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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Happy Lucky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage has chosen Randy's Entrance as his entrance music. Randy Savage acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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179 cm
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188 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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197 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Intelligent |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Happy Lucky! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy Savage! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lucky throws a combination that misses letting Savage counter with a right hand. Savage shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lucky's guard. Savage showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Lucky bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Savage's guard. Lucky stops Savage from standing up. Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucky. Lucky scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Lucky throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savage works some decent striking defense from the bottom. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Lucky throws a big right hand that misses. Lucky sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Savage's guard. Savage is looking to escape. Savage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Savage tries to kick Lucky off but Lucky keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lucky throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Lucky throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Savage is trying to stand back up but Lucky is controlling him
Lucky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Savage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lucky. Savage really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lucky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Lucky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Savage defending well though. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Savage regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Lucky. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lucky accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Lucky postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucky.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Lucky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Lucky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Lucky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Lucky throwing strikes but missing. Lucky thows a big elbow that misses. Lucky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Lucky prevents Savage from getting back to his feet. Savage looks gassed! Lucky throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savage works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Lucky stands up over Savage, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucky.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lucky in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Lucky postures up in Savage's guard and throws a big left but Savage blocks it. Lucky loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Savage avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Lucky is in close to Savage's body, working some short punches and elbows. Lucky with a flurry of punches that miss. Lucky scoring with some ground and pound. Lucky works over Savage with some ground and pound from guard. Lucky throws a big right hand that misses. Lucky throwing strikes from guard but Savage blocks nicely. Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucky.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lucky stands up over Savage, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Lucky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Lucky with a flurry of punches that miss. Lucky throws and elbow that misses. Savage uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lucky's guard. Nice move by Savage! Savage must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Lucky throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lucky throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lucky keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom. Lucky thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Lucky scores with a nice shot. Lucky throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lucky trying to strike off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lucky is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Lucky dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lucky with a lazy takedown attempt and Savage counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Savage. Lucky tries to strike from the bottom.
Lucky striking from his own guard. Lucky trying to strike off his back.
Lucky throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Savage controlling from the top position. Savage wants to control from the top but Lucky keeps moving. Savage lands a couple of elbows. Lucky throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Savage is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there. Savage scoring with some ground and pound. Lucky looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lucky throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Happy Lucky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Lucky looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Lucky striking off his back but it's not causing Savage any problems. Savage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lucky works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Savage looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Savage won't allow Lucky to sweep him here. Lucky will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lucky being controlled here, momentarily. If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup. Lucky keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully. Savage is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Savage is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Randy Savage has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Lucky misses with a takedown and Savage counters with a nice double leg into guard. Lucky trying to strike off his back.
Lucky throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Savage not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Lucky lands an upkick as Savage stands over him. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Savage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Lucky tries to land a sweep but no joy. Lucky throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lucky keeping full guard, as Savage tries to pass. Lucky trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lucky throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lucky thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Savage trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lucky doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Savage trying to control but Lucky is working from the bottom. Savage wants to pass the guard but Lucky is keeping the position. We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace. Lucky trying to strike off his back.
Savage is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Lucky throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Lucky scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Lucky will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lucky throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. Lucky working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Savage. Lucky doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lucky striking off his back but it's not causing Savage any problems. Savage stopping the sweep attempt from Lucky. Savage looking to pass the guard. Lucky tries to strike from the bottom.
Savage is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Lucky trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Savage controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Savage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lucky misses with a takedown attempt and Savage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Lucky throwing short punches from the bottom. Savage controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Savage slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Lucky is looking to reverse the position. Lucky throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Savage trying to control the action but Lucky is working from the bottom. Lucky striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Savage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Lucky wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land. Lucky throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land. Lucky striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Lucky manages to work his way to half guard, despite Savage's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round. Savage stalling. Savage blocks the strikes from Lucky.
Lucky is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest. Savage lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Lucky is trying to get back to full guard. Savage blocks the strikes from Lucky.
Savage takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Lucky missing with punches from the bottom.
Savage controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Savage blocks the strikes from Lucky.
Lucky is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Savage trying to mount his opponent but Lucky defends it. Lucky throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Lucky scores with a few weak punches. Lucky manages to get to full guard.
Lucky is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Savage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lucky drops an elbow to the side of Savage's head. Lucky not landing any meaningful shots this time. Lucky throws a strike but Savage avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucky. Lucky working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Savage's head. Savage utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Lucky is pushing down on Savage's leg trying to pass to half guard. Savage is fighting to maintain full guard but Lucky has managed to sneak the leg through. Lucky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Lucky throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Lucky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lucky thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Savage's head. Lucky moves nicely into side control. The ground and pound from Lucky seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. Savage takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Lucky landing strikes. Savage dodges the ground and pound from Lucky. Lucky tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Lucky misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Savage parries the strikes from Lucky easily there. Lucky is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Savage to escape.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Randy Savage. Well Savage has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29 Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29 Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Savage!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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