PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dent's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Powertrip. Curtis Dent has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dent
vs
Savage

189 cm
25
168 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
158 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Curtis Dent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Savage!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Savage scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Savage working the ground and pound but Dent is defending the strikes.

Savage is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dent knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Savage sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dent is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Savage has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dent!
Dent is squirming around, avoiding Savage's attempts to control the action.
Dent keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Savage is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dent has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dent!
Savage can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dent controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dent stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savage swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dent wants to get up but he can't break Savage's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dent thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dent would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Savage is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Savage lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dent!
Dent is trying to escape the mount.
Savage thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Savage is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dent can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Savage unloads with some shots from mount but Dent bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dent is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Savage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dent is wriggling around trying to escape.

Savage looking to secure an arm triangle but Dent defends it well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dent avoids a series of strikes thrown by Savage.
Savage thowing shots but they're missing.
Savage tries to control but Dent wriggling away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Savage working for a submission but Dent is keeping him at bay.
Dent keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage unloads with some shots from mount but Dent bucks and avoids them well.
Dent is in all sorts of trouble here.
Savage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dent is looking to escape.
Dent is looking to improve his position but Savage isn't that keen on the idea.
Savage sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dent is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dent is looking to get to half guard.
Savage throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dent because Savage loaded up on that one.

Savage looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dent wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Savage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dent keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dent wants to get back to his feet.
Savage unloads with some shots from mount but Dent bucks and avoids them well.
Dent is working to get back to half guard.

Savage working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Savage throwing strikes here but Dent is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dent is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dent can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Savage 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.

Dent throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Dave Savage has been cut.

Savage scores with a takedown into Dent's guard.
Savage trying to control but Dent is working from the bottom.
Dent preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dent wants to sweep but no luck.
Dent manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Savage manages to get himself to full guard.
Dent really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Savage is looking to sinch up a triangle. Dent throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Savage's body to avoid the submission. Savage has instead reached around Dent's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Savage arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dave Savage!