PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gakus Amiga (ranked 24399 p4p, 24180 weight class) and Richard John Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Amiga
vs
Salvacion

182 cm
22
160
19 - 33 - 2

182 cm
22
160
21 - 35 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid 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 19 - 33 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gakus Amiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard John Salvacion!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Salvacion darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Salvacion controlling the action here.
Salvacion is thwarting Amiga's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion content to control rather than advance.
Amiga is trying to maintain the position but Salvacion is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion trying to control the pace.
Amiga is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amiga is concentrating on defense, preventing Salvacion from advancing position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Amiga shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Amiga was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Salvacion struggling a bit here.
I wouldn't like to be where Salvacion is right now.
Salvacion trying to remain calm as Amiga controls from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Salvacion can't do much from the bottom here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four 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.

Amiga manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Salvacion on his heels. He'll look to pass Salvacion's guard now, I'm sure.
Amiga being controlled here momentarily.
Salvacion being controlled here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gakus Amiga dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Salvacion fails to land the takedown.
Amiga is looking to counter with a body kick.
Amiga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvacion can do to turn this around?

Amiga dives in and scores a takedown into Salvacion's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Amiga controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion keeping moving, preventing Amiga from controlling successfully.
Amiga looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Salvacion trying to control the position here.
Amiga seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion has his takedown stuffed
and Amiga counters with a head kick.
Amiga shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Salvacion sprawls well. Salvacion wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Amiga gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Salvacion shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Amiga but Amiga pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gakus Amiga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard John Salvacion.

Salvacion closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Amiga quickly recovers to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Salvacion sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Amiga is trying is best to control the position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gakus Amiga dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Salvacion gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Amiga to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Amiga looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Amiga's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amiga throws a big right hand that misses.
Amiga controls from within his opponent's guard.
Salvacion seems keen to control Amiga's posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Salvacion is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Salvacion misses with a takedown
and Amiga counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amiga has a takedown stuffed.
Salvacion is trying to counter with his kicks.

Salvacion decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gakus Amiga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salvacion is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Amiga trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Amiga trying to hold on to Salvacion's head to control him but Salvacion postures up.
Richard John Salvacion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gakus Amiga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Amiga is not content to let Salvacion control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Amiga trying to hold on to Salvacion's head to control him but Salvacion postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gakus Amiga.
Well Amiga 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gakus Amiga!