PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rude comes to the cage accompanied by Gunslinger. Salita is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lose Yourself by Eminem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rude
vs
Salita

190 cm
30
218 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

194 cm
35
220 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dominic Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Salita!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rude swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salita rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rude to counter with a crisp jab.
Salita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rude fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salita misses with a wild body shot.
Salita fails to land with a series of punches.
Rude slips under a jab from Salita.
Salita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rude goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rude lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Salita backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rude avoids the body shot from Salita.
Salita pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Rude misses its intended target.
Rude dives in and grabs Salita's left leg, looking for a takedown. Salita pushes down on Rude's head and hops out.
Rude's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salita under the eye.
Salita throws a combination that misses
and Rude counters with a series of strikes. Salita will be more careful next time no doubt.

Salita is rocked!
Salita takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Salita looks winded!
Salita swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude lands a nice hook to Salita's body. Salita takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rude closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Salita! Rude dives in looking to finish! Salita is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Rude!
After winning the bout, Dominic Rude thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.