PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Favre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Favre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wanted Dread & Alive. Sawyer has chosen None as his entrance music. Thomas Sawyer told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Favre
vs
Sawyer

182 cm
23
190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
194 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Favre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Sawyer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sawyer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sawyer showed some decent athleticism there.
Favre trying to control here.

Favre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sawyer pulls his head out easily.
Favre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sawyer slows the pace down in half guard.
Favre is trying to control but Sawyer manages to pass to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Favre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sawyer dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Sawyer.
Favre can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer content just to control the position here.
Sawyer's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sawyer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Favre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Favre wants to control but Sawyer is having none of it.
Sawyer landing shots from mount.
Favre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sawyer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Sawyer has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Favre is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sawyer cracks Favre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sawyer controlling from the full mount.
Sawyer looking to finish Favre with some ground and pound. This is bad for Favre!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Sawyer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Favre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sawyer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Favre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Favre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sawyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Favre.
Sawyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Favre moves away.
Favre is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Sawyer misses.
Sawyer lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Favre falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Sawyer!