PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buck Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fillet Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fillet Fish will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Savage
vs
Fish

179 cm
23
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buck Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fillet Fish!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish misses with a head kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fish.
Savage scores with a nice head shot.

Savage shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Savage stands up over Fish, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fish is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Fish escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Savage gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Savage preventing the sweep.
Fish working a defensive guard but Savage passes into half guard.
Savage passes to full mount!
Fish really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Savage. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
BOOM! Savage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Savage trying to control but Fish is having none of it.
Savage looking to finish Fish with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Savage 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.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage blocks Fish's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Savage wants to finish this one by submission but Fish is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Savage.
Savage is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fish can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fish is trying desperately to improve position.
Savage connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fish looks gassed!
Savage with good strikes from the mount here!
Fish takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage controlling the pace for now.
Fish is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fish looks a forlorn figure.
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
Savage is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Savage landing shots from mount.
Savage is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Savage scoring with strikes but Fish is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Savage.

Savage working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Savage unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage cracks Fish with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Savage with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Fish that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Savage is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fish has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fish is bucking up trying to escape but Savage cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Savage unloading with bombs!
Savage landing punches.
Fish tries to hold on but Savage postures up.
Savage landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savage scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage working Fish over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fish taking shots to the head.
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
Savage pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fish taking shots to the head.
Savage looking to control and managing it successfully.
Savage punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Savage is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Savage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Buck Savage!