PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dragomir Savic (ranked 330 p4p, 850 weight class) and Uesugi Mochinori (ranked 53 p4p, 116 weight class). Savic comes to the cage accompanied by Good Day. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Savic
vs
Mochinori

186 cm
31
172
21 - 10 - 1

180 cm
31
175
18 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Dragomir Savic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Uesugi Mochinori!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mochinori looks to score with a jab to the body but Savic is just out of range.
Savic scores with a jab. Mochinori acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Savic throws a body kick that misses.
Savic looks to score with a jab to the body but Mochinori is just out of range.
Savic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mochinori keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mochinori thumps Savic with a low kick.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and Savic tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Savic.
Savic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Savic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Savic misses with a body shot.
Savic takes a swing at Mochinori's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Mochinori misses.
Mochinori throws a poor cross that misses
and Savic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mochinori avoids the body shot from Savic.
Savic is looking to wear down Mochinori with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mochinori throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori slips a straight right by Savic.
Savic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Savic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savic.
Savic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Mochinori blocks a head kick by Savic.
Savic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mochinori takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Savic tests Mochinori's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Savic thumps Mochinori with a low kick.
Mochinori changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mochinori throws a jab when Savic was well out of range.
Savic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Savic throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Mochinori to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Mochinori does it's job there.
Mochinori moves out of range of the body kick.
Mochinori tries to clinch but Savic moves out of range.
Mochinori throws out a loose jab but Savic uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori misses with a looping right.
Savic throws a shot from downtown. Mochinori moves away and avoids it.
Mochinori comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Savic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mochinori is able to avoid easily.
Mochinori throws a chopping leg kick but Savic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Savic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mochinori.
Savic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mochinori manages to avoid it.
Savic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mochinori.
Savic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Savic misses with a low kick.
Mochinori moves out of range of the body kick from Savic.
Savic checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick lands from Savic.
Savic walks into a jab.
Mochinori fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Savic checks it well.
Mochinori misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Mochinori misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Savic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Savic.
A leg kick checked by Savic.
Mochinori takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Savic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mochinori.
Savic misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savic. Mochinori does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mochinori scores with a crisp jab that stopped Savic in his tracks.
Mochinori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Savic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick lands for Savic.
Savic throws a jab when Mochinori was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Savic checks a leg kick.
Savic slips under a jab.
Savic tries a low kick but Mochinori avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori just misses with a punch to the body.
Mochinori's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Savic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mochinori.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Savic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savic.
Mochinori with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mochinori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mochinori takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Mochinori throws a leg kick that is checked
and Savic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mochinori lunges at Savic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Savic's hand.
Savic pushes Mochinori away with a front kick.
Savic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Savic moves out of range of the strikes.
Mochinori scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Savic.
Savic swats away the attempt to clinch by Mochinori.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dragomir Savic will probably get the nod.
That's time! Savic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Savic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mochinori was well out of range. Poor timing from Savic.
Mochinori misses with a series of wild punches.
Savic slips a jab from Mochinori.
Mochinori fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Savic.
Savic misses with a body kick.
A big right from Savic misses.
Savic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mochinori.
Mochinori chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Savic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mochinori.
Savic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savic throws a leg kick but Mochinori checks it.
Mochinori takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Savic misses its intended target.
Savic with a jab.
Savic misses with a straight right.
Mochinori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mochinori looks to land a right hand but Savic moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Savic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mochinori scores with a hook.
Mochinori throws an off balance right hand
and Savic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Savic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mochinori has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mochinori and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mochinori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mochinori misses with an uppercut
and Savic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Savic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Savic misses with a kick to the body
and Mochinori counters with a nice uppercut.
Mochinori uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savic.
Mochinori throws out a counter right but Savic avoids it with no problem.
Savic takes a swing at Mochinori's ribcage but misses.
Savic moves away from the strike by Mochinori.
Mochinori avoids the body shot from Savic.
Savic wants to land a leg kick but Mochinori is out of range.
A jab from Mochinori misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheers as Savic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mochinori doesn't seem phased though.
Savic misses with a hook.
A big left from Mochinori misses.
Savic throws a body shot but no joy.
Mochinori throws a right hand that misses
and Savic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Savic lands with a straight right. Mochinori didn't see that one coming.
Savic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mochinori tries a head kick but it misses.
Savic misses with a looping left.
Savic 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.
Good standup being displayed there by Mochinori as he connects with a hook.
Savic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Savic checks a leg kick.
Mochinori scores with a body shot.
Mochinori lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori missing with a left hand there. Savic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Savic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mochinori slips a jab from Savic.
Mochinori is looking to score with low kicks.
Mochinori takes one to the chin there.
Mochinori listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mochinori misses with an attempted mid kick.
Savic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mochinori misses with a head kick.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mochinori.
Mochinori misses with a hook
and Savic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mochinori lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters circling - Mochinori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Savic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Savic scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mochinori lands a nice looking kick to the body. Savic takes a step back to recover.
Savic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Savic lands a nice looking body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mochinori.
Savic throws a leg kick which misses Mochinori's front leg but catches the back leg as Mochinori tries to avoid it.
Savic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Savic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good shot there by Mochinori.
Mochinori throws a head kick that misses.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mochinori.
Mochinori lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mochinori scores with a shot to the body.
Mochinori throws a shot from downtown. Savic moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mochinori throws a series of punches but Savic avoids them all with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Uesugi Mochinori will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mochinori staying out of range there.
Savic with a jab.
Mochinori lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Savic defending well as Mochinori loads up on a big left hand.
Mochinori throws a big shot that misses.
Mochinori scores with a hook.
Mochinori takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Savic misses the body punch
and Mochinori counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mochinori throws a jab when Savic was well out of range.
Savic jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Mochinori misses with a kick to the body.
Mochinori shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Savic tried to counter with a leg kick but Mochinori avoided it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Savic.
Mochinori throws a predictable looking body shot
and Savic counters with a nice leg kick.
Savic throws a body kick that misses.
Mochinori defending well as Savic loads up on a big left hand.
Mochinori dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Savic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Savic lands a jab to the head.
Savic punishes Mochinori's body with a nice straight punch.
Savic connects with an inside leg kick.
Dragomir Savic is winning the standup battle so far.
Savic checks the leg kick.
Mochinori throws a body kick that misses.
Savic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Savic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mochinori throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Mochinori moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mochinori lands with a right hand.
Savic throws a body kick that misses.
Mochinori checks a low kick from Savic.
Mochinori pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mochinori.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mochinori takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Savic throws a right and a left that Mochinori avoids nicely.
Mochinori throws a jab when Savic was well out of range.
Mochinori avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mochinori avoids the head kick by Savic.
Mochinori lands a head shot.
A combination from Mochinori does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Mochinori misses the target.
Mochinori scores with a body shot.
Mochinori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mochinori takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mochinori slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Savic lands a jab to the head.
Mochinori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Savic.
Mochinori feints a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mochinori. Savic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mochinori throws the left hand but Savic avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Savic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mochinori.
Mochinori will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mochinori sizes up Savic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mochinori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mochinori jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Mochinori blocks the leg kick.
Savic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mochinori lands a jab to the nose.
Savic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mochinori scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Savic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Savic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Mochinori looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Mochinori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Savic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Savic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mochinori lands a really nice looking cross but Savic seems unphased.
Mochinori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Savic.
Mochinori takes a swing at Savic's ribcage but misses.
Savic cracks Mochinori with an open hand slap.
Savic lands a slapping body shot.
Mochinori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mochinori misses with a hook.
Mochinori buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mochinori throws an off balance right hand
and Savic counters with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Uesugi Mochinori.
I think Mochinori has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!