PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salita is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lose Yourself by Eminem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Max
vs
Salita

195 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
34
220 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mariusz Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Salita!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salita takes a swing at Max's ribcage but misses.
Max tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salita swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Salita drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Salita sitting in guard here, content to control.
Max looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Salita tries to free his leg and advance position but Max is retaining full guard.
Max trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Max working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salita.
Salita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salita looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Max wants to stand and escape but Salita is having none of it.
Salita working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salita is stalling in the full guard.
Salita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Max working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salita.
Salita controls from within his opponent's guard.
Salita postures up and lands a big shot to Max's brow.
Salita's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Max trying to keep a closed guard but Salita is proving a slippery customer.
Salita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Max knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Salita on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salita sitting in guard here, content to control.
Salita preventing the sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Max trying to keep a closed guard but Salita is proving a slippery customer.
Salita looking to pass the guard.
Salita seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Salita dodges the punch combination from Max.

Salita drops his shoulder and cracks Max with a huge uppercut! Max goes down! Can Salita finish him?

Max is rocked!

It looks like Mariusz Max has been cut.
Salita arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Max's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nicky Salita!
Nicky Salita thanked the fans post fight for their support.