PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Dennis (ranked 2185 p4p, 306 weight class) and Michael Salazar (ranked 1348 p4p, 208 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Kareem Dennis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kareem Dennis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Dennis
vs
Salazar

194 cm
35
218 lbs
19 - 17 - 0

193 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Kareem Dennis !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dennis looks to land a combination but Salazar avoids it well.
Dennis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Salazar counters with a straight right hand.
Dennis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salazar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dennis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Salazar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dennis fails with the takedown
and Salazar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dennis throws a series of punches but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar's coach down at Stark Combat Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Salazar's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A punch combination from Dennis misses.
We've been hearing reports that Dennis has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dennis misses with a two punch combination.
Salazar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Salazar leaves Dennis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Salazar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kareem Dennis . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salazar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dennis .
Salazar jabs Dennis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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!
Dennis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salazar connects with a nice looking jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dennis !
Salazar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dennis 's calf.
Kareem Dennis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salazar cracks a nice hook into Dennis 's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Dennis .
Dennis shoots in but no luck this time.
Good leg kick by Salazar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Salazar scores with a nice strike.
Salazar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dennis 's sensitive parts.
Dennis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Salazar's waist but Salazar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dennis off to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Salazar.
Dennis with a poor takedown
enabling Salazar to counter with a crisp jab.

Dennis is rocked!
Dennis is breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Salazar - that will leave a mark!
Oh Dennis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dennis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Salazar drops Dennis with a naaaaasty hook - Dennis is in real trouble here! Salazar dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Salazar!
Michael Salazar tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.