PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Plimsouls - Oldest Story In The World. Savage has chosen Definitely as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bailey
vs
Savage

186 cm
20
201 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Savage!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bailey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Savage plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Savage tries to clinch but Bailey is having none of it.
Savage tries to clinch up but Bailey circles away and keeps his distance.
Bailey throws a hook but Savage avoids it easily.
Savage scores with a kick to the body.
Bailey misses with a takedown attempt - Savage sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bailey keeps the fight on the outside.

Savage closes the distance and pushes Bailey back into the cage.
Bailey is trying to break the clinch but Savage is controlling him.
Bailey goes for a takedown attempt but Savage pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bailey dives in and grabs Savage's left leg, looking for a takedown. Savage pushes down on Bailey's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Savage has managed to clinch.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Bailey has had enough of the clinch but Savage keeps him there for the moment.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Savage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Savage connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Randy Bailey has been cut.
Savage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
Savage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Savage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bailey has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Savage is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Savage scores with a knee to the head.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Savage - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Savage.

Savage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage is looking to clinch.
Bailey shoots for a double leg takedown but Savage sprawls well. He's pushed Bailey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bailey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bailey scores a takedown into full mount!
Bailey wants to control the pace but Savage is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bailey thowing shots but they're missing.
Bailey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey wants to control the pace but Savage is squirming around nicely.
Savage blocking the ground and pound.
Bailey controlling the pace for now.
Bailey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Savage is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bailey throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Savage because Bailey loaded up on that one.
Bailey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bailey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Savage is looking to escape.
Bailey breaks from Savage's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Savage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Bailey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bailey decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bailey is taking a breather. Savage says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Randy Bailey just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Bailey misses with a wild body shot.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bailey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savage doesn't manage to clinch there - Bailey circles away.
Savage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage slips a jab and a cross from Bailey.
Bailey shoots in and drives through. Savage sprawls well.
Bailey fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bailey throws a series of punches but Savage avoids them all with ease.
Bailey misses the jab.
No joy there for Bailey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bailey thows a body shot but no joy.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bailey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Savage moves into range and clinches up with Bailey.
The referee is keeping an eye on Savage - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey tries to score a body lock takedown but Savage shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bailey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Savage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Savage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bailey's face.
Bailey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Savage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Savage connects with a knee to the head.
Bailey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bailey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Savage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Savage manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Savage is trying to maintain a safe position but Bailey gets an underhook and turns Savage into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Savage obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savage connects with a knee to the head.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Savage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Savage.
Knees to the body from Savage.
Savage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Savage obliges.
Tim Savage seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Savage lands a nice knee to the body.
Savage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bailey avoids it.
Savage lands a nice knee to the body.
Savage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Savage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Savage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage slips under a jab from Bailey.
Tim Savage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bailey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Savage instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Savage crunches a lovely knee into Bailey's ribcage.
Bailey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Savage gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Savage scores a nice knee to the body.

Bailey manages to break the clinch.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bailey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Savage swivels and escapes.
Savage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage tries to clinch but Bailey is having none of it.

Savage moves into the clinch.
Bailey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Savage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Savage manages to break the clinch.
Bailey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Savage but Savage pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bailey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bailey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Savage lands a head shot.

Savage darts in and clinches Bailey up against the cage.
Savage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bailey tries for a takedown. No joy.

Bailey has clasped his hands together around Savage's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Savage can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is looking to take a break and control but Savage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Bailey decides to stand back up.
Savage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bailey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Savage pinned against the cage. Savage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bailey loads up on a big right hand but Savage slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Savage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Randy Bailey's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Savage ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Savage slips under a jab.
Bailey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bailey looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Savage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bailey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bailey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savage tries to clinch up but Bailey circles away and keeps his distance.
Bailey keeps the fight on the outside.
Bailey misses with the combination.
Bailey fails with a takedown attempt.
Bailey misses with a jab to the body
and Savage finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Savage is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
Bailey swats away the attempt to clinch by Savage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savage throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.
Bailey fails to land with a series of punches.
Savage tries to clinch up.
Bailey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Savage as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Savage prevents Bailey from breaking the clinch.
Savage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bailey tries for a takedown but Savage manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bailey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Savage lands a good knee to the midsection. Bailey won't want to take too many of those.
Savage keeps control of Bailey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Savage.
Savage is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Savage.
Bailey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Savage smiles and moves away.
Savage doesn't manage to clinch there - Bailey circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to clinch up.
Savage moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.
Bailey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Savage counters with a stiff right hand.
Savage is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
Savage leaves Bailey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Savage instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Savage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bailey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Savage scores with a one two! Bailey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Savage has closed the distance and engaged Bailey in a clinch.
Bailey is trying to break the clinch but Savage has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Savage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Savage landing knees to the body.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bailey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Savage lands a knee to the body.
Savage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Savage leaning against his opponent.

Bailey manages to break the clinch.
Savage moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.
Bailey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savage tries to clinch there but Bailey circles away.
Savage tries to close the distance and clinch but Bailey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Savage bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Savage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bailey, pushing him back against the cage.
Savage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bailey is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Savage's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Savage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Savage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bailey avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage gets underhooks to prevent Bailey's takedown attempt.
Bailey tries to break the clinch but Savage is controlling the position.
Bailey wants to get back to striking at distance but Savage won't allow it.
Tim Savage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Savage gets underhooks to prevent Bailey's takedown attempt.
Randy Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Savage lands a good knee to the midsection. Bailey won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Bailey's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bailey drops down looking for an ankle pick but Savage pulls his leg out and moves away.
Savage scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey is trying hard to land a takedown here. Savage sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Savage has Bailey up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savage controlling the action here for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim 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 John Roberts scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Savage!