PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jethro Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Sommers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jethro Savage has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Savage
vs
Sommers

185 cm
28
211 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

187 cm
34
218 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jethro Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vic Sommers!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sommers takes a swing at Savage's ribcage but misses.
Sommers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savage.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sommers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Savage looks to land a left hand but Sommers moved out of range nicely.
Sommers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Savage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sommers was well out of range. Poor timing from Savage.
A jab from Savage does it's job there.
Savage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sommers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sommers slips a straight right by Savage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sommers pushes Savage up against the cage in a clinch.
Sommers lands a nice uppercut.
Sommers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sommers goes for a takedown attempt but Savage pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Savage lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sommers moves in looking to clinch but Savage pushes him off.
Sommers misses with a combination
and Savage makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Savage misses with a hook.
Sommers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savage.
A combination from Sommers does no damage.
Sommers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Savage.
Savage works Sommers's body with a nice hook.
Sommers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sommers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Savage shoots in for a takedown but Sommers shows good takedown defense.
Nice jab there from Sommers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage lands a nice looking body shot.

Sommers closes the distance and clinches.
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 wants to break free but Sommers has control.
Savage gets through Sommers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sommers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Savage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sommers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sommers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savage.
Sommers avoiding damage.
Sommers looking to throw knees to the head but Savage is blocking nicely.
Savage wants to stall.
Sommers stalling.
Sommers prevents a body shot from Savage.
Sommers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sommers struggles to land a body shot inside as Savage controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sommers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Savage prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sommers controlling the action here for a moment.
Savage has had enough of the clinch but Sommers keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sommers tries to throw a body punch but Savage avoids it by throwing Sommers back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sommers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sommers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sommers misses with an elbow over the top.

Savage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage misses with a body shot.
Sommers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Savage counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sommers thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sommers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Savage makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A big right from Sommers misses.
Sommers moves forwards but Savage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sommers shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Savage but Savage pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jethro Savage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Sommers.
Savage dodges the punch combination from Sommers.
Savage with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage scores with a nice right hand.
Savage works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Savage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sommers was well out of range. Poor timing from Savage.
Sloppy strikes from Sommers. Those never looked like landing.
Sommers throws a nice head kick!
Sommers looks to score with a jab to the body but Savage is just out of range.
Sommers swinging wildly here.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sommers.
Savage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sommers misses with a hook.
Savage shoots in for a double leg but Sommers sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Savage misses the shot to the body.
Savage bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sommers's head backwards.
Sommers misses with a series of wild punches.
Sommers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sommers shoots for a takedown but Savage saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sommers tries to clinch but Savage is having none of it.
Sommers looks to land a combination but Savage avoids it well.
Savage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sommers misses with a hook.
Sommers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sommers, as that shot connected.
Vic Sommers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sommers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sommers slips a jab and a cross from Savage.
Sommers lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Sommers misses.
Sommers misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sommers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice sprawl there from Savage as Sommers shoots in.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sommers throws an overhand right that lands on Savage's shoulder, as Savage tries to avoid the shot.
Savage lands an overhand right.

Sommers closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Savage did well to prevent Sommers getting side control.
Sommers is breathing heavily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Savage tries to roll over but Sommers keeps him under control.

Sommers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Savage sees it coming and defends easily.
Savage tries to kick Sommers off but Sommers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Savage gets back to full guard.
Sommers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sommers postures up.
Savage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sommers is one step ahead there.
Sommers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sommers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Savage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Savage lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sommers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sommers is trying desperately to improve position.
Sommers is in a horrible position here. Savage smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Savage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savage thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sommers tries to hold on but Savage postures up.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Sommers tries to hold on but Savage postures up.
Savage punching from mount but Sommers doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Savage landing strikes from the mount and Sommers is in trouble!
Savage prevents Sommers from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sommers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Savage landing shots from mount.

Sommers is rocked!
Sommers is desperately trying to improve his position but Savage has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jethro Savage dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Savage lands a hook that stumbles Sommers back into the cage. Savage follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Sommers to the canvas! Savage pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Sommers has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jethro Savage!
Jethro Savage really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.