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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sabin Figaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Figaro is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Coming Home - Instrumental. Savage is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Roy Savage has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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27
263 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
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25
253 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sabin Figaro!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Figaro closes the distance and clinches up with Savage, looking for a takedown. Figaro pushes Savage against the cage but Savage circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Savage is breathing heavily.
Savage gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Savage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Figaro must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Figaro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Figaro controls from within his opponent's guard.
Figaro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Savage's head.
Figaro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Figaro wants to stand but Savage has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Figaro working some strikes from top position.
Savage keeping moving, preventing Figaro from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Figaro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Savage's head.
Figaro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Figaro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figaro trying to control the position from guard on top but Savage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Savage being controlled here, momentarily.
Figaro landing some decent shots from guard.
Figaro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savage works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Figaro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Savage is keeping the position for now.
Figaro with a nice head shot there.
Figaro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savage swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Figaro connects with a couple of short punches.
Figaro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Figaro trying to control but Savage is working from the bottom.
Figaro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Figaro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Figaro cracks Savage with a solid left hand.
Figaro lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Savage is rocked!
Figaro lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Savage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Figaro passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Savage on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Savage tries to get out of the position.
Figaro in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Savage looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Figaro turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sabin Figaro!
Sabin Figaro seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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