PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Salampessy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salampessy
vs
Sullivan

188 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Salampessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan shoots in for a takedown but Salampessy shows good takedown defense.
Sullivan slaps away a takedown attempt from Salampessy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ricardo Salampessy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan tries a head kick but it misses.
Salampessy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sullivan defends it nicely.

Sullivan moves into the clinch.
Salampessy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sullivan smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Salampessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sullivan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Salampessy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sullivan counters with a takedown into side control.
Sullivan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sullivan tries to move into full mount but can't pass Salampessy's legs.
Salampessy is looking for a sweep.
Sullivan lands an elbow.
The ground and pound from Sullivan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan working the strikes but Salampessy uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Salampessy is refusing to be controlled, as Sullivan sits in half guard.
Salampessy looks like he's trying to stand up.
Salampessy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Sullivan seems to be looking for submissions.
Sullivan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sullivan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Salampessy is trying to control but can't.
Salampessy wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Salampessy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sullivan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Salampessy trying to control from the bottom.

Salampessy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Salampessy wants to control but Sullivan is keeping busy.
Sullivan wants to control but Salampessy is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sullivan is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Salampessy still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Salampessy has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Sullivan looking for a sweep but Salampessy has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sullivan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Sullivan stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Salampessy throws up his legs and catches Sullivan in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Sullivan tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Salampessy! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ricardo Salampessy!