PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alehh Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Mckenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cody Mckenzie told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Salazar
vs
Mckenzie

175 cm
21
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
166 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alehh Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cody Mckenzie !
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Salazar is defended easily by Mckenzie .

Mckenzie gets a clinch.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head.
Mckenzie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mckenzie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salazar's face.
Mckenzie scores with a knee to the head.
Salazar is looking for a takedown.
Salazar is breathing heavily.
Mckenzie leaning against his opponent.
Salazar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mckenzie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the body.
Mckenzie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckenzie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mckenzie connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mckenzie .
Mckenzie lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mckenzie .
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.
Mckenzie connects with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie lands a nice knee to the body.
Mckenzie scores with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.
Mckenzie is stalling here.
Salazar misses with the head strike.
Mckenzie scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mckenzie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mckenzie connects with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mckenzie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mckenzie stalling the fight.
Mckenzie receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Mckenzie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mckenzie scores with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mckenzie working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Mckenzie is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mckenzie .
Mckenzie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Mckenzie .
Mckenzie working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head.
Mckenzie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Salazar up against the cage.
Salazar fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alehh Salazar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mckenzie lands a good knee to the midsection. Salazar won't want to take too many of those.
Mckenzie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salazar's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie is pushing Salazar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Mckenzie .
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mckenzie controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A knee to the head by Mckenzie .
Salazar wants to get back to striking at distance but Mckenzie won't allow it.
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Mckenzie 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.

Mckenzie is looking to slow Salazar down with leg kicks.
Mckenzie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mckenzie tries to clinch but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Mckenzie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salazar, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Salazar fails to land.
Salazar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Mckenzie .
Salazar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.

Salazar is rocked!
Cody Mckenzie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mckenzie lands a knee to the head.
Oh Salazar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mckenzie with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie lands a good knee to the midsection. Salazar won't want to take too many of those.
Mckenzie crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mckenzie landing knees to the head.
Mckenzie connects with a knee to the head.
Mckenzie crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mckenzie lands a big knee to the head and Salazar goes down! Mckenzie pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Mckenzie !