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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jethro Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Berry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks. Ash Berry has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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216 lbs
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211 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Jethro Savage!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry stuns Savage with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Berry scores with a jab to the jaw.
Berry takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Berry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Savage shoots in and gets a takedown into Berry's guard.
Savage works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage prevents Berry from improving his position.
Savage trying to control the action but Berry is working from the bottom.
Savage has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Berry tries to hold on but Savage pushes him away.
Berry can't escape the position.
Savage landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry can't escape the position.
Berry is in a horrible position here. Savage smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Savage looking to ground and pound but Berry is blocking nicely.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.
Savage punching from mount but Berry doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Berry is trying to escape the mount.
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.
Berry avoids a series of strikes thrown by Savage.
Savage landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Savage unloads with some shots from mount but Berry bucks and avoids them well.
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
Savage landing shots from mount.
Berry tries to hold on but Savage pushes him away.
Berry working to try and regain half guard.
Berry holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Savage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Savage with a couple of short strikes.
Savage punishing his opponent with strikes.
Savage lands a nice shot to the head.
Berry avoids a series of strikes thrown by Savage.
Berry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Berry manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage trying to pass the guard but Berry defending well.
Savage thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Savage wants to pass the guard but Berry is defending well.
Berry wants to improve his position but Savage is controlling well.
Berry makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Berry.
Berry keeping full guard, as Savage tries to pass.
Savage passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Savage looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Berry is avoiding damage well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry tries to buck Savage off but Savage is having none of it.
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.
Savage in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Berry is not content to let Savage control the position.
Savage with the ground and pound but Berry regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Berry is looking for a sweep. Savage is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Savage scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berry is looking to improve his position.
Savage working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jethro Savage dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Savage scores with a nice head shot.
Berry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Berry misses with a leg kick.
Savage looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
Savage takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Berry throws a shot from downtown. Savage moves away and avoids it.
Berry wants to slow Savage down by chopping away at his legs.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Berry's corner calls for a 1-2. Berry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berry misses with a double jab.
Berry tries to sprawl but Savage drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Savage is trying to control. Berry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Berry regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Savage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage stopping the sweep attempt from Berry.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage scoring with punches to the head and body.
Savage throws an elbow that misses. Berry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Savage's guard. Nice move by Berry!
Jethro Savage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Berry gets to his feet - Savage follows without any prompting.
Berry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Savage counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Savage cracks Berry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage misses with an uppercut.
Savage swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Berry.
Ash Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Savage throws a jab but it's blocked by Berry.
Berry missing with a left hand there. Savage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Savage closes this distance looking for a takedown but Berry circles away.
Berry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Savage counters with a nice uppercut.
Savage cracks a nice hook into Berry's ribs.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Savage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab by Berry.
Berry gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Berry keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry controls Savage momentarily but Savage frees himself.
Berry trying to control the position here.
Savage pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berry is keeping the position for now.
Savage throwing strikes but missing.
Berry 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 looking for submissions off his back.
Berry wants to stand up but Savage has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage regains full guard. Nicely done.
Savage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Berry is looking to stand up but Savage won't let him.
Berry stopping the sweep attempt from Savage.
Berry postures up.
Savage manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Berry manages to get himself to full guard.
Berry working a defensive guard here.
Berry working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Savage.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage won't allow Berry to sweep him here.
Berry is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Savage trying to control but Berry is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jethro 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Savage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Savage throws a shot from downtown. Berry moves away and avoids it.
Berry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Berry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Berry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berry.
Berry defending well as Savage loads up on a big left hand.
Berry moves out of range as Savage strikes.
Good shot there by Savage.
Savage slips under a jab.
Berry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Savage.
Berry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Savage bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Savage lands a few punches from side control.
Savage creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Berry sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Savage throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Savage throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Berry is looking to reverse the position.
Savage scores with a couple of short elbows.
Savage in side control, throwing shots but Berry defends.
Berry taking punishment in the form of punches.
Berry regains half guard, as Savage was trying to land strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berry wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage thows a huge punch but Berry dodges it nicely.
Berry is looking for a sweep. Savage is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Savage throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Savage throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Savage not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Savage trying to mount his opponent but Berry defends it.
Savage seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Savage wants to pass to mount but Berry is defending the position.
Savage uses his free foot to push down on Berry's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Berry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Savage looking to finish with strikes here!
Berry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Savage lands a big shot there that rocks Berry but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ash Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Savage dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but Berry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Savage lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Berry is rocked!
Berry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Berry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Savage cracks Berry with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jethro Savage!
Jethro Savage managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, into his post fight interview.
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