PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Mizrahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mizrahi
vs
Salter

176 cm
42
155 lbs
48 - 30 - 1

180 cm
37
152 lbs
30 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 48 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donnie Mizrahi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radar Salter!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salter lands a right hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Salter.
Mizrahi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Salter throws a front kick aimed at Mizrahi's knee but Mizrahi avoids it well.
Salter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Mizrahi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Salter.
Salter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salter looks to score with a jab to the body but Mizrahi is just out of range.
Salter swings for the body but Mizrahi moves out of range.
Salter cracks Mizrahi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mizrahi throws a shot to the body.
Mizrahi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Salter scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mizrahi in his tracks.
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!
Salter misses with a straight right.
Salter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab lands there for Salter.
Salter throws a head kick that misses.
Mizrahi moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Salter throws out a loose jab but Mizrahi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mizrahi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salter.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Mizrahi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mizrahi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Salter up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mizrahi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizrahi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salter prevents a body shot from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Salter is trying to break the clinch but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Salter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Salter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mizrahi misses with a punch on the inside.
Mizrahi tries a body shot but Salter blocks it.
Salter has had enough of the clinch but Mizrahi keeps him there for the moment.
Salter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mizrahi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Salter up against the cage.

Salter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter moves out of range of the body kick from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi tries to clinch up but Salter circles away and keeps his distance.
Mizrahi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mizrahi wants to clinch up but Salter keeps it at a distance.
Mizrahi fails to land with a series of punches.
Mizrahi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salter.
Mizrahi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Mizrahi tries to move into range but Salter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Salter throws a chopping leg kick but Mizrahi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mizrahi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Salter misses with a hook. Mizrahi ducked under it nicely.
Mizrahi tries to counter by clinching up but Salter breaks away and moves out of range.
Mizrahi wants to clinch up but Salter keeps it at a distance.
Mizrahi slips a jab from Salter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Salter finds it's target.
Salter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizrahi with a nice cross.
A jab from Salter misses.
Salter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mizrahi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Salter.
Salter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mizrahi wants to clinch up but Salter keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter misses with a hook.
Salter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mizrahi moves away.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mizrahi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salter misses with a hook. Mizrahi ducked under it nicely.
Salter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mizrahi lands a front kick.
Mizrahi scores with a decent looking hook.
Mizrahi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Mizrahi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mizrahi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salter doesn't seem bothered though.
Salter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mizrahi on the side of the head.
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!
A jab from Salter finds it's way through Mizrahi's defenses.
Salter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mizrahi.
Salter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mizrahi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Salter scrambles back to his feet.
Mizrahi scores with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mizrahi.
Salter tries to move into range but Mizrahi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mizrahi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salter.
Salter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salter scores with a body shot.
Mizrahi lands a body shot.
Mizrahi tries to close the distance and clinch but Salter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salter throws the left hand but Mizrahi avoids the punch easily.
Salter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizrahi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizrahi looks for the body kick but Salter saw that one coming.

Mizrahi forces Salter back against the cage and clinches.

Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mizrahi avoids the body shot from Salter.
Salter throws a right hand that Mizrahi ducks under and follows up with a left that Mizrahi also avoids with ease.
Mizrahi is looking to clinch but Salter is avoiding it.
Mizrahi lands with an overhand left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mizrahi's sensitive parts.
Salter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mizrahi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salter loads up on a big right hand but Mizrahi slips the punch.
Mizrahi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mizrahi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Salter. Salter obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radar Salter dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mizrahi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Salter scores with a head kick. Mizrahi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Salter keeps the fight on the outside.
Salter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mizrahi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salter moves away.
Mizrahi throws a body punch but Salter moves out of range.
Salter cracks Mizrahi with an open hand slap.
Salter misses with an uppercut. Mizrahi saw that one coming.

Mizrahi takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Salter blocks with his arms.
Salter tries to circle away but Mizrahi has him pinned against the cage.
Salter is trying to break the clinch but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mizrahi wants to stall.
Salter wants to break free but Mizrahi has control.
Salter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage.
Salter avoiding damage as Mizrahi throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salter throws a big shot that misses.
Mizrahi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mizrahi.
Salter misses with a looping right.
Salter throws a big shot that misses.
Salter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mizrahi.
A low kick from Salter is predictable there

and Mizrahi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A frustrated look appears on Salter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mizrahi is stalling here.
Salter is trying to push Mizrahi away but Mizrahi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mizrahi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Salter up against the cage.
Salter has had enough of the clinch but Mizrahi keeps him there for the moment.
Mizrahi is pushing Salter up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mizrahi has Salter pressed against the cage, preventing Salter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi tries to land knees in the clinch but Salter avoids the damage to the body.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but Salter blocks it.
Mizrahi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Salter manages to break the clinch.
Salter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Salter backs away, Mizrahi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mizrahi scores with a sloppy right hand. Salter should have avoided that one.
Mizrahi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Salter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mizrahi misses with a body kick.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salter misses with a low kick.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizrahi moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Mizrahi slips under a jab.
Salter tries to score with a low kick but Mizrahi moves his leg out of the way.
Salter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mizrahi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mizrahi lands with an overhand left.
Mizrahi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Salter gets tackled into the cage by Mizrahi. Mizrahi maintains the clinch.
Mizrahi has Salter pressed against the cage, preventing Salter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mizrahi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salter's efforts to push away.

Salter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Mizrahi lands.
Jab from Salter.
Mizrahi wants to clinch.
Mizrahi connects with a body shot that sends Salter's belly button to the back.
Mizrahi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salter throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salter. Mizrahi does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizrahi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salter paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Mizrahi moves into the clinch successfully.
Mizrahi misses with a knee strike.
Salter blocks an uppercut.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salter.
Mizrahi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salter is keeping busy.
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Salter wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salter.
Salter is trying to break free.
Mizrahi prevents Salter from breaking the clinch.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Salter blocks with his arms.
Mizrahi lands a body punch.
Donnie Mizrahi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mizrahi scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Mizrahi dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mizrahi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizrahi lands a head kick. Salter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Salter misses the jab.
Mizrahi defending well as Salter loads up on a big left hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mizrahi.
Mizrahi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Salter swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizrahi.
Radar Salter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mizrahi throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salter! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Salter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mizrahi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Salter throws a head kick that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Mizrahi misses its target.
Salter throws a hook to the side of Mizrahi's head but Mizrahi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mizrahi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mizrahi. Salter shrugs it off though.
Crunch! Mizrahi slams his shin into Salter's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mizrahi.
Mizrahi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mizrahi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mizrahi to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mizrahi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salter throws an overhand right that lands on Mizrahi's shoulder, as Mizrahi tries to avoid the shot.
Salter misses with a straight left.
Mizrahi lands with a straight right. Salter didn't see that one coming.
Salter looks to throw the jab but Mizrahi is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Salter.
Mizrahi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salter throws an overhand right that lands on Mizrahi's shoulder, as Mizrahi tries to avoid the shot.

Mizrahi moves into the clinch.
Salter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salter is trying to force a seperation but Mizrahi has the dominant position.
Mizrahi tries to stall but Salter uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mizrahi tries a knee to the head but Salter blocks it.
Mizrahi looking to throw knees to the head but Salter is blocking nicely.
Salter tries to break free but Mizrahi pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mizrahi.

Salter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter just misses with a punch to the body.
Mizrahi ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
A head kick misses from Mizrahi.
A big left from Salter misses.

Mizrahi rushes Salter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salter has had enough of the clinch but Mizrahi keeps him there for the moment.
Salter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salter managing to block the knees to the body from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi stalls.
Mizrahi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mizrahi missing with knees to the body.

Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizrahi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mizrahi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mizrahi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salter moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
Salter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Decent striking displayed by Salter there.
Salter misses the jab.
Salter loads up on a big right hand but Mizrahi slips the punch.
Mizrahi tries to clinch up.
Salter fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mizrahi checks it well.
A big right from Salter misses.
Salter throws a jab when Mizrahi was well out of range.
Salter checks a leg kick.
Mizrahi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salter throws out a leg kick but Mizrahi moves out of range and Salter only half commits.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but Salter is having none of it.
Salter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salter misses with a few strikes there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Salter.
Salter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mizrahi slips under a jab.
Salter throws the left hand but Mizrahi avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Mizrahi.
Mizrahi tries to clinch but Salter is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Mizrahi misses.
Salter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mizrahi.
Salter is looking to chop away at Mizrahi's legs.
Mizrahi ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Mizrahi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A nice combination there by Mizrahi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mizrahi checks the leg kick.
Mizrahi slips a jab from Salter.
Mizrahi missing with a left hand there. Salter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mizrahi moves out of range as Salter strikes.
Mizrahi throwing a counter right hand but Salter manages to avoid it.
Salter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salter throws the left hand but Mizrahi avoids the punch easily.
Salter misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizrahi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizrahi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Nice body punch from Salter.
Mizrahi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mizrahi tries to close the distance and clinch but Salter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salter throws a hook but Mizrahi blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donnie Mizrahi.
I think Mizrahi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Mizrahi!
A very excited looking Donnie Mizrahi 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.