PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zydrunas Savickas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramses Dinkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramses Dinkin has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Savickas
vs
Dinkin

191 cm
18
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zydrunas Savickas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramses Dinkin!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savickas keeps the fight on the outside.
Donk. Dinkin catches Savickas right on the button with a cross.

Dinkin gets a clinch.
Dinkin cracks Savickas with a nice body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Dinkin breaks the clinch.
Dinkin misses with a body shot.
Savickas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dinkin gets a clinch.
Dinkin landing knees to the body.
Dinkin blocks an elbow strike.
Dinkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dinkin stalling.
Savickas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Savickas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dinkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Savickas or not.
Savickas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dinkin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dinkin digs a right hand into Savickas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Savickas's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Dinkin.
A right handed body shot lands from Dinkin.
Savickas is breathing heavily.

Dinkin manages to break the clinch.
Savickas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savickas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Dinkin drives through and clinches with Savickas against the cage.
Dinkin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Dinkin.
Dinkin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Savickas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dinkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dinkin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dinkin lands a body punch.
Savickas letting Dinkin take a breather here.

Dinkin breaks from the clinch.

Dinkin clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Dinkin.

Dinkin breaks the clinch.

Dinkin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Savickas, pushing him back against the cage.
Dinkin landing knees to the body.
Dinkin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dinkin lands a nice knee to the body.
Dinkin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Savickas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dinkin controlling the action here for a moment.
Dinkin digs a right hand underneath Savickas's ribcage. Savickas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Savickas or not.
Dinkin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Savickas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dinkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Savickass head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinkin has Savickas pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dinkin.
A right handed body shot lands from Dinkin.
Dinkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stalling in the clinch from Dinkin.
Dinkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Savickas or not.
Dinkin leaning his opponent against the cage.

Dinkin breaks from the clinch.

Dinkin rushes Savickas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dinkin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dinkin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savickas.
Dinkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Dinkin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Savickas.
Dinkin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Savickas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dinkin working Savickas over with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dinkin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dinkin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Savickas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinkin landing knees to the body.
Dinkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Savickas backwards.

Dinkin manages to break the clinch.
Dinkin tries to clinch but Savickas is having none of it.
Dinkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Dinkin clinches.

Dinkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dinkin drives through and clinches with Savickas against the cage.
Dinkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Savickas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savickas swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savickas is trying to push Dinkin away but Dinkin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dinkin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Savickas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinkin lands a knee to the body.
Dinkin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Savickas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dinkin is leaning against Savickas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dinkin avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dinkin - that landed with a thud.
Dinkin lands a nice knee to the body.
Savickas takes a knee to the side of 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!
Dinkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dinkin landing knees to the head.

Dinkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dinkin gets a clinch.
Dinkin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Savickas tries to break free but Dinkin pushes him back against the cage.
Dinkin landing knees to the body.
Dinkin with a knee to the head.
Dinkin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Savickas's face.
Dinkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dinkin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Savickas is defending well for now.
Savickas managing to block the knees to the body from Dinkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramses Dinkin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Savickas doesn't manage to clinch there - Dinkin circles away.
Dinkin misses with a body shot.
Savickas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dinkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dinkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Savickas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savickas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dinkin manages to avoid it.
Dinkin takes one on the button.
Dinkin lands a body shot.
Savickas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dinkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Savickas throws a jab but it's blocked by Dinkin.
Dinkin wants to clinch
and Savickas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dinkin wants to clinch up but Savickas keeps it at a distance.
Savickas swats away the attempt to clinch by Dinkin.
Dinkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dinkin ducks right into an uppercut from Savickas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinkin walks into a stiff left hand from Savickas.
Dinkin is breathing heavily.

Dinkin clinches.

Dinkin breaks from the clinch.
Zydrunas Savickas is winning the standup battle so far.
Savickas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savickas tries to clinch up

and Dinkin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dinkin.
A short body shot lands from Dinkin as the two fighters clinch.
Savickas is trying to stall.
Savickas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dinkin lands a body shot.

Dinkin manages to break the clinch.
Savickas tries to close the distance and clinch but Dinkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dinkin misses with a double jab.
Dinkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savickas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dinkin looks to land a combination but Savickas avoids it well.
Ramses Dinkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savickas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dinkin on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Savickas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dinkin swings widly with a right hand

and Savickas counters with a big uppercut that knocks Dinkin off his feet! Savickas dives into side control looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savickas taking a break here but Dinkin is having none of it and regains half guard.
Dinkin is doing well to control the position and prevent Savickas from advancing to side control.
Savickas looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savickas is working hard here to advance position.
Dinkin gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dinkin is pulling down on Savickas's head. It's preventing any offense from Savickas, at least for the moment.
Savickas wants to control from the top but Dinkin keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Zydrunas Savickas has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dinkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dinkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Savickas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Dinkin moves into range and clinches up with Savickas.
Come on Dinkin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dinkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Savickas or not.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savickas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Savickas looking to throw knees to the head but Dinkin is blocking nicely.
Savickas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savickas misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dinkin.
Dinkin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zydrunas Savickas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dinkin tries to clinch up but Savickas circles away and keeps his distance.
Savickas throws a hook but Dinkin blocks it.
Dinkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savickas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dinkin works Savickas's body with a nice hook.
Dinkin tries to clinch there but Savickas circles away.
Savickas moves in looking to clinch but Dinkin pushes him off.
Savickas keeps the fight on the outside.

Dinkin has managed to clinch.
A short right from Dinkin on the inside.
Savickas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Dinkin.
Savickas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dinkin with a knee to the head.
Dinkin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dinkin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Savickas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dinkin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dinkin.
Dinkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dinkin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dinkin presses Savickas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinkin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dinkin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dinkin.
A short body shot lands from Dinkin as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Dinkin as the two fighters clinch.
Dinkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dinkin with a knee to the head.
Ramses Dinkin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Dinkin.
Dinkin lands a knee to the body.
Dinkin pushes Savickas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Savickas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dinkin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Savickas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Savickas wants to break free but Dinkin has control.
Dinkin lands a knee to the body.

Dinkin breaks from the clinch.

Dinkin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dinkin landing knees to the head.
Dinkin missing with knees to the body.
Savickas can't break the clinch.
Dinkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dinkin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dinkin blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinkin blocking some punches.
Dinkin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dinkin trying to land knees to the body.
Dinkin missing with knees to the body.
Savickas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savickas can't find room to land a body shot as Dinkin controls the action.
Dinkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dinkin prevents a body shot from Savickas.
Dinkin crunches a lovely knee into Savickas's ribcage.
Dinkin is leaning against Savickas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Savickas misses with a punch on the inside.

Dinkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savickas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savickas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dinkin.

Dinkin rushes Savickas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savickas tries to break the clinch but Dinkin is controlling the position.
Dinkin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Dinkin breaks the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Dinkin scores with a four punch combination!
Dinkin tries to clinch but Savickas is having none of it.
Dinkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Savickas circles away.
Savickas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Savickas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dinkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savickas wants to clinch

and Dinkin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dinkin.
Savickas managing to block the knees to the body from Dinkin.
Savickas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Dinkin manages to break the clinch.
Savickas wants to clinch
and Dinkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Savickas tries to clinch there but Dinkin circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savickas takes a swing at Dinkin's ribcage but misses.
Dinkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savickas.
Dinkin keeps the fight on the outside.
Savickas scores with a hook to the body. Dinkin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Savickas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dinkin manages to avoid it.
Savickas walks into a stiff left hand from Dinkin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savickas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dinkin circles away quickly and effectively.
Dinkin tries to clinch but Savickas moves out of range.
Dinkin dips to his left and cracks Savickas with an uppercut!

Savickas gets tackled into the cage by Dinkin. Dinkin maintains the clinch.
Dinkin with a knee to the head.
Dinkin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dinkin lands a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savickas tries to circle away but Dinkin has him pinned against the cage.
Dinkin with a knee to the head.
Dinkin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Savickas misses with a punch on the inside.
Dinkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dinkin is trying to maintain a safe position but Savickas gets an underhook and turns Dinkin into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramses Dinkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dinkin 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramses Dinkin!