PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serge Savard (ranked 4000 p4p, 2317 weight class) and Felix Savon (ranked 522 p4p, 337 weight class). Savon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Félix Savón - Knockouts kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Savard
vs
Savon

180 cm
25
225
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
275
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Serge Savard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Felix Savon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Savard just misses with a punch to the body.
Savon connects with a nice looking jab.
Savon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Savon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Savon wants it to stay on the feet.
Savard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savon manages to avoid it.
Savon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Savon.
Savard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Savard shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
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!
Savon is looking to get back to is feet but Savard passes into side control.
Savard scoring with punches and elbows.
Savard scoring with punches and elbows.
Savon is pushing Savard's head away, looking to escape. Savard manages to hold on to the position though.
Savard scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Savard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Savon keeps working.
Savard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Savon to see if he's OK.
Savard looks up at the clock and then as Savon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Savard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Savard slows the pace down.

Savard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Savard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Savon is avoiding damage well.
Savon is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Savard has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Savard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Savon some visible discomfort.
Savard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Savon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Savon parries the strikes from Savard easily there. Savard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Savon to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savon is pushing Savard's head away, looking to escape. Savard manages to hold on to the position though.
Savard lands an elbow.
Savon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Savard just content to control the position.
Savard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Savard cracks Savon with a big right hand but Savon just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Savard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Savon is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savard scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Savon is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Savard can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Serge Savard!