PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Gahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biot Savart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savart has chosen Alice in Chains - Check My Brain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gahan
vs
Savart

180 cm
27
190 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

186 cm
29
198 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Bloodsport Nutrition
Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Gahan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Biot Savart!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savart tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gahan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savart throws a nice looking combination but Gahan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gahan looks to clinch
and Savart counters with a big head kick but Gahan shrugs it off.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch but Savart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gahan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Savart. Those never looked like landing.
Savart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Savart lands a high kick!
Savart paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gahan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No joy there for Gahan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Savart.
Savart connects with a high kick.
Gahan connects with a body shot.
Savart fails in his attempt to clinch.

Savart gets tackled into the cage by Gahan. Gahan maintains the clinch.
Savart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Savart lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Savart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gahan jabs at Savart's body.
Savart looks gassed!
Gahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gahan blocks a head kick by Savart.
Savart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gahan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gahan. Savart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savart throws a sloppy head kick and Gahan moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Savart. Those never looked like landing.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Savart.

Gahan clinches up with Savart and pushes him back against the cage.

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

Gahan darts in and clinches Savart up against the cage.
Gahan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gahan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Savart can't find room to land a body shot as Gahan controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savart missing with knees to the body.
Savart landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gahan wants to get back to striking at distance but Savart won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gahan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Savart lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gahan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gahan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Savart's efforts to push away.
Gahan prevents Savart from breaking the clinch.
Gahan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Savart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gahan stuns Savart with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Savart throws a sloppy head kick and Gahan moves out of range easily.

Gahan rushes Savart and presses him up against the cage.
Gahan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Savart wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gahan has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savart missing with knees to the body.
Gahan tries to break free but Savart pushes him back against the cage.
Savart is pushing Gahan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gahan lands a body punch.
Savart has had enough of the clinch but Gahan keeps him there for the moment.
Savart is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Savart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Savart misses with an uppercut. Gahan saw that one coming.
Savart swats away the attempt to clinch by Gahan.
Gahan lands with an overhand left.
Gahan tries to clinch but Savart is having none of it.
Gahan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Gahan's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Gahan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Savart lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gahan backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gahan has had enough of the clinch but Savart keeps him there for the moment.
Savart wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gahan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gahan lands with a light punch inside.
Savart crunches a lovely knee into Gahan's ribcage.
Gahan managing to block the knees to the body from Savart.
Savart trying to land knees to the body.
Savart tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Savart.
Savart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gahan.
Gahan wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gahan has had enough of the clinch but Savart keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Savart landing knees to the body.
Savart keeps control of Gahan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Biot Savart dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Savart throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gahan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gahan.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gahan postures up.
Gahan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savart works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gahan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gahan lands some shots froms side control.
Gahan throws an elbow but Savart slips to the side and avoids it well.
Savart avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gahan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gahan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Savart is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Savart prevents Gahan from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gahan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Savart is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Savart takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Savart is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gahan is controlling him well.

Gahan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Savart, who protects the arm well.
Gahan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savart prevents Gahan from moving into mount.

Gahan is trying to get an arm triangle but Savart is defending well.

Gahan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Savart prevents Gahan from moving into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Savart!
Gahan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gahan thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gahan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Gahan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Savart tries to close the distance and clinch but Gahan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gahan wants to clinch.
A head kick from Savart lands but Gahan takes it in his stride.
Gahan fails with a takedown attempt.
Savart throws a sloppy head kick and Gahan moves out of range easily.
Gahan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Savart's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savart. Gahan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savart misses with a head kick.
Gahan wants to clinch up but Savart keeps it at a distance.
Savart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gahan.
Gahan moves in looking to clinch but Savart pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gahan slips a jab from Savart.
Gahan is looking to wear down Savart with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gahan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savart was well out of range. Poor timing from Gahan.
Savart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dave Gahan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savart lands with a cross.
Gahan avoids the head kick by Savart.
Savart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gahan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Savart throws a head kick but Gahan moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Gahan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gahan.
Biot Savart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gahan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gahan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Gahan feints and as Savart raises his hands in defense, Gahan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gahan distracts Savart with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gahan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Savart, up you get!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gahan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gahan clinches up with Savart and pushes him back against the cage.
Gahan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Savart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gahan is trying to break free.
Savart is trying to break the clinch but Gahan is controlling him.
Savart can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gahan.
Savart tries to land knees in the clinch but Gahan avoids the damage to the body.
Gahan is trying to push Savart away but Savart has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gahan can't find room to land a body shot as Savart controls the action.
Biot Savart seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gahan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Savart but Savart pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Savart pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Gahan has Savart up against the cage in a clinch.
Gahan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Savart lands a knee to the head.
Gahan tries a body shot but Savart blocks it.
Savart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gahan's efforts to push away.
A short left from Gahan.

Savart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gahan misses with a two punch combination.
Savart with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gahan blocks a low kick nicely.
Savart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan doesn't manage to clinch there - Savart circles away.
Savart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Gahan clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gahan wants to get back to striking at distance but Savart won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gahan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Savart has a couple of punches blocked by Gahan.
Gahan is looking to break free of the clinch but Savart has double underhooks.

Gahan breaks the clinch.
Gahan dodges the punch combination from Savart.
Savart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gahan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gahan has managed to clinch.
Gahan is trying to force a seperation but Savart has the dominant position.
Gahan is looking to break free of the clinch but Savart has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Gahan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gahan 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Dave Gahan!

Dave Gahan wins by unanimous decision!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dave Gahan made sure he mentioned Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire, along with how happy he was to win his fight.