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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Guerra Salsido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra Salsido comes to the cage accompanied by Cuba Anthem. Ivey has chosen Friday as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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215 lbs
28 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Guerra Salsido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil Ivey!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerra Salsido fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivey avoids it really well and circles away.
Ivey works Guerra Salsido's body with a nice hook.
Guerra Salsido drops Ivey with a beautiful combination! Ivey stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Guerra Salsido is looking for the KO!
It looks like Phil Ivey has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guerra Salsido gets a double leg takedown into Ivey's guard.
Ivey is rocked!
Guerra Salsido passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ivey is still in real trouble! Can Guerra Salsido finish him?
Guerra Salsido is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ivey's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ivey defending against the ground and pound.
Guerra Salsido goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ivey rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Guerra Salsido's guard! Nice work there by Ivey!
Ivey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ivey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Guerra Salsido trying to control the position here.
Ivey seems to have recovered his senses.
Guerra Salsido working for a triangle but Ivey defends it easily.
Guerra Salsido 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.
Guerra Salsido is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido pulls Ivey in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivey trying to control the position from guard on top but Guerra Salsido is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leonid Guerra Salsido has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ivey lands a body shot.
Ivey lunges at Guerra Salsido with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Guerra Salsido's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Ivey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Guerra Salsido doesn't seem phased though.
Nice shot by Ivey.
Guerra Salsido misses with a double jab.
Guerra Salsido throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ivey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ivey connects with an inside leg kick.
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 big left from Guerra Salsido misses.
Ivey moves out of range as Guerra Salsido strikes.
Ivey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Guerra Salsido finds it's way round the side to connect with Ivey's head.
Ivey lands a body shot.
Guerra Salsido looks to land a combination but Ivey avoids it well.
No joy there for Guerra Salsido, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivey lands a nice looking kick to the body. Guerra Salsido takes a step back to recover.
Guerra Salsido is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Guerra Salsido.
Ivey thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Guerra Salsido if he has to take too many more of those.
Ivey lands a jab to Guerra Salsido's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guerra Salsido moves into the clinch successfully.
Ivey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ivey.
Guerra Salsido wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guerra Salsido breaks the clinch.
Ivey wants to land a leg kick but Guerra Salsido is out of range.
Ivey throws a good cross that connects.
Guerra Salsido throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ivey's head.
Donk. Ivey catches Guerra Salsido right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Guerra Salsido, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guerra Salsido misses with a combination
and Ivey counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ivey scores with a shot to the body.
Guerra Salsido ducks right into an uppercut from Ivey.
Guerra Salsido is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerra Salsido blocks a head kick by Ivey.
Guerra Salsido looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oh Guerra Salsido is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivey ducks under a wild hook from Guerra Salsido.
Ivey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guerra Salsido seems to have got his legs back now.
Guerra Salsido avoids the head kick by Ivey.
Ivey cracks Guerra Salsido with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ivey has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Guerra Salsido to stand back up!
Ivey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Guerra Salsido ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivey moves away.
Ivey lands with a good body shot.
Guerra Salsido throws a body punch but Ivey moves out of range.
Ivey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Guerra Salsido.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot by Ivey.
Ivey steps in with a hook that catches Guerra Salsido right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Ivey follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Guerra Salsido looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Ivey!
After winning the bout, Phil Ivey thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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