PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Savage might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Macho Man Theme. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Savage
vs
Watson

183 cm
27
198 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

183 cm
22
197 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Cage Wars Nutrition
Cage Wars Nutrition

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Watson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Savage shoots in.
Watson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Savage.
Savage throws a big shot that misses.
Savage throws a shot from downtown. Watson moves away and avoids it.
Savage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Savage throws a sloppy head kick and Watson moves out of range easily.
Watson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Savage with a lazy takedown attempt

and Watson counters with a single leg into guard. Savage didn't expect that.
Watson wants to pass the guard but Savage is keeping the position.
Watson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savage 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 throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Watson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Savage throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Watson chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson stands up over Savage, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savage swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Watson advances to half guard.
Savage is looking to improve his position.
Savage gets full guard.
Watson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Savage is keeping the position for now.
Watson landing with the ground and pound.
Savage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watson is one step ahead there.
Savage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watson.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Watson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Savage is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
You get the feeling that Watson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Savage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Watson is looking to escape.
Savage punishing his opponent with strikes.
Savage postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Watson looks a forlorn figure.
Watson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Watson looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Savage scoring with strikes but Watson is staying in there.
Savage working Watson over with strikes here.
Watson is in a horrible position here. Savage smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
Savage breaks from Watson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Savage 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.
Savage lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?

Watson is rocked!
Watson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Watson is still in real trouble! Can Savage finish him?
Watson seems to have recovered his senses.
Savage pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Savage putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Savage cracks Watson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Watson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Savage and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Savage!