PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Tomba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ygor Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage has chosen The Silent Comedy - Bartholomew as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tomba
vs
Savage

214 cm
24
300 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

183 cm
31
275 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Shirt 6$ Shorts 8$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Tomba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ygor Savage!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tomba lands a big head kick that sends Savage tumbling to the mat! Tomba takes a step backwards and waves Savage back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Ygor Savage has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage tries to clinch but Tomba moves out of range.
Savage misses with a few strikes there.
Savage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Tomba blocks the leg kick.

Tomba cracks Savage with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Savage looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tomba finish him?

Savage is rocked!
Savage throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Savage is still on wobbly legs! Can Tomba finish him?
Tomba throws a lazy right hand but Savage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Savage seems to have recovered his senses.
Tomba throws a predictable looking body shot
and Savage counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tomba's knee momentarily.
Savage misses with a kick to the body.
Savage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomba.
Savage throws a leg kick but Tomba moved away.
Savage throws a jab but it's blocked by Tomba.
Savage slips under a jab.

Savage forces Tomba back against the cage and clinches.
Tomba is trying to break the clinch but Savage is controlling him.
Savage misses with an elbow over the top.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomba can't break the clinch.

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

Savage clinches.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Savage lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Alberto Tomba has been cut.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Tomba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage drops his hands momentarily and Tomba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tomba.
A low kick from Savage misses
and Tomba counters with a stiff right hand.
Tomba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savage.
Savage blocks a head kick by Tomba.
Savage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tomba's calf.
Savage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomba misses with a head kick.
Savage moves out of range as Tomba strikes.
Tomba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tomba looks to score with a jab to the body but Savage is just out of range.
Tomba is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Savage misses with a looping right.
Savage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tomba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tomba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savage manages to avoid it.
Savage tries to land a front kick but Tomba steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Savage clinches.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomba tries to break free but Savage pushes him back against the cage.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Tomba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Tomba wants to get back to striking at distance but Savage won't allow it.
Tomba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomba working hard to break the clinch.
Savage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tomba's efforts to push away.
Savage leaning against his opponent.
Tomba tries to circle away but Savage has him pinned against the cage.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tomba is blocking nicely.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Tomba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tomba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Savage clinches with his opponent.
Tomba stalling in the clinch but Savage improves position.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tomba lands with a right to the head.
Tomba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Savage has him pressed against the cage.
Tomba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Savage prevents Tomba from breaking the clinch.
Tomba lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomba is trying to push Savage away but Savage has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Savage has Tomba pressed against the cage, preventing Tomba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Savage.
Tomba managing to block the knees to the body from Savage.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Tomba dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Savage tries to clinch there but Tomba circles away.
A jab from Tomba does it's job there.
Tomba throws a lazy right hand but Savage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tomba moves out of range of the body kick.
Tomba throws a big shot that misses.
Tomba misses with a double jab.
Nice straight punches there by Tomba. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tomba.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Tomba.

Tomba cracks Savage with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tomba has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Savage to stand back up!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Savage throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tomba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tomba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alberto Tomba is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savage tries to clinch but Tomba moves out of range.
Savage misses with a low kick as Tomba jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage is looking to land body kicks.
Savage misses with a leg kick.
Savage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Savage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tomba.
Savage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tomba lands a jab to Savage's midsection.
Nice defenses there by Savage.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Tomba does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tomba paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Savage clinches up with Tomba and pushes him back against the cage.
Tomba working hard to break the clinch.
Savage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tomba's efforts to push away.
Tomba is trying to break the clinch but Savage has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tomba in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.

Tomba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tomba has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Savage.
Tomba misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot by Tomba.
Savage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Savage misses with an attempted mid kick.
Savage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tomba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Savage lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tomba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tomba misses with a hook.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomba jabs Savage right on the nose. Savage blinks but takes it well.
Savage throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tomba throws a sloppy head kick
and Savage counters with an inside leg kick.
Savage moves away from the strike by Tomba.

Savage closes the distance and clinches.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage has Tomba pressed against the cage, preventing Tomba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomba wants to break free but Savage has control.

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

Savage instigates a clinch.
Tomba is trying to push Savage away but Savage has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage stalling the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tomba wants to break free but Savage has control.
Tomba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Savage landing knees to the head.
Tomba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tomba blocks with his arms.
Savage connects with a knee to the head.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tomba is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tomba avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Savage throws an elbow but misses.
Savage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomba.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Tomba dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Savage tries to clinch but Tomba is having none of it.
Alberto Tomba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomba tries a head kick but it misses.
Tomba misses with a wild body shot.
Tomba throws a looping overhand right but Savage ducks down to avoid it.
Tomba tries a head kick but it misses.
Tomba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savage.
Tomba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Savage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tomba looks to land a left hand but Savage moved out of range nicely.
Savage throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tomba.
Savage is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomba.
Tomba swings and misses with a hook 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!

Savage closes the distance and clinches.
Savage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomba.
Savage lands a knee to the body.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage misses with an elbow over the top.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Savage lands a knee to the body.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Savage.
Savage lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Savage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tomba's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Savage.
Savage throws an elbow that misses.
Savage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Savage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tomba blocks with his arms.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tomba blocks with his arms.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tomba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomba avoiding damage as Savage throws knees to the body.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomba is trying to break the clinch but Savage has him pressed against the cage.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.

Tomba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomba scores with a body shot.
Tomba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Savage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tomba.
Tomba throws a head kick but Savage moves out of range.
Tomba checks a leg kick nicely.
Tomba misses the jab.
Savage is looking to slow Tomba down with leg kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Savage.
Tomba tries a head kick but it misses.
Savage is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomba.

That has opened up Ygor Savage's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage wants to slow Tomba down by chopping away at his legs.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Tomba ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Tomba does no damage.

Savage pushes Tomba up against the cage in a clinch.
Savage is trying to stall.
Tomba avoiding damage as Savage throws knees to the body.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Tomba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomba swings for the body but Savage moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Savage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tomba scores with the left hand. Savage knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tomba misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Tomba.
Tomba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Savage throws a body punch but Tomba moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ygor Savage really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tomba throws a hook to the side of Savage's head but Savage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tomba moves out of range as Savage throws a body kick.
Savage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tomba.
Savage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tomba.
Savage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tomba.
Savage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomba.
Tomba misses with a wild combination.
Tomba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Savage tries to land a front kick but Tomba steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Savage throws a low kick, looking for Tomba's leg but Tomba calmly moves out of range.
Savage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tomba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tomba scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomba tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomba on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Savage lands a front kick.
Nice body kick from Savage.
Savage is looking to slow Tomba down with leg kicks.
Tomba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Savage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Savage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomba will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomba.
Tomba is looking to break free of the clinch but Savage has double underhooks.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tomba blocks it.
Tomba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomba is trying to break the clinch but Savage is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Savage.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tomba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Tomba tries to circle away but Savage has him pinned against the cage.
Tomba is trying to force a seperation but Savage has the dominant position.
Tomba managing to block the knees to the body from Savage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage landing knees to the body.
Savage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tomba blocks with his arms.
Tomba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage pushes off an throws an elbow but Tomba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomba managing to block the knees to the body from Savage.

Tomba breaks the clinch.
Tomba lands a nice hook to Savage's body. Savage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Savage shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Savage tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tomba is able to avoid easily.
Savage slips a straight right by Tomba.
Tomba swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomba moves out of range of the strikes.
Tomba staying out of range there.
Savage throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Tomba lands a left and a right that send Savage crashing to the mat, dazed. Tomba thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Tomba! Savage is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alberto Tomba!
Alberto Tomba retains his super heavyweight title!
Alberto Tomba took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Just Fight (Shirt 6$ Shorts 8$) for their support in the buildup to the fight.