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Event:
Primal 30
Date: Jun 26, 2016 |
#R1#
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Salinas moves away and avoids it.
Bailey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salinas takes one to the chin there.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salinas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Salinas jabs Bailey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Salinas misses with a wild combination.
Salinas cracks Bailey with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bailey throws a lazy body kick
and Salinas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bailey cracks Salinas with an open hand slap.
Bailey looks to land a combination but Salinas avoids it well.
Salinas misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey throws a body punch but Salinas moves out of range.
Bailey walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#T1#
Salinas cracks Bailey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bailey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bailey closes the distance looking to clinch
and Salinas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bailey lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bailey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bailey misses with a kick to the body.
Salinas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey throws a right hand that misses
and Salinas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bailey.
Salinas lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey throws a low kick, looking for Salinas's leg but Salinas calmly moves out of range.
Salinas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Salinas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bailey on the side of the head.
Good work by Salinas as he checks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salinas! But no joy.
Salinas throws a right hand that Bailey ducks under and follows up with a left that Bailey also avoids with ease.#T2#
Bailey misses with an uppercut
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Salinas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bailey doesn't seem bothered though.
Bailey is looking to clinch but Salinas is avoiding it.
Bailey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Salinas.
Joe Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey throws a body punch but Salinas moves out of range.
Salinas lands a head shot.
Bailey misses with a body shot
and Salinas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bailey's knee momentarily.
Salinas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salinas misses with a double jab.
A low kick from Bailey misses
and Salinas counters with a stiff right hand.
Salinas misses with an uppercut.
Bailey misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Salinas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Salinas lands a jab to the nose.#T3#
Bailey tries to clinch up but Salinas circles away and keeps his distance.
Salinas unleashes a big counter combination but Bailey bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Salinas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bailey on the side of the head.
Bailey misses with a head kick.
Bailey just misses with a punch to the body.
Salinas checks a low kick from Bailey.
Salinas connects with a body shot.
Salinas has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Salinas throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bailey throws out a leg kick but Salinas moves out of range and Bailey only half commits.
Bailey throws a right hand that Salinas ducks under and follows up with a left that Salinas also avoids with ease.
Salinas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bailey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bailey scores with a one two! Salinas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. #CL#
Bailey clinches up against the cage.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Salinas.
#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salinas working some nice short punches in the clinch.#BC2#
Salinas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bailey misses with a body shot.
Bailey misses with the combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Salinas.
Bailey is looking to wear down Salinas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Salinas ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Bailey misses the shot to the body.
Bailey swings widly with a right hand
letting Salinas counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bailey looks to clinch
and Salinas counters with a series of strikes. Bailey will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bailey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#ROC2#
Bailey is rocked!
Bailey tries to clinch up
and Salinas counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Salinas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Salinas looks to land a left hand but Bailey moved out of range nicely.
Bailey lands with a cross.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Salinas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salinas staying out of range there.
Bailey dodges the punch combination from Salinas.
Bailey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Salinas counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Bailey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salinas takes one to the side of the head.
Bailey seems to have got his legs back now.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Salinas in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bailey misses with a two punch combination.
Salinas misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salinas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bailey misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Salinas counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey misses with a low kick.
Salinas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bailey misses the shot to the body. #T1#
Salinas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bailey closes the distance looking to clinch
and Salinas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Salinas - just one landing.
Salinas misses with a double jab.
Salinas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salinas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bailey.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bailey. Salinas does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salinas! But no joy.
Salinas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Salinas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salinas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.#T2#
Bailey throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Salinas to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey misses with a combination
and Salinas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Salinas lands a big right hook! Bailey looks hurt but is still standing! Salinas lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Bailey falls down and Salinas dives in with a huge hammer fist! Bailey's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Salinas runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Antonio Salinas!
Antonio Salinas thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
Primal 20
Date: Apr 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Salinas throws an off balance right hand
and Jiang counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salinas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jiang at a distance.
Heng Jiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salinas lands a slapping body shot.
#CL#
Jiang rushes Salinas and presses him up against the cage.
Salinas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang has a couple of punches blocked by Salinas.
Salinas is leaning against Jiang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jiang digs a right hand into Salinas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Salinas's gas tank.
Jiang lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Jiang.
Salinas tries to throw a body punch but Jiang avoids it by throwing Salinas back against the cage.
Jiang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Salinas lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jiang.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jiang.
Salinas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiang tries a knee to the head but Salinas blocks it.
#T1#
Jiang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jiang blocks an elbow strike.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Jiang.
Jiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salinas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Salinas.
Jiang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salinas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salinas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jiang's brow.
Jiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jiang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salinas's efforts to push away.
Salinas misses with a punch to the body.
Salinas can't break the clinch.
Salinas can't break the clinch.
Salinas tries to work over Jiang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jiang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jiang is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.#T2#
Salinas being controlled against the cage.
Jiang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jiang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salinas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jiang lands a nice shot to the body.
Jiang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salinas's face.
#CUT#
It looks like Antonio Salinas has been cut.
Salinas looks winded!
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Jiang taking a breather.
Jiang unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salinas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jiang seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Salinas can turn it around.
Jiang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jiang stalling in the clinch.
Jiang cracks Salinas with a nice body shot.
Jiang tries to throw a body punch but Salinas avoids it by throwing Jiang back against the cage.
Jiang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salinas backwards.
Salinas misses with a punch to the body.
Salinas takes a knee to the side of the body. #T3#
Jiang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jiang obliges.
Jiang landing knees to the body.
Jiang lands a nice uppercut.
Jiang lands a left hand.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jiang obliges.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jiang lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Jiang.
Jiang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salinas backwards.
Jiang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jiang lands a shoulder strike.
Jiang lands a body punch.
Jiang digs a right hand underneath Salinas's ribcage. Salinas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jiang tries a knee to the head but Salinas blocks it.
#T4#
Salinas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jiang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Jiang.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jiang obliges.
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Jiang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiang unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salinas being controlled against the cage.
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Jiang as the two fighters clinch.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the head but Salinas blocks with his arms.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Salinas's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jiang.
Salinas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heng Jiang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Salinas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Jiang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Salinas moves away from the strike by Jiang.
Salinas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left lands for Salinas.
Jiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salinas can do to turn this around?
Jiang cracks the inside of Salinas's front leg.
Jiang just misses with a punch to the body.
Salinas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jiang moves away.
Jiang plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!#ROC#
Salinas is rocked!
Jiang scores with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jiang. That's going to slow Salinas down.
Salinas is breathing heavily.
Jiang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jiang.
Salinas misses with a left hand
and Jiang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jiang has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.#T1#
Salinas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Salinas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salinas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jiang seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jiang stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jiang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salinas appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salinas moves away.
Jiang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salinas thuds a left hand into Jiang's body.
Salinas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salinas manages to avoid it.
Jiang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jiang catches Salinas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#T2#
Jiang looks for the body kick but Salinas saw that one coming.
Salinas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jiang throws a low kick but Salinas avoids it.
As Jiang backs off Salinas throws a huge counter combo but Jiang manages to avoid it all.
Jiang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Salinas to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Salinas.
Salinas throws a big shot that misses.
Salinas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Jiang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Salinas.
Salinas throws a hook but Jiang blocks it.
Jiang thinks about countering with a body kick.
Jiang looks to land a combination but Salinas avoids it well.
Salinas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jiang.
Jiang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salinas lands a nice shot that snaps Jiang's head back.
#T3#
Salinas lands with a straight right. Jiang didn't see that one coming.
Salinas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Salinas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jiang can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jiang, right into the meat.
Heng Jiang is winning the standup battle so far.
Jiang swings for the body but Salinas moves out of range.
Salinas throws a sloppy body shot
and Jiang counters with a thumping low kick.
Salinas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salinas manages to avoid it.
Salinas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Salinas sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Salinas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jiang.
Jiang scores with a leg kick.
Salinas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jiang stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#T4#
Salinas throws a body punch but Jiang moves out of range.
A jab from Salinas misses.
Jiang misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salinas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jiang motions for Salinas to come forward. Jiang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jiang gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Salinas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salinas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Jiang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Salinas.
Salinas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jiang.
Jiang paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salinas manages to avoid it.
Salinas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heng Jiang dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Salinas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Jiang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salinas.
It looked like Jiang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Salinas.
Jiang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Salinas at a distance.
Jiang throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jiang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jiang defending well as Salinas loads up on a big left hand.
Jiang is looking to counter the offense by Salinas and move into the clinch.
Jiang cracks Salinas with a good jab.
Jiang swings for the body but Salinas moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good work by Salinas as he checks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Salinas checks a leg kick.
As Jiang backs off Salinas throws a huge counter combo but Jiang manages to avoid it all.
Jiang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Salinas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salinas takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
#T1#
Jiang throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Salinas looks to land a left hand but Jiang moved out of range nicely.
Salinas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#CL#
Jiang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Salinas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salinas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salinas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jiang has him pressed against the cage.
Jiang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Salinas's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jiang.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jiang.
Salinas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Jiang.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jiang obliges.
Jiang lands an uppercut.
Jiang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jiang effectively controlling the action here.#T2#
Salinas being controlled against the cage.
Jiang seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Heng Jiang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jiang.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jiang.
Salinas tries a body shot but Jiang blocks it.
Jiang is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The referee calls for Jiang to work.
Salinas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salinas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
Jiang crunches a lovely knee into Salinas's ribcage.
Jiang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heng Jiang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T3#
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Salinas.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Jiang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Salinas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jiang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salinass head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jiang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Jiang.
Salinas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antonio Salinas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jiang prevents a body shot from Salinas.
Salinas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jiang backwards.
Jiang scores a nice knee to the body.
Jiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salinas misses with some punches.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the head but Salinas blocks with his arms.
Salinas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salinas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#T4#
A bit of stalling here from Jiang.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salinas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salinas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salinas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jiang gets through Salinas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jiang scores with a hook to the body.
Salinas is trying to push Jiang away but Jiang has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salinas.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jiang.
Jiang connects with a knee to the head.
Jiang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jiang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salinas backwards.
Salinas prevents a body shot from Jiang.
Salinas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salinas tries to throw a body punch but Jiang avoids it by throwing Salinas back against the cage.
Jiang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salinas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heng Jiang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jiang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heng Jiang!
Heng Jiang seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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