PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Gambacorto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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!

Salabim
vs
Gambacorto

180 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
168 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Gambacorto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gambacorto. Salabim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gambacorto tries to close the distance and clinch but Salabim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salabim staying out of range there.

Salabim drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Salabim missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salabim trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gambacorto keeping full guard, as Salabim tries to pass.
Gambacorto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Salabim passes Gambacorto's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Salabim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salabim lands strikes from half guard.
Gambacorto taking some punishment here, with Salabim in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gambacorto defending well though.
Salabim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gambacorto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gambacorto is trying to get back to full guard.
Gambacorto is trying to stand up here but Salabim is controlling him well.
Salabim 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.
Salabim drops an elbow to the side of Gambacorto's head.
Gambacorto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salabim.
Salabim wants to pass to mount but Gambacorto is defending the position.
Gambacorto is staying active underneath Salabim, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Salabim trying to advance position but Gambacorto counters by regaining guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim wants to control from the top but Gambacorto keeps moving.
Salabim tries to free his leg and advance position but Gambacorto is retaining full guard.
Salabim is working hard here to advance position.
Salabim pushes down on Gambacorto's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salabim throwing shots but Gambacorto is blocking nicely.
Gambacorto taking some punishment here, with Salabim in his half guard.
Gambacorto wants to control but Salabim is keeping busy.
Salabim thows a huge punch but Gambacorto dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim thows a huge punch but Gambacorto dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Salabim.
Salabim seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Salabim scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Salabim winds up and cracks Gambacorto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gambacorto is trying to stand.
Salabim is keen to just control but Gambacorto is a slippery customer.
Gambacorto wants to control but Salabim is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salabim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gambacorto is refusing to be controlled, as Salabim sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim passes to full mount!
Salabim with shots to the head and body - Gambacorto looks very uncomfortable down there.
Salabim punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salabim thowing shots but they're missing.
Gambacorto is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sim Salabim dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gambacorto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Salabim is out of range and Gambacorto settles back down.
Salabim dodges the punch combination from Gambacorto.
Gambacorto darts in trying to clinch
and Salabim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Salabim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gambacorto moves away.
Mark Gambacorto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambacorto throws a series of punches but Salabim avoids them all with ease.
Salabim misses with a double jab.
Salabim throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gambacorto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gambacorto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Salabim's sensitive parts.
Salabim shoots in but Gambacorto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Salabim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gambacorto moves away.

Gambacorto forces Salabim back against the cage and clinches.
Gambacorto lands an elbow just above Salabim 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gambacorto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salabim.
Salabim struggles to land a body shot inside as Gambacorto controls his hands.
Salabim avoiding damage as Gambacorto throws knees to the body.
Salabim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salabim misses with the head strike.
Gambacorto is trying to force a seperation but Salabim has the dominant position.
Gambacorto throws an elbow that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Salabim as Gambacorto tries to tie him up.
Salabim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gambacorto throws an elbow but misses.
Salabim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gambacorto up against the cage.
Gambacorto lands with a short shot to the head.
Salabim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gambacorto or not.
Gambacorto has a couple of punches blocked by Salabim.
Salabim blocking some punches.
Salabim changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gambacorto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gambacorto fails to land with a series of punches.

Salabim feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salabim wants to pass the guard but Gambacorto is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gambacorto working a defensive guard but Salabim manages to pass into side control anyway.
Salabim tries to score with some ground and pound. Gambacorto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Salabim misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto sneaks back into half guard.
Salabim has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salabim raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gambacorto holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Salabim tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Salabim lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gambacorto in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salabim lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Salabim in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Gambacorto is rocked!
Gambacorto holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Salabim tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
BOOM! Salabim connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gambacorto is still in real trouble! Can Salabim finish him?
Salabim loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gambacorto scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Salabim land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Salabim stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim!
Sim Salabim managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery, into his post fight interview.