PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sockeye Salmon (ranked 4384 p4p, 4330 weight class) and Koa Yagan (ranked 447 p4p, 441 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Salmon
vs
Yagan

184 cm
18
187
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
183
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sockeye Salmon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Koa Yagan!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yagan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salmon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yagan counters with a nice uppercut.
Yagan just misses with a punch to the body.
Salmon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yagan works the jab nicely.
Salmon lands a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salmon. Yagan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yagan misses with a body shot.
Yagan throws a jab when Salmon was well out of range.
Salmon misses the shot to the body.
Salmon throws a sloppy body shot
and Yagan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salmon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Salmon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Salmon throws a jab but it's blocked by Yagan.
Yagan circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Salmon to the canvas! Salmon doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Yagan keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koa Yagan!
Koa Yagan thanked the fans post fight for their support.