PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Salinas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Sauk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Salinas
vs
Sauk

165 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

160 cm
20
138 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ahmad Salinas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Sauk!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Salinas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sauk quickly recovers to half guard.
Sauk is trying to stand up here but Salinas is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Salinas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sauk flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Salinas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sauk looks like he's trying to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salinas wants to get back to his feet.
Sauk tries to get to full guard but Salinas has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salinas circles away quickly and effectively.
Salinas feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sauk.

Sauk scores with a takedown into Salinas's guard.
Salinas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sauk is one step ahead there.
Salinas is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauk wants to control from the top but Salinas keeps moving.
Salinas controlling Sauk's posture.
Salinas trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Salinas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sauk.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A lazy left from Sauk finds it's target.

It looks like Ahmad Salinas has been cut.
The fighters circle, before Sauk throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Salinas's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Sauk lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Jake Sauk!
A very excited looking Jake Sauk made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.