PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezekiel Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by Down - Stone The Crow. Rick Thomas had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thomas
vs
Savage

185 cm
25
194 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
189 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ezekiel Savage!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Savage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thomas connects with a jab.
Thomas swings for the body but Savage moves out of range.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Savage is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Savage misses with a takedown attempt
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Savage.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Nice jab there from Thomas.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Savage moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Savage dodges the punch combination from Thomas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a swing at Savage's ribcage but misses.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas misses with a hook

and Savage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage stopping the sweep attempt from Thomas.
Savage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Savage is pushing down on Thomas's leg trying to pass to half guard. Thomas is fighting to maintain full guard but Savage has managed to sneak the leg through.
Thomas won't allow Savage to pass to mount.
Thomas wants to get back to full guard.
Savage thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thomas's head.
Savage is looking to advance position but Thomas won't allow it.
Thomas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Savage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thomas is in trouble now - Savage has advanced to mount!
Thomas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Savage landing shots from mount.
Savage thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Thomas is looking to get to half guard.
Savage trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Savage cracks Thomas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ezekiel Savage will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Savage with a lazy takedown attempt
and Savage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas misses with a hook. Savage ducked under it nicely.
Thomas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Savage moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Thomas throws a hook but Savage blocks it.
Savage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thomas lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Savage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thomas.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas throws a hook but Savage avoids it easily.
Savage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Savage fails with the takedown
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Savage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ezekiel Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot lands for Thomas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a single shot there.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Thomas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Savage with a lazy takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rick Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ezekiel Savage.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A big left from Thomas misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas lands with a good body shot.
Thomas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Savage's calf.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savage was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Thomas dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Savage fails with the takedown
and Savage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas throws a body punch but Savage moves out of range.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savage manages to avoid it.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savage.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas lands with a cross.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savage was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas clobbers Savage with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Savage is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas lands a right hook to the body.
Rick Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Savage doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Savage with a poor takedown
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rick Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ezekiel Savage.
Savage moves away from the strike by Thomas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Savage under the eye.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savage moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rick Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savage moves away.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas throws a hook but Savage blocks it.
Savage misses with a takedown
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas misses with a leg kick

and Savage counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Thomas's guard now.
Savage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thomas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Thomas!