PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McNamara
vs
Savage

180 cm
23
206 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
30
215 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75
Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John McNamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Savage!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNamara slips a straight right by Savage.
Savage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McNamara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McNamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savage was well out of range. Poor timing from McNamara.
A combination from McNamara does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by McNamara there.
Horrible takedown by Savage or perhaps it was just good defense by McNamara which made him look bad.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McNamara.
Savage slips under a jab from McNamara.
McNamara works Savage's body with a nice hook.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McNamara just misses with a punch to the body.
McNamara takes one on the button.
Savage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McNamara.
Savage connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McNamara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McNamara throws a shot from downtown. Savage moves away and avoids it.
Savage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Savage takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McNamara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara walks into a left hand.
Savage dives in and grabs McNamara's left leg, looking for a takedown. McNamara pushes down on Savage's head and hops out.
John McNamara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Savage misses with a low kick.
Savage throws a right and a left that McNamara avoids nicely.
Savage bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McNamara's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from McNamara. Savage does a little dance to reset his feet.
McNamara throws a lazy right hand but Savage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McNamara dodges the punch combination from Savage.
McNamara scores with a jab to the jaw.
Savage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from McNamara misses the target.
McNamara lands a body shot.
Savage throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McNamara lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McNamara.
McNamara slips a straight right by Savage.
Savage misses with a looping right.
Savage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McNamara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Savage misses.
A shot to the liver by McNamara. Beautiful body shot.

Savage shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Savage controlling the action here.
The fighters are battling for position here. McNamara manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Savage wants to control from the top but McNamara keeps moving.
Savage trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McNamara knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Savage on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage trying to control but McNamara is working from the bottom.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
Savage postures up in McNamara's guard and throws a big left but McNamara blocks it.
Savage postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Savage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Savage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savage content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Savage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Savage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Savage throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy 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.

McNamara dodges the punch combination from Savage.
McNamara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Savage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savage misses with a two punch combination.
McNamara connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big right from Savage misses.
McNamara throws a body punch but Savage moves out of range.
Savage moves forwards but McNamara connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McNamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savage.
Savage shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McNamara as he avoids it easily.
Savage takes a swing at McNamara's ribcage but misses.
McNamara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Savage at a distance.
McNamara thows a body shot but no joy.
Savage lunges at McNamara with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McNamara's hand.
McNamara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savage moves away.
Savage lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McNamara throws a body punch but Savage moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Savage gets a takedown into half guard.
McNamara has his hands clasped together around Savage's back. He's all about the action.
McNamara has hold of Savage's hands but Savage slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Savage is trying to control the action in half guard but McNamara is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Savage looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McNamara with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Savage looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Savage perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McNamara keeping hold of Savage's head, controlling as best he can.
Savage drops an elbow to the side of McNamara's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savage is trying to control. McNamara wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McNamara regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Savage.
McNamara looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage wants to control from the top but McNamara keeps moving.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Savage is looking to work some ground and pound but McNamara has wrist control.
Savage throwing strikes from guard but McNamara blocks nicely.
Savage scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage is stalling in the full guard.
Savage trying to control but McNamara is working from the bottom.
Randy Savage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Savage scoring with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Savage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Savage throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McNamara circles away quickly and effectively.
Savage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McNamara lunges at Savage with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Savage's hand.
Randy Savage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Savage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McNamara.
Savage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Savage misses the shot to the body.
Savage fails with the takedown.
Randy Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Savage shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McNamara but McNamara pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A big left from McNamara misses.
McNamara takes a swing at Savage's ribcage but misses.
Savage scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McNamara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Savage doesn't seem bothered though.
McNamara throws a hook but Savage avoids it easily.
McNamara scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara throws a body punch but Savage moves out of range.
A cross from McNamara lands.
McNamara connects with the punch.

Savage shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Savage was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McNamara working to try and regain half guard.
McNamara holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Savage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Savage thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Savage sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage punching from mount but McNamara doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Savage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McNamara?
Savage lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savage throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Savage content just to control the position here.
Savage looking to ground and pound but McNamara is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McNamara is working to get back to half guard.
Savage looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McNamara avoids a series of strikes thrown by Savage.
Savage throws some wild stikes that McNamara manages to avoid easily.
Savage lands a big elbow.

McNamara is rocked!
Savage looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Randy Savage is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh McNamara is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 cracks McNamara with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Savage!
Randy Savage took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75 for their support in the buildup to the fight.