PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rico Quaves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emanuel Salvador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Quaves
vs
Salvador

178 cm
23
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rico Quaves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emanuel Salvador!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salvador lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Salvador misses with a body shot.
Quaves tries to move into range but Salvador moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Salvador has managed to clinch.
Quaves taking a breather.
Quaves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quaves lands a nice elbow.
Quaves scores with a knee to the head.
Salvador scores with a shot to the side of Quaves's head.
A short right from Salvador.
Salvador takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salvador working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quaves lands a good knee to the midsection. Salvador won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Quaves.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quaves throws an elbow but misses.
Salvador lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quaves backwards.
Quaves lands a good knee to the midsection. Salvador won't want to take too many of those.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salvador.
Quaves misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Salvador.
Quaves tries to land knees in the clinch but Salvador avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvador lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salvador avoiding damage as Quaves throws knees to the body.
Salvador works on Quaves's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Salvador.
Quaves trying to land knees to the body.
Salvador lands a right hand.
Quaves throws a punch but it's blocked by Salvador.
Salvador blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salvador lands with a short shot to the head.
Salvador lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quaves.
Quaves is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salvador.
Salvador gets through Quaves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Quaves lands a good knee to the midsection. Salvador won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salvador creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quaves looking to slow down the pace here.
Quaves working aggressively here.
Quaves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salvador.
Salvador lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salvador.
Quaves missing with knees to the body.
Salvador working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Salvador.
Quaves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salvador has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Salvador lands with a light punch inside.
Quaves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quaves misses with the head strike.
Salvador lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salvador lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quaves is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salvador is keeping busy.
Quaves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quaves misses with a knee to the head.
Quaves throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Salvador scores with a shoulder strike.
Salvador avoiding damage as Quaves throws knees to the body.
Salvador scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Salvador lands a nice uppercut.

Quaves is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvador lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Quaves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salvador softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Salvador throws a big uppercut that drops Quaves! More strikes from Salvador and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Quaves lies dazed against the cage as Salvador celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emanuel Salvador!