PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafhael Angeles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Salmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafhael Angeles looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Angeles
vs
Salmon

173 cm
19
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

174 cm
19
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafhael Angeles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Salmon!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salmon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Angeles looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Angeles shoots in for a takedown but Salmon shows good takedown defense.

Salmon shoots in and gets a takedown into Angeles's guard.
Salmon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Salmon landing with the ground and pound.
Salmon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Salmon controls the position.

Salmon stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salmon shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Angeles napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Salmon is putting a hurting on Angeles here, landing some big shots from side control.

Salmon thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Salmon has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Angeles!
Salmon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Salmon scoring with strikes but Angeles is staying in there.
Angeles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Salmon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angeles is wriggling around trying to escape.

Salmon working for a submission but Angeles is keeping him at bay.
Salmon lands a nice shot to the head.

Salmon has control of Angeles's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Angeles regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Angeles is looking to improve his position but Salmon isn't that keen on the idea.
Salmon lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Salmon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salmon lands a big elbow.
Angeles keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Salmon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Salmon content just to control the position here.
Salmon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Salmon content just to control the position here.
Angeles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Angeles is bucking up trying to escape but Salmon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Angeles is squirming around, avoiding Salmon's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salmon lands a big shot there that rocks Angeles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Salmon with shots to the head and body - Angeles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Salmon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Salmon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Salmon manages to capitalize on a mistake by Angeles to take his back!
Salmon lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Salmon biding his time, looking for the opening.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You can see the frustration on Angeles's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Salmon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Salmon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Salmon tries to control but Angeles wriggling away.

Salmon is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Angeles to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Angeles shrugs it off.
Salmon lands with some strikes.
Karl Salmon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salmon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Salmon controlling his opponent.

Salmon is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Salmon extends the arm and Angeles is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Karl Salmon!