PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tater Salad (ranked 4466 p4p, 3785 weight class) and Payton Waller (ranked 0 p4p, 237 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salad
vs
Waller

182 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
155
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tater Salad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Payton Waller!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salad connects with a nice looking jab.
Waller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Salad connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Waller scrambles back to his feet.
Good shot there by Salad.

Salad lands a left and a right that send Waller crashing to the mat, dazed. Salad thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Waller is rocked!

It looks like Payton Waller has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Waller shoots in and gets a takedown into Salad's guard.
Waller is still in real trouble! Can Salad finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waller sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Waller seems to have recovered his senses.
Waller throwing strikes from guard but Salad blocks nicely.
Salad keeping moving, preventing Waller from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waller is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Waller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Waller slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Salad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Waller was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salad throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salad lands a jab.
Salad scores with a punch to the head.
Salad throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Waller.
Salad lands the left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Salad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Salad.
Salad lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Salad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Salad.
Salad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Salad connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salad throws a left and a right that both miss

and Waller counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Salad avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Waller.
Well, if Waller is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Waller maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Salad could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Waller has cracked it and Salad is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Waller!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Payton Waller!
Payton Waller very nearly forgot to thank sale cheap affordable cost money save deal discoun amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.