PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Salas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Are A Pirate. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Salas
vs
Alexander

178 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikel Salas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Alexander!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alexander looks for a takedown but Salas sprawls well.
Alexander fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Alexander closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Salas quickly recovers to half guard.
Salas is trying to stand back up but Alexander is controlling him
Alexander trying to control from half guard but Salas is working away.
Salas tries to kick Alexander off in order to stand up. Alexander Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Salas bucks up and tries to throw Alexander off but instead Alexander has got his back!
Salas looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Alexander punishes Salas with strikes from the back mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I really don't envy Salas right now.
Salas covering up well and avoiding damage.
Alexander gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Alexander has Salas flattened out and is raining down punches.
Salas covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Salas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alexander on the ground.
Alexander is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Salas. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

Salas showing good submission defense here.
Alexander avoiding Salas 's attempts to control his hands.
Salas is taking damage to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexander connects with a big shot to the side of Salas's head.
Salas trying to control but not successfully.
Alexander struggling to keep hold of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salas is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Alexander struggling to keep hold of the position.
Salas is trying to remain composed but Alexander is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salas avoids the strikes from Alexander.
Alexander is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Alexander gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Alexander gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Alexander apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Alexander tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Salas counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Salas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alexander shoots in and drives through. Salas sprawls well.
Mikel Salas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Alexander.
Salas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Salas works Alexander's body with a nice hook.
Salas lands a nice looking body shot.
Salas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alexander looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Salas is fending him off so far but Alexander persists. Nope, Salas circles away and we're back to standing.
Salas misses with a two punch combination.
Salas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salas misses with a hook.
Salas misses with a wild body shot.
Alexander shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salas works the jab nicely.
Salas fails to land with a series of punches.
Salas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salas misses the shot to the body.
Alexander tries to score a power double leg takedown but Salas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alexander somewhat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salas. Alexander does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alexander takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Salas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Alexander shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexander throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Alexander dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Salas misses with a wild body shot.
Salas throws a right hand that Alexander ducks under and follows up with a left that Alexander also avoids with ease.
Alexander tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Salas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salas slaps away a takedown attempt from Alexander, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Salas tries to clinch but Alexander is having none of it.
Alexander fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Salas is looking to wear down Alexander with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Salas lands with an uppercut that bounces Alexander off the cage and back into rage.
Salas misses with a straight right.
Alexander tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Salas counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salas fails to land with a series of punches.
Salas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alexander misses with a takedown attempt - Salas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mikel Salas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Alexander.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Alexander takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Salas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salas lands with a nice body punch.
Mikel Salas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander is breathing heavily.
Salas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alexander.
Salas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alexander avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Salas does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salas misses the shot to the body.
Salas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alexander shoots for a takedown but Salas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Salas throws a series of strikes that have Alexander backpedaling.
Salas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alexander slips a jab and a cross from Salas.
Salas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Salas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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 telegraphed takedown attempt from Alexander is defended easily by Salas.
Alexander shoots in but Salas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Salas punishes Alexander's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Salas throws a right hand that Alexander ducks under and follows up with a left that Alexander also avoids with ease.
Alexander misses with a takedown attempt - Salas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alexander has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alexander with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Salas to score with a decent uppercut.
Alexander takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Alexander is rocked!
BOOM! Salas lands a beautiful left hook that drops Alexander. Alexander tries to recover but Salas is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Alexander lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikel Salas!