PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sjaak de West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Salerno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de West comes to the ring accompanied by Can i play with madness (Iron Maiden). Tom Salerno will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

de West
vs
Salerno

200 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sjaak de West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Salerno!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de West drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Salerno looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

de West decides to stand back up. de West steps back and let's Salerno get back to his feet.
Tom Salerno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

de West changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Salerno looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
de West looking to control but instead Salerno has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Salerno is defending against the submission attempts here by de West.
de West thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Salerno's head.
Salerno is trying to control but can't.
Salerno looks like he's trying to stand up.
Salerno won't allow de West to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salerno tries to kick de West off but de West keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

de West changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Salerno looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Salerno struggling a bit here.
Salerno is looking for a sweep.

de West stands up.
Tom Salerno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Salerno looks to land a body kick but de West moved away.
Horrible takedown by de West or perhaps it was just good defense by Salerno which made him look bad.

de West clinches.

de West pulls Salerno into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Salerno avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
de West looking to control.
de West looking for a sweep. Not yet de West, not yet.
Salerno is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
de West controls Salerno momentarily but Salerno frees himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
de West is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
de West takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salerno has hold of de West's hands but de West slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Salerno wants to get back to his feet.
Salerno holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Salerno won't allow de West to pass to mount.

de West is working for a kimura but Salerno is defending it quite comfortably.
Salerno is trying to stand back up but de West is controlling him
de West is trying to control the action in half guard but Salerno is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Salerno looks like he's trying to stand up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

de West closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de West throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

de West decides to stand back up.
de West slips a jab and a cross from Salerno.
de West avoids a punch combination nicely.

de West shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. de West showed some decent athleticism there.
de West throwing shots but Salerno is blocking nicely.
Salerno avoiding damage under a succession of punches from de West.
de West seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Salerno does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
de West drops an elbow to the side of Salerno's head.
de West tries to pass the half guard into mount. Salerno knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

de West is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sjaak de West dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Good shot there by Salerno.
de West fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de West avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salerno wants to clinch but de West slips to the side

and de West counters with a nice double leg into side control. Salerno won't be happy with that.
de West wants to lay and pray for a moment but Salerno keeps working.
de West lands some shots froms side control.

It looks like Tom Salerno has been cut.
de West has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Salerno is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. de West locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Salerno is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sjaak de West!