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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jethro Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Mike Rampage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jethro Savage!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rampage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savage shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rampage defends it nicely.
Rampage throws a jab but it's blocked by Savage.
Rampage thows a body shot but no joy.
Rampage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Rampage.
Rampage tries to move into range but Savage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Savage feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rampages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rampage misses with an uppercut. Savage saw that one coming.
Savage lands a glancing blow to the side of Rampage's head.
Sloppy strikes from Rampage. Those never looked like landing.
Savage missing with a left hand there. Rampage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Rampage enables Savage to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Rampage manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
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!
Savage is looking to work some ground and pound but Rampage has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage pulls Savage in close to his closed guard and prevents Savage from doing any damage or advancing position.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rampage keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
Rampage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rampage pulls Savage in close to his closed guard and prevents Savage from doing any damage or advancing position.
Savage with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rampage wants to stand up but Savage is controlling him.
Savage missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Savage wants to control from the top but Rampage keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rampage moves out of range as Savage strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage thows a body shot but no joy.
Savage takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rampage throws a big shot that misses.
Rampage misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Savage misses.
Savage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Savage dips to his left and cracks Rampage with an uppercut!
Rampage connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rampage cracks Savage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rampage connects with a right hand. Savage shakes it off.
Savage throws a body punch but Rampage moves out of range.
Savage throws a jab when Rampage was well out of range.
Rampage swings for the body but Savage moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a hook but Rampage blocks it.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rampage.
Rampage ducks under a wild hook from Savage.
Rampage lands a leg kick that knocks Savage off balance momentarily.
No joy there for Rampage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rampage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rampage looks to land a left hand but Savage moved out of range nicely.
Savage lands a jab to the head.
Savage tests Rampage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rampage staying out of range there.
Savage loads up on a big right hand but Rampage slips the punch.
Rampage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Savage lands a nice hook to Rampage's body. Rampage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Savage scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a body punch but Rampage moves out of range.
Rampage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rampage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage lands a slapping body shot.
Savage misses with an uppercut. Rampage saw that one coming.
Savage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rampage.
Rampage slips a jab from Savage.
Rampage moves away from the strike by Savage.
Rampage cracks Savage with an open hand slap.
Savage digs a good body shot into Rampage's ribs.
Rampage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rampage misses with a series of wild punches.
Savage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rampage.
Rampage moves out of range as Savage strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jethro Savage 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.
Savage slips a jab from Rampage.
Savage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rampage.
Rampage moves away from the strike by Savage.
Savage takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rampage takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rampage thuds a left hand into Savage's body.
Savage slips a straight right by Rampage.
Savage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rampage moves away.
Rampage looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rampage.
Rampage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rampage scores with a punch to the head.
Savage scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rampage lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rampage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Savage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rampage slips under a jab.
Rampage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savage manages to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Savage!
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Rampage ducks down to avoid it.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Rampage ducks down to avoid it.
Savage shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rampage pinned against the cage. Rampage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Savage loads up on a big right hand but Rampage slips the punch.
Savage ducks under a wild hook from Rampage.
Rampage shoots in for a takedown but Savage shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Rampage misses.
Savage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rampage throws a one two combo.
Rampage misses with a wild body shot.
Rampage loads up on a big right hand but Savage slips the punch.
Rampage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savage.
Savage scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage misses with an uppercut.
Savage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rampage.
Savage throws a body punch but Rampage moves out of range.
Mike Rampage is winning the standup battle so far.
Rampage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the liver by Rampage. Beautiful body shot.
Rampage shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Savage as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws out a loose jab but Rampage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rampage misses with an uppercut. Savage saw that one coming.
Rampage shoots in but Savage avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Rampage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Savage has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rampage.
Savage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rampage throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Savage counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab by Rampage.
Rampage misses with a body shot.
Savage feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rampages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Savage looks to land a combination but Rampage avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Savage. Those never looked like landing.
Rampage scores with a hook to the body. Savage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rampage lands with an uppercut that bounces Savage off the cage and back into range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savage. Rampage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savage checks a leg kick.
Savage looks for a takedown but Rampage sprawls well.
Rampage scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rampage moves away from the strike by Savage.
Rampage takes a swing at Savage's ribcage but misses.
Savage connects with a nice looking jab.
Rampage moves out of range as Savage strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rampage decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rampage wants to take a breather but Savage is having none of it.
Rampage prevents Savage from improving his position.
Rampage wants to lay and pray for a moment but Savage keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Rampage dominated that second round.
That's time! Rampage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Rampage fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Savage checks it well.
Rampage gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rampage looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rampage wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Savage trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Savage pushes down on Rampage's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Savage has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rampage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage tries to hold on but Savage pushes him away.
Savage punching from mount but Rampage doing a good job of avoiding damage.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Rampage doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Rampage sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rampage makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rampage.
Savage sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rampage's guard.
Savage passes to full mount!
Savage unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rampage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rampage is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rampage taking shots to the head.
Savage punching from mount but Rampage doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rampage in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Savage is trying to control here but Rampage has managed to regain half guard.
Savage thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rampage's head.
Rampage tries to get to full guard but Savage has control of the leg.
Savage content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Savage is nestled in close to Rampage, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Savage.
Rampage trying to control from the bottom.
Savage wants to pass to mount but Rampage is defending the position.
Savage is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rampage sees it coming and defends easily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Savage connects with a nice short shot to Rampage's temple.
Rampage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Savage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rampage trying to control but Savage postures up.
Savage wants to control but Rampage is keeping him busy.
Rampage slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Savage preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
Jethro Savage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savage wants to control from the top but Rampage keeps moving.
Savage missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rampage pulls Savage in close to his closed guard and prevents Savage from doing any damage or advancing position.
Savage thows a big elbow that misses.
Savage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage wants to control from the top but Rampage keeps moving.
Savage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rampage swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jethro Savage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Savage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jethro Savage!
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FIGHT
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