PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Salazaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoo Ar Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salazaar comes to the cage accompanied by One Vision. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Salazaar
vs
Ar Yu

176 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Salazaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hoo Ar Yu!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Salazaar with that takedown attempt.
Yu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salazaar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yu leaves Salazaar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yu throws a shot to the body.
Yu lands a nice shot to the body.
Salazaar is breathing heavily.
Yu doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Salazaar counters with a single leg into guard. Yu didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazaar thows a big elbow that misses.
Yu is trying to control the position but Salazaar postures up.
Yu throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Salazaar preventing the sweep.
Yu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yu keeping moving, preventing Salazaar from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salazaar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salazaar moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Yu scores with a four punch combination!
Yu thuds a left hand into Salazaar's body.
Salazaar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Salazaar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Salazaar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazaar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Salazaar is working for a kimura but Yu is defending it quite comfortably.
Yu is staying active underneath Salazaar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Salazaar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yu is looking for a sweep. Salazaar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salazaar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yu tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yu lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yu scores with a nice head shot.
Salazaar could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses with a low kick.
Yu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Salazaar shoots in for a takedown but Yu shows good takedown defense.
Nice takedown defense from Yu. No joy for Salazaar on that attempt.
Yu misses with a takedown attempt

and Salazaar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salazaar.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Salazaar postures up.
Yu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salazaar is one step ahead there.
Salazaar is looking to work some ground and pound but Yu has wrist control.
Yu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yu wants to get back to his feet but Salazaar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Salazaar wants to control from the top but Yu keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazaar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Yu throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salazaar doesn't seem bothered though.
Yu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Salazaar sprawls well. Salazaar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yu gets slowly back to his feet.
Yu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yu doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Salazaar counters with a takedown into side control.
Salazaar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu is trying to get back to half guard.
Salazaar is looking to take a break and control but Yu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hoo Ar Yu will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yu dives in and grabs Salazaar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Salazaar pushes down on Yu's head and hops out.
Salazaar fails with the takedown.
Salazaar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Yu gets a takedown into half guard.
Salazaar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salazaar is trying to control but can't.
Yu working the head and body with strikes.
Salazaar gets back to full guard.

Salazaar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Salazaar's head.
Yu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salazaar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu chips away with some ground and pound.

Salazaar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Salazaar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yu is aware though and is defending well.
Yu works over Salazaar with some ground and pound from guard.

Salazaar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yu working some strikes from top position.
Yu trying to control but Salazaar is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yu lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Salazaar has his feet on Yu's thighs here. He's pushed Yu off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Yu screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Salazaar!