PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lance Rousso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance Rousso could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kane Savage's chin.

Rousso
vs
Savage

174 cm
21
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lance Rousso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Savage!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rousso clinches.
Rousso comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Savage tries for a takedown but Rousso manages to get underhooks.
Rousso lands a body shot.

Rousso breaks the clinch.
Savage fails with the takedown.

Rousso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rousso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rousso lands a nice elbow.
Rousso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Rousso.
Rousso stalling against the cage.
Savage is working for takedown but Rousso is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lance Rousso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kane Savage.

Rousso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Savage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Rousso clinches up against the cage.

Rousso breaks the clinch.
Rousso listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Savage drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Savage looking to pass the guard.
Rousso seems keen to control Savage's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Savage's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rousso wants to pass the guard but Savage is keeping the position.
Rousso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rousso sitting in guard here, content to control.
Savage wants to sweep but no luck.

Savage has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rousso can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Rousso stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Savage looks gassed!
Rousso defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Savage.

Rousso drives through and clinches with Savage against the cage.
Savage is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rousso gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage shoots in but no luck this time.
Rousso throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Savage on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Rousso, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rousso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Savage is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rousso gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A hook to the body from Rousso.
Rousso lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rousso controlling the action here for a moment.
Savage is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rousso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Rousso controlling the action here for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rousso.
Savage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rousso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Savages head.
Rousso connects with a nasty looking knee right to Savage's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rousso scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rousso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Savage tries to score a body lock takedown but Rousso shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousso makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rousso with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Savage is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Rousso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Savage is still on wobbly legs! Can Rousso finish him?
A hook to the body from Rousso.

Rousso manages to break the clinch.
Savage seems to have recovered his senses.
Rousso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Savage circles away quickly and effectively.
An inside leg kick lands from Rousso.
Rousso throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Rousso clinches up with Savage and pushes him back against the cage.

Rousso breaks the clinch.

Rousso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Savage, pushing him back against the cage.
Rousso scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousso lands a really nice looking cross but Savage seems unphased.
Savage has a takedown stuffed.

Rousso moves into range and clinches up with Savage.

Rousso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Savage tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rousso sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Savage somewhat.

Rousso has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousso lands a left hand.
Rousso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Rousso stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Rousso on the inside.

Rousso manages to break the clinch.
Rousso throws a head kick but Savage moves out of range.
Rousso tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Savage throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rousso's waist but Rousso gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Savage off to one side.
Rousso scores with a hook to the body. Savage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lance Rousso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rousso clinches up with Savage and pushes him back against the cage.

Rousso breaks the clinch.

Rousso moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage is working for takedown but Rousso is calmly controlling the position for now.

Rousso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savage shoots for a takedown but Rousso saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Savage fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rousso avoids it really well and circles away.

Rousso closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rousso dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Savage drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rousso pulls his leg out and moves away.
Savage blocks a leg kick.

Rousso forces Savage back against the cage and clinches.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rousso clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rousso.
A shot in the inside from Rousso.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rousso wants to clinch.
Rousso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Savage.

Savage tries to keep at a distance but Rousso has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rousso pushes Savage back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rousso.
Rousso prevents a takedown attempt there.
Good body shot from Rousso.
Savage is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lance Rousso has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rousso has Savage pushed against the cage.
Rousso prevents the takedown attempt.
Lance Rousso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kane Savage.
Nice body punch from Rousso - that landed with a thud.
Savage takes a shot to the head.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rousso has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rousso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Rousso.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rousso avoids it really well and circles away.

Rousso darts in and clinches Savage up against the cage.
Rousso pushes Savage back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rousso content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rousso lands a knee to the head.
Rousso has Savage pushed against the cage.

Rousso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rousso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a combination that misses

and Rousso moves into the clinch.
Rousso stops a takedown attempt from Savage.
Rousso lands with a right to the head.
Rousso lands a nice uppercut.

Rousso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rousso rushes Savage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Savage is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rousso pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rousso lands a nice uppercut.

Rousso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Rousso closes the distance and clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Rousso breaks from the clinch.
Rousso misses with an uppercut. Savage saw that one coming.

Rousso clinches up against the cage.
Rousso is pressed up against the cage. Savage has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rousso down to the mat. Rousso avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Savage gets tackled into the cage by Rousso. Rousso maintains the clinch.
Savage tries to score a body lock takedown but Rousso shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rousso stalling.

Rousso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rousso drives through and clinches with Savage against the cage.
Rousso connects with a knee to the head.
Rousso is stalling here.
Rousso is working Savage over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Rousso lands a right hand.
Rousso lands a shoulder strike.
Savage goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rousso prevents it.
Rousso is pushing Savage up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A hook to the body from Rousso.
Rousso connects with a nasty looking knee right to Savage's face.

Rousso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rousso lands a lovely overhand right.

Rousso closes the distance and clinches.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rousso looks to score with a jab to the body but Savage is just out of range.
Savage misses with a takedown

and Rousso counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Rousso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savage doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rousso counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rousso is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Savage can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousso throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rousso throws a right hand that Savage ducks under and follows up with a left that Savage also avoids with ease.
Rousso tries to close the distance and clinch but Savage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Rousso counter with a right hand.

Rousso darts in and clinches Savage up against the cage.
Rousso scores with a shoulder strike.

Rousso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rousso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rousso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rousso doesn't manage to clinch there - Savage circles away.
Savage fails with the takedown

and Rousso counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rousso slowing the pace effectively.
Rousso presses Savage against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rousso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Rousso gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Savage.
Rousso leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rousso dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rousso scores with a body shot.

Savage gets tackled into the cage by Rousso. Rousso maintains the clinch.
Rousso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Savages head.
A short uppercut from Rousso.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rousso rushes Savage and presses him up against the cage.
Savage goes for a takedown attempt but Rousso pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rousso throws a quick inside leg kick.

Rousso gets a clinch.
Rousso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Savage is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rousso gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rousso.
Savage looking for a takedown.
Lance Rousso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kane Savage.

Rousso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rousso lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Rousso forces Savage back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rousso lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rousso lands with a left to the head.
Rousso is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Savages head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rousso.
Savage takes a shot to the head.
Rousso is stalling here.

Rousso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rousso tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Savage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Savage shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Rousso uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Rousso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Savage's sensitive parts.
Savage tries for a takedown but Rousso circles away easily

and Rousso counters by clinching up.
Savage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Rousso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rousso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Savage fails with the takedown

and Rousso counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rousso has Savage pushed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rousso.
Rousso with a knee to the head.

Rousso breaks from the clinch.
Savage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Rousso counters by moving into the clinch.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rousso tries to clinch there but Savage circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savage. Rousso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rousso displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savage throws out the jab.
Savage with a lazy takedown attempt

and Rousso counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short left from Rousso.
Rousso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Savage wants a takedown.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Rousso misses.
Savage defending well as Rousso loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rousso!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries for a takedown but Rousso circles away easily
and Rousso counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Savage misses with a takedown

and Rousso counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Rousso manages to break the clinch.
Rousso throws an overhand right that lands on Savage's shoulder, as Savage tries to avoid the shot.
Lance Rousso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rousso doesn't manage to clinch there - Savage circles away.
Savage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Rousso counters by clinching up.
Savage looking for a takedown.
Savage tries for a takedown but Rousso manages to get underhooks.
Savage tries for a takedown but Rousso manages to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Rousso.
Rousso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rousso lands with a light punch inside.
Rousso has Savage pressed against the cage.
Savage wants a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousso lands a hook that snaps the head of Savage backwards.
Rousso gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Savage looking for a takedown.
Rousso just leaning against Savage, taking a breather.
Rousso lands a knee to the head.

Rousso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rousso throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Rousso gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage avoids the body shot from Rousso.

Savage tries to keep at a distance but Rousso has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savage can't get the takedown.

Rousso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane Savage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rousso moves into the clinch successfully.
Rousso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Rousso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rousso, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Rousso!