PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Salazar (ranked 24276 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramazan Tumenov (ranked 24633 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Salazar
vs
Tumenov

181 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samuel Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramazan Tumenov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tumenov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tumenov.
Tumenov working away.
Salazar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tumenov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Salazar is trying to stand.
Salazar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tumenov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tumenov's back!
Tumenov is really stuck here.
Tumenov trying to control the hands but Salazar won't let him.
Salazar is hanging on to Tumenov's back as he tries to escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tumenov trying to control the position but Salazar manages to sink in the hooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salazar looking for the choke but no joy.
Tumenov looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Salazar tightening his grip on Tumenov, looking for the choke.

Salazar looking for the RNC.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tumenov breaks Salazar's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Tumenov tries to free his leg and advance position but Salazar is retaining full guard.
Tumenov cracks Salazar with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tumenov throwing strikes but missing.
Salazar keeping moving, preventing Tumenov from controlling successfully.
Tumenov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salazar striking off his back but it's not causing Tumenov any problems.
Tumenov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumenov throwing strikes from guard but Salazar blocks nicely.
Tumenov wants to stand and escape but instead Salazar has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Tumenov trying to keep a closed guard but Salazar is proving a slippery customer.
Tumenov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Salazar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Salazar seems to be looking for submissions.
Tumenov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salazar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumenov tries to kick Salazar off in order to stand up. Salazar Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Tumenov manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Salazar is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tumenov sees it coming and defends easily.
Salazar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salazar throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Tumenov to regain full guard.
Salazar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Salazar won't allow Tumenov to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Tumenov wants to hit a switch here but Salazar passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Tumenov there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Salazar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tumenov dives in and scores a takedown into Salazar's guard.
Tumenov trying to control the position from guard on top but Salazar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tumenov wants to stand but Salazar is controlling his posture from full guard.
Salazar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tumenov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samuel Salazar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salazar is pulling down on Tumenov's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tumenov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Salazar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Salazar wants to stand and escape but Tumenov is having none of it.
Tumenov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Salazar holds on and takes a little breather.
Tumenov distracts Salazar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tumenov throws a big right hand that misses.
Tumenov stops Salazar from standing up.
Tumenov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tumenov stays in close to Salazar's body and controls the position.
Salazar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tumenov is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tumenov scoring with some ground and pound.
Tumenov postures up and lands a big shot to Salazar's brow.
Salazar has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tumenov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Salazar is rocked!
Tumenov distracts Salazar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oh Salazar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salazar wants to improve his position but instead Tumenov has moved into half guard.

Tumenov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tumenov lands a big elbow - Salazar is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Tumenov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramazan Tumenov!