PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jospeh Salinas (ranked 6549 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devonte Blaydes (ranked 4676 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Salinas
vs
Blaydes

183 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jospeh Salinas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Devonte Blaydes!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blaydes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Salinas to the mat! Salinas manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Salinas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Salinas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Blaydes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Blaydes wanted to stand there but Salinas had control of the position.
Blaydes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Blaydes drops back, looking for a kneebar! Salinas looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Salinas looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Salinas!

Blaydes holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salinas remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Blaydes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Salinas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salinas remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Blaydes tries to buck Salinas off but Salinas is having none of it.
Salinas cracks Blaydes with a big elbow.
Blaydes parries the strikes from Salinas easily there. Salinas is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Blaydes to escape.
Salinas controlling from side mount.
Blaydes is trying to improve his position.
Blaydes wants to get back to his feet.
Salinas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blaydes is trying to control Salinas's posture but Salinas avoids it.
Blaydes is not content to let Salinas control the position.
Salinas working away.
Salinas misses with the ground and pound.
Blaydes is trying to get back to half guard.
Blaydes struggling a bit here.
Salinas taking a breather here.
Blaydes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Blaydes dodges the ground and pound from Salinas.
Blaydes is not content to let Salinas control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Salinas is controlling him well.
Salinas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Blaydes to see if he's OK.
Blaydes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blaydes wants to get back to his feet.
Salinas wants to control but Blaydes is keeping him busy.
Salinas looks up at the clock and then as Blaydes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Salinas smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Salinas working the ground and pound.

Salinas thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Blaydes can't do much from the bottom here.
Salinas wants to control but Blaydes is keeping him busy.
Blaydes struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Salinas.
Blaydes can't do much from the bottom here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Blaydes can do anything to dispel that myth.

Salinas is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Blaydes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Salinas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Blaydes to see if he's OK.
Salinas controls the position.

Salinas is trying to get an arm triangle but Blaydes is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blaydes wants to control but Salinas postures up.
Blaydes tries to bench press Salinas off him but Salinas keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Salinas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blaydes postures up in Salinas's guard and throws a big left but Salinas blocks it.
Blaydes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Salinas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Salinas keeping full guard, as Blaydes tries to pass.

Salinas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaydes stays in close to Salinas's body and controls the position.
Blaydes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Salinas swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes trying to control but Salinas is working from the bottom.
Salinas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blaydes can do to turn this around?
Blaydes throws an elbow that misses. Salinas uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blaydes's guard. Nice move by Salinas!

Blaydes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salinas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Blaydes tries to strike from the bottom.
Blaydes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Blaydes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Salinas landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Salinas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blaydes's head.
Salinas controlling from the top position.
Salinas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Salinas is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Blaydes is trying to control the position but Salinas postures up.
Salinas trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaydes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salinas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blaydes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Salinas has managed to get both his arms back between Blaydes's legs - danger averted.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Blaydes dives in and scores a takedown into Salinas's guard.

Salinas is looking to cinch up a triangle. Blaydes throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Salinas's body to avoid the submission. Salinas has instead reached around Blaydes's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Salinas arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jospeh Salinas!