PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 22829 p4p, 2378 weight class) and Mordecai Sackett (ranked 622 p4p, 287 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Mexican Rap. Marco Salamanca had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Salamanca
vs
Sackett

176 cm
23
157
8 - 1 - 0

178 cm
43
155
48 - 23 - 1

World class MT
Granite chin

World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordecai Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Salamanca.
Sackett drops his hands momentarily and Salamanca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Salamanca seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sackett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Salamanca in his tracks.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca looks to land a body kick but Sackett moved away.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett slips under a jab.
Sackett wants to clinch up but Salamanca keeps it at a distance.
Salamanca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Salamanca tests Sackett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salamanca misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Sackett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Salamanca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Salamanca misses.
Sackett misses with an uppercut.
Sackett has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sackett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sackett throws out a leg kick but Salamanca moves out of range and Sackett only half commits.
Sackett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Salamanca lands a nice looking body shot.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Salamanca's hands.
Salamanca lands with a nice combination. Sackett backs away looking to recover.
Salamanca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salamanca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Salamanca feints and then cracks Sackett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sackett down.
Sloppy strikes from Salamanca. Those never looked like landing.
Salamanca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sackett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sackett scores with a nice head shot.
Sackett tried to score with a low kick but Salamanca checks it.
Sackett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sackett cracks Salamanca with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sackett walks into a stiff left hand from Salamanca.
A solid leg kick lands there for Salamanca.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salamanca scores with a kick to the body.
Salamanca misses with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca misses with a wild combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sackett, as that shot connected.
Sackett lands a nice looking body shot.
Sackett tries to move into range but Salamanca moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salamanca looks to land a body kick but Sackett moved away.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca blocks a head kick by Sackett.
Salamanca lands with a shot to the body.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Salamanca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sackett. Sackett obviously looking to wear him down.
Salamanca connects with a body shot.
Sackett connects with a high kick.
Salamanca moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salamanca lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sackett's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Salamanca 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.

Sackett connects with a solid leg kick.
Salamanca throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Salamanca misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salamanca.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Sackett plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Salamanca is just out of range.
Salamanca misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Sackett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Salamanca.
Sackett's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salamanca under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca blocks a jab.
Sackett takes a swing at Salamanca's ribcage but misses.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sackett.
Salamanca connects with a solid leg kick.
Sackett blocks a head kick by Salamanca.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salamanca.
Salamanca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sackett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Salamanca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sackett.
Sackett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Salamanca throws a hook to the side of Sackett's head but Sackett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sackett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sackett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salamanca.
Sackett is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salamanca gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sackett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Salamanca finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sackett tries to clinch up but Salamanca circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca slips a jab from Sackett.
Sackett moves forwards but Salamanca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Salamanca blocks a jab.
Sackett cracks Salamanca with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salamanca dodges the punch combination from Sackett.
Salamanca is looking to counter punch.
Sackett looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Salamanca thuds his shin into the meat of Sackett's side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salamanca takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sackett throws a low kick but Salamanca moves out of range easily.
Salamanca misses with the combination.
Salamanca misses with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salamanca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sackett misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett moves forwards but Salamanca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Salamanca misses.
A head kick from Salamanca lands but Sackett takes it in his stride.
Sackett gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Salamanca checks a leg kick nicely.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett throws a hook but Salamanca blocks it.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett walks forward, straight into a front kick from Salamanca.
Salamanca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Salamanca.
Salamanca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sackett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Salamanca on the side of the head.
Salamanca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sackett's head.
Sackett has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sackett throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Salamanca.
Decent striking displayed by Salamanca there.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
Salamanca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Salamanca misses.
Salamanca pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sackett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Salamanca was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salamanca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sackett is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Sackett with the inside leg kick.
Sackett finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Salamanca is looking to land body kicks.
Salamanca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sackett. Sackett circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Salamanca tries to land a leg kick but Sackett saw it coming and moves away.
Salamanca misses with a jab to the body
and Sackett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sackett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Sackett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Salamanca.
Salamanca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sackett. Sackett circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salamanca darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Salamanca moves out of range as Sackett strikes.
Sackett ducks right into an uppercut from Salamanca.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sackett blocks a jab.
Sackett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a leg kick which misses Sackett's front leg but catches the back leg as Sackett tries to avoid it.
Sackett walks into a stiff left hand from Salamanca.
Salamanca moves forwards but Sackett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Salamanca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sackett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Salamanca misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Sackett lands with an uppercut that bounces Salamanca off the ropes and back into range.
A shot to the liver by Salamanca. Beautiful body shot.
A punch combination from Sackett misses.
Salamanca throws a right and a left that Sackett avoids nicely.
Salamanca throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Salamanca scores with the left hand. Sackett knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett looks to land a combination but Salamanca avoids it well.
Salamanca takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mordecai Sackett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salamanca connects with a body shot that sends Sackett's belly button to the back.
Salamanca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Salamanca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salamanca has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Marco Salamanca!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Marco Salamanca!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Marco Salamanca!

Marco Salamanca wins by unanimous decision!
Marco Salamanca seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.