PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage comes to the ring accompanied by All Shall Perish - Wage Slaves. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Savage
vs
Romanov

185 cm
20
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
27
201 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Savage throws a solid leg kick but Romanov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Savage.
Romanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Savage should have avoided that one.

It looks like Jack Savage has been cut.
Romanov's coach down at ACME! Thai Boxing Academy 13 ELITE COACHES & SAUNA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Romanov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A low kick from Romanov is predictable there
and Savage counters with a slapping leg kick.
Savage throws a sloppy head kick and Romanov moves out of range easily.
Savage looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romanov checks a low kick from Savage.
Jack Savage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savage throws a leg kick but Romanov moved away.
Romanov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savage moves away from the strike by Romanov.
Romanov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Savage momentarily.
Romanov throws an overhand right that lands on Savage's shoulder, as Savage tries to avoid the shot.
Romanov throws a hook to the side of Savage's head but Savage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Savage is looking to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Savage.
Romanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Savage throws a nice head kick!
Savage throws a head kick that half lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Savage.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage misses with a kick to the body.
Romanov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Romanov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Savage.
Romanov pushes Savage back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Savage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Savage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
A left hand lands to the body for Savage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage presses Romanov against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Savage slowing the pace effectively.
Savage lands with a short shot to the head.
Savage lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov misses with a body punch.
Savage avoiding damage.
Romanov misses with a body punch.
Savage has Romanov pushed against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Savage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Savage lands an elbow that stopped Romanov in his tracks for a moment.
Savage gets through Romanov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Savage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savage lands a nice elbow.
Romanov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Savage lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romanov backwards.
Nice elbow from Savage.
Savage stalling.
Romanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanov takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Savage leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Romanov tries a body shot but Savage blocks it.
Romanov tries to stall but Savage uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Savage misses with an elbow strike.
Savage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Savage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Romanov being controlled against the ropes.
Savage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romanov is keeping busy.
Romanov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savage's elbow.
Romanov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Savage or not.
Nice elbow from Savage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Savage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Savage throws an elbow but misses.
Savage lands a nice elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Savage.
Romanov takes an elbow to the temple.
Savage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savage stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Savage lands an elbow that stopped Romanov in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Sergey Romanov has been cut.
Savage misses with an elbow strike.
Romanov avoids the elbow strike from Savage, against the ropes.
Romanov misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee calls for Savage to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Savage.
Savage lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Savage dominated that 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.

Romanov checks a low kick from Savage.
Romanov throws a lazy right hand but Savage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Savage feints and then cracks Romanov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romanov down.

Savage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Savage lands an elbow that stopped Romanov in his tracks for a moment.
Savage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romanov's defenses.
Romanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romanov can't find room to land a body shot as Savage controls the action.
Romanov leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Romanov fails to land.
Romanov tries to work over Savage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Savage throws an elbow that misses.
A right hand to the body from Savage.
Savage lands an elbow just above Romanov 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savage stalling in the clinch.
Romanov wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Romanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Savage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romanov's defenses.
Savage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Savage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Savage controls his hands.
Savage lands a nice elbow.
Savage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Savage for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Savage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanov is defending well for now.
Savage blocks an uppercut.
Romanov looking to stall.
Romanov tries to work over Savage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Savage misses its intended target.
Savage throws the kick towards the body but Romanov avoids it.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savage throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Savage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Savage throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Savage.
Romanov throws out a loose jab but Savage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savage ducks under a wild hook from Romanov.
Savage throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Savage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Savage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Romanov can do to turn this around?
Romanov digs a good body shot into Savage's ribs.
Savage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Savage thows a body kick. Romanov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Savage throws a sloppy head kick and Romanov moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a head kick but Romanov moves out of range.
Savage digs a good hook to Romanov's body.
Savage feints and then cracks Romanov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romanov down.
Savage thumps Romanov with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Savage.
Romanov is breathing heavily.
Savage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Romanov's sensitive parts.
Savage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanov lands the left hand.
Jack Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romanov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A right-left combo lands from Savage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Savage.
Savage lands a head kick. Romanov smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Romanov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romanov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Romanov misses the target.
Romanov swings for the body but Savage moves out of range.
Romanov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romanov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Savage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jack Savage is winning the standup battle so far.
Savage feints a jab and as Romanov dips his head, Savage unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Romanov right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Romanov falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the ropes! Savage smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jack Savage!
Our winner, Jack Savage, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.