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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sidney Wonder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezekiel Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wonder comes to the cage accompanied by Unforgiven 3. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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189 lbs
12 - 9 - 1 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sidney Wonder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ezekiel Savage!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonder bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Savage gets back to half guard.
Wonder prevents Savage from improving his position.
Wonder wants to free his trapped foot but Savage is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wonder is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Savage slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wonder wants to pass the guard but Savage is keeping the position.
Savage looking to control.
Wonder pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Savage is keeping the position for now.
Savage has his hands on Wonder's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Savage with good strikes from the mount here!
Wonder wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Savage.
Savage wants to control the pace but Wonder is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savage scoring with strikes but Wonder is staying in there.
Savage throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Savage throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wonder because Savage loaded up on that one.
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
Savage looking to control but Wonder is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wonder is desperately trying to improve his position but Savage has a good base and remains in mount.
Savage wants to control the pace but Wonder is squirming around nicely.
Savage avoids the attempt from Wonder to control.
Savage lands a big shot there that rocks Wonder but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonder holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Savage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wonder holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Savage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Savage wants to control the pace but Wonder is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Savage might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wonder kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Savage controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Savage lands a big elbow.
Wonder blocking the ground and pound.
Wonder holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Savage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Savage thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Savage throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Savage working the ground and pound effectively.
Savage thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezekiel Savage dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Savage misses with a hook
and Wonder makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Savage closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Wonder's guard.
Savage content to stall in guard here.
Wonder keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
Wonder working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Savage.
Savage wants to pass the guard but Wonder is keeping the position.
Wonder working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Savage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wonder swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Savage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wonder is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Savage sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Savage throws a big right hand that misses.
Savage's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ezekiel Savage has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Savage gets a clinch.
Savage pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Savage manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Savage thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Savage punching from mount but Wonder doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Savage lands a nice shot to the head.
Savage misses with a head shot.
Savage looking to ground and pound but Wonder is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws some wild stikes that Wonder manages to avoid easily.
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
Wonder in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Savage throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wonder because Savage loaded up on that one.
Savage throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Savage raining down hammerfists from mount.
Savage punching from mount but Wonder doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Savage lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Wonder wants to try and get back to his feet.
Savage unloading with bombs!
Wonder is desperately trying to improve his position but Savage has a good base and remains in mount.
Savage postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wonder looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wonder defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Savage.
Savage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wonder is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezekiel Savage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Savage wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Savage dips to his left and cracks Wonder with an uppercut!
Savage throws a combination that misses
and Wonder counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Savage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savage swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wonder counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Savage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wonder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Savage throws a half hearted mid kick.
Savage cracks the inside of Wonder's front leg.
Wonder just misses with a punch to the body.
Savage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wonder, pushing him back against the cage.
Wonder has hold of one of Savage's legs. Savage is fighting the takedown attempt but Wonder gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wonder postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Savage is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Wonder, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage is stalling in the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Savage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Savage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
Ezekiel Savage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savage trying to control but Wonder is working from the bottom.
Sidney Wonder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Savage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wonder avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Savage wants to control from the top but Wonder keeps moving.
Wonder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Savage loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Savage trying to control but Wonder is working from the bottom.
Wonder wants to stand but Savage is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage advances to half guard.
Savage passes to side control.
Savage misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wonder is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Savage is controlling him well.
Wonder is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wonder is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonder tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Savage wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Savage creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Savage looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Savage wants to control but Wonder is keeping him busy.
Wonder is working to avoid the ground and pound but Savage connects with a decent elbow.
Savage blocks the strikes from Wonder.
Ezekiel Savage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Savage lands a few punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ezekiel Savage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Savage winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezekiel Savage!
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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