|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Jimenez (ranked 3959 p4p, 24070 weight class) and Paul Bunyons (ranked 273 p4p, 349 weight class). Paul Bunyons acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 171 cm
21
155
1 - 2 - 0 |
|
169 cm
21
136
3 - 4 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
|
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Bunyons!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimenez lands a body shot.
Bunyons shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jimenez, as that shot connected.
Bunyons takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunyons was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
Jimenez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bunyons in his tracks.
Jimenez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bunyons has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jimenez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bunyons has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jimenez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bunyons is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jimenez is defending well.
Salvador Jimenez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Bunyons.
Bunyons is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jimenez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Bunyons to the mat. Bunyons regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jimenez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez postures up in Bunyons's guard and throws a big left but Bunyons blocks it.
Jimenez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jimenez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jimenez is stalling in the full guard.
Jimenez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bunyons's head.
Jimenez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jimenez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyons is letting Jimenez control him for a moment.
Jimenez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bunyons for as long as he can get away with.
Bunyons tries to buck Jimenez off but Jimenez is having none of it.
Jimenez moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jimenez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jimenez is putting a hurting on Bunyons here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jimenez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jimenez stands up and beckons Bunyons to his feet.
Jimenez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jimenez throws a right hand that Bunyons ducks under and follows up with a left that Bunyons also avoids with ease.
Bunyons tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jab from Jimenez.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunyons was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunyons on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jimenez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And Bunyons tries to counter it with a takedown but Jimenez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jimenez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jimenez lands in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jimenez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bunyons looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bunyons escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jimenez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jimenez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Salvador Jimenez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jimenez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jimenez lands in his opponent's guard.
Jimenez stands and steps away. Bunyons gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jimenez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Paul Bunyons has been cut.
Bunyons gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jimenez.
Nice shot by Jimenez.
Jimenez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bunyons can do to turn this around?
Jimenez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jimenez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bunyons has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
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!
A head kick by Bunyons misses
and Jimenez counters with a single leg into guard. Bunyons didn't expect that.
Jimenez pushing down on Bunyons's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jimenez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez lands with a punch from half guard.
Jimenez is taking a breather. Bunyons says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Jimenez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Still in half guard, Jimenez seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bunyons taking some punishment here, with Jimenez in his half guard.
Jimenez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bunyons with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jimenez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jimenez winds up and cracks Bunyons with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jimenez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jimenez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jimenez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
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.
Jimenez winds up and cracks Bunyons with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bunyons trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jimenez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Jimenez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Salvador Jimenez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bunyons's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bunyons takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jimenez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bunyons doesn't seem bothered though.
Bunyons takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jimenez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bunyons tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bunyons is defended easily by Jimenez.
Jimenez closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jimenez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bunyons trying to control but Jimenez is working from the bottom.
Jimenez is pulling down on Bunyons's head. It's preventing any offense from Bunyons, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunyons won't allow Jimenez to sweep him here.
Bunyons throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jimenez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bunyons controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bunyons wants to control from the top but Jimenez keeps moving.
Jimenez has control of Bunyons's left arm, preventing Bunyons from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jimenez wants to sweep here but Bunyons controlling him for the moment.
Bunyons trying to control but Jimenez is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jimenez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Salvador Jimenez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jimenez passes Bunyons's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jimenez is controlling the pace.
Jimenez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jimenez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jimenez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jimenez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jimenez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jimenez with the ground and pound from mount.
Salvador Jimenez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bunyons can't escape the position.
Jimenez controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez continues to stall.
Jimenez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Paul Bunyons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimenez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jimenez content just to control the position here.
Jimenez unloading with bombs!
And that's the end of the fight!
Salvador Jimenez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jimenez 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:24
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salvador Jimenez!
An out of breath Salvador Jimenez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
35% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
