PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Salty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Marcolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salty comes to the cage accompanied by Gonna Fly Now. Marcolini has chosen Raffaella Carra - Rumore as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Elmo Salty had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Salty
vs
Marcolini

190 cm
31
260 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

185 cm
44
259 lbs
38 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Elmo Salty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Marcolini!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salty misses the shot to the body.
Salty throws a hook but Marcolini avoids it easily.
Salty just misses with a punch to the body.
Salty misses with a straight right.
Marcolini was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Marcolini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salty manages to avoid it.
Marcolini looks to throw the jab but Salty is out of range.
Salty throws a looping overhand right but Marcolini ducks down to avoid it.
Salty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcolini manages to avoid it.
Salty scores with a nice head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Marcolini checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marcolini digs a good body shot into Salty's ribs.
A big right from Marcolini misses.
Salty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Salty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marcolini scores with a crisp jab that stopped Salty in his tracks.
Marcolini thows a leg kick but Salty checks it
and Salty counters with a nice uppercut.
Marcolini swings widly with a right hand
and Marcolini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Salty. That snapped Marcolini's head back.
Salty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Salty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Salty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marcolini is able to avoid easily.
Salty scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcolini doesn't seem bothered though.
A cross from Marcolini lands.
Marcolini on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcolini connects with a single shot there.
Salty with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini throws a lazy right hand but Salty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salty throws a shot to the body.
Salty misses with a double jab.

Salty forces Marcolini back against the cage and clinches.
Salty tries a body shot but Marcolini blocks it.
Salty struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcolini controls his hands.
Salty lands with a light punch inside.
Marcolini missing with knees to the body.
Marcolini misses with a knee to the head.
Marcolini managing to block the knees to the body from Salty.
A shot in the inside from Salty.
Salty lands an uppercut.
Salty scores with a shoulder strike.
Marcolini is trying to stall.
Salty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marcolini tries to land knees in the clinch but Salty avoids the damage to the body.
Salty landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salty looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marcolini misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Salty - that landed with a thud.
Marcolini takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marcolini looks winded!
Marcolini missing with knees to the body.
Salty working Marcolini over with knees to the body.
Salty unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcolini lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Salty.
A short right from Salty.
Salty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Salty looking to throw knees to the head but Marcolini is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salty obliges.
Marcolini blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salty.
Salty trying to land knees to the body.
Salty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcolini avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salty is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Salty lands a right hand.
Salty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salty using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salty.
Salty missing with knees to the body.
Salty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcolini avoids it.
Salty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marcolini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salty digs a right hand underneath Marcolini's ribcage. Marcolini let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Salty lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Salty.
A hook to the body from Salty.
Salty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcolinis head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salty crunches a lovely knee into Marcolini's ribcage.
Salty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Salty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marcolini is defending well for now.
Salty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elmo Salty dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Salty misses with a head kick.
Salty ducks under a wild hook from Marcolini.
Marcolini throws a body punch but Salty moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Marcolini. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marcolini.
Salty takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Salty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marcolini.
Salty tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marcolini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcolini tries to counter by closing the distance.
Salty fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marcolini on the side of the head.
Marcolini staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salty ducks under a wild hook from Marcolini.
Salty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marcolini avoids the head kick by Salty.
Salty lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcolini on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marcolini is breathing heavily.
Salty swings for the body but Marcolini moves out of range.
Marcolini pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Salty back to the cage. Marcolini follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Salty scores with a jab to the head.
Salty tries to clinch up but Marcolini circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcolini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salty.
Salty throws a sloppy head kick
and Marcolini counters with a stiff right hand.
Salty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marcolini looks to land a left hand but Salty moved out of range nicely.
Marcolini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salty.
Salty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marcolini works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salty defending well as Marcolini loads up on a big left hand.
Salty is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Marcolini.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marcolini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salty attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marcolini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salty.
Marcolini's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salty under the eye.
Marcolini has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salty finds it's way round the side to connect with Marcolini's head.
Salty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marco Marcolini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salty lands a slapping body shot.
Marcolini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salty.
Elmo Salty is winning the standup battle so far.
Marcolini lands a nice hook to Salty's body. Salty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marcolini cracks a nice hook into Salty's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini tries to work over Salty's front leg with a kick but Salty checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Salty on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Salty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcolini.
Salty lands with a kick to the temple. Marcolini shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marcolini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salty manages to avoid it.
Salty lands a right hook to the body.
Salty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Marcolini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marcolini throws a big shot that misses.
Marcolini takes one on the button.
Marcolini 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.
Salty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marcolini's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Salty connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marcolini scrambles back to his feet.
Marcolini throws a series of punches but Salty moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Marcolini misses
and Salty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salty is looking to slow Marcolini down with leg kicks.
Marcolini sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice cross by Salty.
Salty loads up on a big right hand but Marcolini slips the punch.
Salty throws a powerful right kick. Marcolini tried to block low but the kick was high! Marcolini was taken right off of his feet! Salty jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Elmo Salty!
Elmo Salty managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!160, into his post fight interview.