PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Little Rusky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Salas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rusky's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sandstorm. Salas has chosen 2 PAC Picture Me Rollin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rusky
vs
Salas

189 cm
28
140 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Little Rusky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelo Salas!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rusky misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Salas.
Rusky misses with a lunging right hand
and Salas counters with a nice leg kick.
Rusky throws out a loose jab but Salas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rusky will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Salas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salas scores with a jab to the head.
Salas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Salas cracks the inside of Rusky's front leg.
Salas scores with a hook to the body. Rusky takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rusky looks to land a combination but Salas avoids it well.
Salas thumps Rusky with a low kick.
Salas misses the shot to the body.
Rusky on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rusky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rusky throws a poor cross that misses
and Salas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rusky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rusky's head backwards.
Salas thumps Rusky with a low kick.
Rusky misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rusky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Salas scores with a leg kick.
Rusky connects with a jab.
Rusky 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 scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rusky in his tracks.
Salas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rusky's calf.
That kick from Salas tenderised Rusky's leg. Rusky is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slow jab from Rusky misses its intended target.
Salas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rusky.
Marcelo Salas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rusky lands a jab.
Rusky is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Salas moves away from the strike by Rusky.
Salas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Salas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rusky takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Salas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rusky.
Salas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rusky avoids the body shot from Salas.
Rusky throws a jab when Salas was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salas.
Rusky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Salas.
Rusky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salas circles away quickly and effectively.
Rusky throws a looping overhand right but Salas ducks down to avoid it.
Salas connects with an inside leg kick.
Salas keeps Rusky at a distance using the push kick.
Rusky is breathing heavily.
Salas digs a good hook to Rusky's body.
Salas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rusky throws a series of punches but Salas moves out of range.
Rusky tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Salas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rusky doesn't seem phased though.
Rusky throws a right hand that misses
and Salas counters with a right hand to the body.
Salas slips a straight right by Rusky.
Jab, jab by Rusky - just one landing.
Rusky throws a lazy right hand but Salas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salas digs a good hook to Rusky's body.
Rusky misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salas scores with a spinning back kick!
Salas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Salas connects with a jab.
Rusky is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Salas cracks Rusky with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Salas cracks Rusky with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Rusky is rocked!
Rusky throws a hook but Salas blocks it.
Salas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rusky.
Rusky misses with a hook
enabling Salas to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Rusky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab by Salas.
Rusky misses with a looping left.
Rusky misses with an uppercut
and Salas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rusky seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rusky shoots for a double leg takedown but Salas sprawls well. He's pushed Rusky's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Little Rusky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rusky, as that shot connected.
Salas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salas chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rusky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salas throws a shot to the body.
Salas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rusky's hands.
Rusky takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rusky needs to keep his hands up - Salas had a free shot at his head there.
Rusky drops his hands momentarily and Salas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rusky misses with a looping right.
Salas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rusky.
Rusky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salas.
Salas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Salas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rusky's sensitive parts.
Salas feints and then cracks Rusky's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rusky down.
Salas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rusky. That did some damage!
Salas lands a body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Salas thumps Rusky with a low kick.
Rusky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salas.
Little Rusky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rusky works the jab nicely.
Rusky tests Salas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rusky's calf.
Salas lands a slapping body shot.
Salas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rusky takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rusky. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Donk. Salas catches Rusky right on the button with a cross.
Rusky scores with a nice right hand.
Salas takes one to the side of the head.
Salas lands a really nice looking cross but Rusky seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rusky misses with a series of wild punches.
Salas ducks under a wild hook from Rusky.
Rusky takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Salas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rusky takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Salas lands a nice hook to Rusky's body. Rusky takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rusky misses with a straight right.
Rusky chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salas can pounce on him.
Salas lands a jab to the nose.
Salas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rusky.
Rusky steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Salas. That one must have hurt.
Rusky misses with a hook.
Salas lands with a straight right. Rusky didn't see that one coming.
Rusky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salas.
Salas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rusky misses with a hook. Salas ducked under it nicely.
Rusky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rusky misses with an uppercut
and Salas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rusky thinking.
Salas drops Rusky with a naaaaasty hook - Rusky is in real trouble here! Salas dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcelo Salas!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcelo Salas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.