PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Savchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitbull comes to the cage accompanied by Parado na Esquina. Savchuk is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by This is Not the END. Ronaldo Pitbull is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pitbull
vs
Savchuk

185 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

179 cm
21
184 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

RMC - $ 11 Shorts!

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Pitbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Savchuk!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savchuk loads up on a big right hand but Pitbull slips the punch.
Savchuk throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savchuk. Pitbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pitbull misses with a takedown
and Savchuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Savchuk throws a shot to the body.
Ronaldo Pitbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pitbull closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pitbull leaning against his opponent.

Savchuk decides to pull guard.
Pitbull wants to control from the top but Savchuk keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Savchuk's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Savchuk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pitbull stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savchuk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pitbull throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savchuk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pitbull trying to control but Savchuk is working from the bottom.
Pitbull prevents Savchuk from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savchuk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pitbull wants to control from the top but Savchuk keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ronaldo Pitbull wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pitbull fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitbull is looking to clinch but Savchuk is avoiding it.
Savchuk stuffs the takedown attempt from Pitbull. Pitbull gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronaldo Pitbull. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pitbull.
Savchuk misses with a lunging right hand
and Pitbull counters with a left to the body.
Savchuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pitbull sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savchuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pitbull.
Pitbull avoids the body shot from Savchuk.
Pitbull fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitbull misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Savchuk gets tackled into the cage by Pitbull. Pitbull maintains the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pitbull - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pitbull pushes off an throws an elbow but Savchuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Savchuk being controlled against the cage.

Pitbull turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pitbull is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Savchuk is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pitbull wants to control for a moment but Savchuk uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Pitbull dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pitbull cracks Savchuk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pitbull takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pitbull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull scores with a one two! Savchuk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Savchuk.
Savchuk misses with a right hand

and Pitbull counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Savchuk wants to get back to his feet.

Pitbull is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pitbull is looking for a kimura here.

Pitbull seems to be working for a kimura but Savchuk defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Pitbull is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pitbull passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Savchuk!
Savchuk is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Pitbull with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Savchuk is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Pitbull looking to secure an arm triangle but Savchuk defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pitbull has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Savchuk's face.
Ronaldo Pitbull overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Pitbull working for a submission but Savchuk is keeping him at bay.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pitbull with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Pitbull dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Savchuk throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
Savchuk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pitbull looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Pitbull throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Savchuk was covering up waiting for the punch and Pitbull finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Pitbull is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Pitbull drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Savchuk dives on top into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pitbull throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Savchuk stopping the sweep attempt from Pitbull.
Savchuk trying to control but Pitbull is working from the bottom.
Pitbull wants to sweep but no luck.
Savchuk controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull has a closed guard, preventing Savchuk from standing up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ivan Savchuk hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pitbull.
Savchuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pitbull.
Savchuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Savchuk misses with a body punch
and Pitbull counters with a three punch combo that has Savchuk backing up. Savchuk nods at Pitbull to acknowledge the strikes.
Savchuk throws a jab when Pitbull was well out of range.
Pitbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk thows a body shot but no joy.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut.
Savchuk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pitbull rather than just go for the knockout.
Pitbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savchuk falls off balance throwing a combination

and Pitbull holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pitbull pushes off an throws an elbow but Savchuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pitbull is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pitbull misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savchuk.
Ivan Savchuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull controlling the action here for a moment.
Pitbull is pressed up against the cage. Savchuk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pitbull down to the mat. Pitbull avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ivan Savchuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pitbull tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Savchuk swivels and escapes.

Pitbull gets a clinch.
Pitbull misses with a knee to the head.
Pitbull scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pitbull blocks an elbow strike from Savchuk.
Ronaldo Pitbull is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronaldo Pitbull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pitbull, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronaldo Pitbull!