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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turgay Savas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savas's entrance music is Rammstein - Feuer Frie. A fine choice. Zander Cage will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Turgay Savas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zander Cage!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savas stuffs the takedown.
Savas drives through and clinches with Cage against the cage.
Savas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cage throws a head kick that misses.
Savas fails to land with a series of punches.
Cage tries to clinch up
and Savas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Savas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zander Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savas misses with a series of wild punches.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Savas.
Cage is being controlled here.
Savas decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cage to his feet.
Cage wants to clinch
and Savas counters with a shoot takedown. Cage fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cage is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cage lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Savas!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Savas is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Savas is trying to escape the mount.
Cage wants to control the pace but Savas is squirming around nicely.
Savas wants to control but Cage is having none of it.
Cage misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Savas blocking the ground and pound.
Savas defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cage.
Cage is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Savas could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cage looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cage trying to control but Savas is having none of it.
Savas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cage wants to get back to his feet but Savas is holding on tight.
Cage mounts Savas! Really nice guard pass there!
Cage looking to secure an arm triangle but Savas defends it well.
Savas just holding on.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
You get the feeling that Savas really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Cage stands up from mount. Strange move.
Savas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cage is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savas is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Cage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Savas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Savas manages to break the clinch.
Cage tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Savas counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cage won't be happy with that.
Cage wants to control but Savas postures up.
Savas wants to control but Cage is keeping him busy.
Savas decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cage prevents Savas from improving his position.
Savas is refusing to be controlled, as Cage sits in half guard.
Cage throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cage wants to control but Savas is keeping him busy.
Savas tries to kick Cage off but Cage keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cage is keen to just control but Savas is a slippery customer.
Savas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savas shoots in and bounces Cage off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Savas tries to free his leg and advance position but Cage is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turgay Savas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cage throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Savas colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Cage as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Savas is left battered and dazed whilst Cage and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zander Cage!
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hype
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