PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cassius Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Savage
vs
Clay

188 cm
24
162 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Elite Golden Nutrition

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cassius Clay!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage wants to clinch up but Clay keeps it at a distance.
Savage plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Savage really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Clay misses with the combination.
Savage wants to clinch up but Clay keeps it at a distance.

Savage shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Savage throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Clay trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savage wants to control but Clay is keeping him busy.
Savage is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Clay looking for submissions off his back.
Clay is trying to stand.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage slows the pace down in half guard.

Clay looking for submissions off his back.
Savage landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Savage looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Clay is staying active underneath Savage, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clay gets back to full guard.
Savage trying to control the position from guard on top but Clay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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.
Savage keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Clay's head.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
Savage postures up.
Clay keeping full guard, as Savage tries to pass.
Savage trying to control the position from guard on top but Clay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Savage throws a big right hand that misses.
Savage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Savage closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clay circles away.
Savage has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Randy Savage has been cut.

Clay has Savage up against the cage in a clinch.
Savage taking a breather.
Savage crunches a lovely knee into Clay's ribcage.
Savage throws an elbow that misses.
Savage stalling in the clinch but Clay improves position.

Clay breaks from the clinch.
Clay throws a right and a left that both miss.

Clay moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Savage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Clay working hard to break the clinch.
Savage looking to slow down the pace here.
Savage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Clay is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay can't break the clinch.

Clay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clay swings for the body but Savage moves out of range.
Clay throws a looping overhand right but Savage ducks down to avoid it.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clay.
A combination from Clay does no damage.
Clay slaps away a takedown attempt from Savage, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Savage clinches up against the cage.
Clay tries to break free but Savage pushes him back against the cage.
Clay takes an elbow to the temple.
Savage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cassius Clay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Randy Savage's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Clay fails to land with a series of punches.
Clay clinches but Savage breaks the clinch

and Savage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Clay trying to control the position.

Savage is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Savage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Clay keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
Savage is standing up over Clay. Clay looks to escape but Savage dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage advances nicely into full mount.
Clay tries to hold on but Savage postures up.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but Clay is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Savage with good strikes from the mount here!
Savage has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clay's face.
Clay 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.
Savage prevents Clay from getting the reversal.
Clay is trying to stand up.
Savage breaks from Clay's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Savage unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage prevents Clay from getting the reversal.
Clay is breathing heavily.
Clay squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
Clay is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Savage lands a heavy elbow.
Savage postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clay looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee warns Clay that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Clay is looking to improve his position but Savage isn't that keen on the idea.
Clay takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Savage in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Savage controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay tries to hold on but Savage postures up.
Savage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Clay?
Clay working to try and regain half guard.
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
Clay is trying to stand.
Savage lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Clay tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Savage connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Savage looking to secure an arm triangle but Clay defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage working Clay over with strikes here.
Savage lands with some strikes.
Savage trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Clay tries to hold on but Savage pushes him away.
Clay is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Savage looking for a guillotine from mount but Clay is having none of it.
Clay tries to buck Savage off but he can't manage it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clay tries to reverse the position but Savage maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Savage dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Savage's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Savage shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clay as he avoids it easily.
Savage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clay blocks a head kick by Savage.
Clay throws a left and a right that both miss

and Savage counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Savage is trying to control the action in half guard but Clay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clay pushes Savage off looking to stand but Savage dives back in and keeps control.
Savage lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Savage is nestled in close to Clay, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Savage is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Clay is just riding it out for now. Savage eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clay is defending against the submission attempts here by Savage.
Savage is thwarting Clay's attempts to control the position.
Savage seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Clay looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Savage drops an elbow to the side of Clay's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Savage wants to control but Clay is keeping him busy.
Clay pushes Savage off but Savage dives into side control.
Clay is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Clay taking a bit of punishment here - Savage scoring with strikes.
Clay wants to get back to his feet.
Savage taking a breather here.
Savage cracks Clay with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Clay looks to move to half guard but instead Savage has passed into mount! Damn!
Savage controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage landing strikes from the mount and Clay is in trouble!
Clay can't escape the position.
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
Savage is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Savage cracks Clay with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Savage sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Clay trying desperately to get to his feet.
Clay is bucking up trying to escape but Savage cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay is working to get back to half guard.

Savage working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Clay looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Savage! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Randy Savage!