PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between King Savage (ranked 4711 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Bridges (ranked 3580 p4p, 379 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Savage
vs
Bridges

180 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trey Bridges!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage tries to clinch but Bridges is having none of it.
Bridges misses with a left hand
and Savage counters with a right hand to the body.
Savage fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Savage.
Bridges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savage.
Bridges throws a head kick that misses.
Bridges swats away the attempt to clinch by Savage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bridges misses with a hook. Savage ducked under it nicely.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bridges swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bridges misses with a looping right.
Savage is looking to clinch but Bridges is avoiding it.
Savage is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage is looking to clinch.
Bridges thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bridges loads up on a big right hand but Savage slips the punch.
Savage shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bridges pinned against the cage. Bridges gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Savage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bridges is fending him off so far but Savage persists. Nope, Bridges circles away and we're back to standing.
Savage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Savage went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Bridges looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Savage is looking to get back to is feet but Bridges passes into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bridges wants to control but Savage is keeping him busy.
Bridges working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bridges tries to advance to mount but can't.
Savage bucks up and tries to throw Bridges off but instead Bridges has got his back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bridges struggling to keep hold of the position.
Savage trying to control the hands but Bridges won't let him.
Savage tries to break free.
Bridges is landing with strikes from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bridges punishes Savage with strikes from the back mount.
Bridges lands a shot to the body.
Savage is keeping busy.
Savage is really stuck here.
Savage staying busy and making it hard for Bridges to control.
Bridges has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bridges scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Savage is looking for a way out.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Bridges's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Bridges looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bridges scores with punches to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage is trapped and Bridges is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Savage is keeping busy.
Bridges might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Savage haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bridges is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Savage up.
Savage knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bridges on the ground.
Bridges struggling to keep hold of the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is taking a good look at Savage as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bridges!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Bridges dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bridges moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Savage has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bridges after a bit of a struggle.

Bridges breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bridges is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Savage slips a straight right by Bridges.
Savage seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Savage slips under a jab from Bridges.
Savage shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
King Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bridges stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bridges wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bridges throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Savage tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bridges is in Savage's guard.

Savage scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Trey Bridges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savage misses with a head kick.
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!
Bridges waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savage.
Savage dives in and grabs Bridges's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bridges pushes down on Savage's head and hops out.

Bridges drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Savage is not content to let Bridges control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bridges in side control lands a decent elbow.
Savage is trying to work for a sweep but Bridges has mounted him!
Bridges can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Savage is looking to escape.
Bridges lands a couple of good shots and Savage has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bridges lands with a hammerfist to the side of Savage's head.
Bridges is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Savage up.

Savage is rocked!
Bridges lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bridges.
Oh Savage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bridges drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Savage is in real trouble here! Bridges lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Bridges is delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trey Bridges!