by Shooto.
Shooto throws the left hand but Salas avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salas lands with a good body shot.
Salas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salas slips a straight right by Shooto.
Shooto throws a shot from downtown. Salas moves away and avoids it.
Salas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Tadeya Shooto has been cut.
Shooto lands a really nice looking cross but Salas seems unphased.
Shooto moves out of range of the body kick.
Shooto throws the left hand but Salas avoids the punch easily.
Salas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Salas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shooto.
Salas lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Salas.
Salas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salas connects with an inside leg kick.
Salas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shooto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shooto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shooto lands with a cross.
Salas stuns Shooto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Salas misses with a hook
and Shooto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Salas.
Salas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shooto looks winded!
Shooto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shooto has time to react.
Salas thumps Shooto with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shooto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shooto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Shooto walks into a left hand.
Salas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Shooto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Salas moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Shooto goes down! Can Salas finish him!?

Shooto is rocked!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Shooto wants to control the position but Salas says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Shooto is still in real trouble! Can Salas finish him?
Shooto trying to control here.
Salas wants to get back to his feet.
Shooto seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shooto wants to get back to full guard but Salas has passed into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Salas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tadeya Shooto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Salas moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Shooto goes down! Can Salas finish him!?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Shooto is proving hard to escape from.
Shooto wants to stand up but Salas is controlling him.
Salas wants to stand but Shooto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Marcelo Salas has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Salas thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooto thows a body shot but no joy.
Salas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shooto.
Salas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Shooto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Salas lands with an uppercut that bounces Shooto off the cage and back into range.
Salas misses the jab.
Salas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shooto.
Salas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Salas slips under a jab from Shooto.
Salas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shooto.
Shooto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salas.
Nice body punch from Shooto.
Salas scores with a jab. Shooto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That has opened up Tadeya Shooto's cut even more.
Salas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salas misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shooto needs to keep his hands up - Salas had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Salas misses.
Shooto scores with a nice right hand.
Salas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Salas's corner calls for a 1-2. Salas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Salas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shooto takes a step back to recover.
Salas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Salas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shooto's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Salas.
Shooto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shooto swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salas lands a body shot.
Shooto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salas.
Crunch! Salas slams his shin into Shooto's torso.
Marcelo Salas is winning the standup battle so far.
Shooto throws an overhand right that lands on Salas's shoulder, as Salas tries to avoid the shot.
Salas feints and then cracks Shooto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shooto down.
Shooto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salas can pounce on him.
Salas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shooto is breathing heavily.
Shooto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Salas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The fighters circling - Salas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shooto throws a shot from downtown. Salas moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shooto.
A jab from Salas misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shooto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shooto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salas.
Salas stuns Shooto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Salas scoring well with a low kick there.
Salas lands a lovely overhand right.
Salas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shooto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salas throws a right and a left that Shooto avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shooto jabs Salas right on the nose. Salas blinks but takes it well.
Salas lands with a nice body kick.
Salas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shooto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salas throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Salas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tadeya Shooto's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Salas with a nice cross.
Salas keeps Shooto at a distance using the push kick.
Shooto needs to keep his hands up - Salas had a free shot at his head there.
Salas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shooto throws a nice looking combination but Salas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Salas misses with a hook.
Shooto swinging wildly here.
Salas scores with a push kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Salas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Salas.
Salas throws a right and a left that Shooto avoids nicely.
Shooto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Salas thumps Shooto with a low kick.
Salas's corner calls for a 1-2. Salas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Salas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shooto can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooto tries to move into range but Salas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salas throws a shot from downtown. Shooto moves away and avoids it.
Shooto loads up on a big right hand but Salas slips the punch.
Salas jabs Shooto right on the nose. Shooto blinks but takes it well.
Shooto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shooto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Salas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shooto.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Salas.
Shooto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salas scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salas looks to score with a jab to the body but Shooto is just out of range.
Salas thumps Shooto with a low kick.
Tadeya Shooto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salas feints and then cracks Shooto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shooto down.
Nice shot lands for Salas.
Shooto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Salas to score with a decent uppercut.
Shooto throws a sloppy head kick and Salas moves out of range easily.
Shooto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Salas drops Shooto with a right and a left! Salas comes rushing in but Shooto regains his composure and manages to keep Salas in guard.
Shooto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Salas! Shooto is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcelo Salas!
Our winner, Marcelo Salas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.