PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boban Savic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aulis Multio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savic comes to the cage accompanied by Walk. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Savic
vs
Multio

198 cm
25
270 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
248 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boban Savic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aulis Multio!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savic dodges the punch combination from Multio.
Multio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Multio looks to land a left hand but Savic moved out of range nicely.
Multio lands a jab to Savic's midsection.
Savic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Savic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Savic throws a hook to the side of Multio's head but Multio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Savic misses with an uppercut.
Multio stuns Savic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Multio slips a jab and a cross from Savic.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Multio.
Multio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savic.
Savic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Multio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.
Savic scoring well with a low kick there.
Savic moves out of range as Multio strikes.
Savic throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Savic. That's going to slow Multio down.
Savic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Savic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Multio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Multio cracks Savic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Savic misses with a low kick.
Multio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Savic sprawls well. Savic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Multio gets slowly back to his feet.
Savic is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Savic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Savic looks to land a combination but Multio avoids it well.
Savic is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Multio tries for a takedown but Savic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Savic dodges the punch combination from Multio.
Savic misses with a low kick.
Multio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Savic.
Multio tries to score a power double leg takedown but Savic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Multio somewhat.
Boban Savic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aulis Multio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Multio fails to land the takedown.
Savic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Multio misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savic. Multio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Multio lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Multio misses
and Savic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Multio misses with a straight left.
Multio lands a nice hook to Savic's body. Savic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Savic misses with a double jab

and Multio counters with a takedown into side control.
Multio is looking to take a break and control but Savic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic holds on to Multio's head and controls the position momentarily.
Savic parries the strikes from Multio easily there. Multio is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Savic to escape.
An elbow from Multio crashes against the mat.
Multio is looking to take a break and control but Savic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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.
Savic struggling a bit here.
Multio throwing shots but missing, from side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Multio looks to land a left hand but Savic moved out of range nicely.
Boban Savic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Savic misses with a straight right.
Savic just misses with a punch to the body.
Savic misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savic throws an overhand right that lands on Multio's shoulder, as Multio tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the liver by Multio. Beautiful body shot.
Savic avoids the body shot from Multio.
Multio throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boban Savic dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Multio.
Multio has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Multio dodges the punch combination from Savic.
Boban Savic is winning the standup battle so far.
Multio throws a sloppy body shot
and Savic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Multio lands with a nice body punch.
Multio throws the left hand but Savic avoids the punch easily.
Multio is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Savic throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savic misses with a wild combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Savic.
Multio ducks under a wild hook from Savic.
Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Multio.
A cross from Multio lands.
Multio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Savic doesn't seem bothered though.
Multio misses with an uppercut.
Multio misses with a takedown attempt - Savic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Savic tries to land a leg kick but Multio saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Multio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Savic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Multio moves out of range as Savic strikes.
Multio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Savic rather than just go for the knockout.
Savic throws a big shot that misses.
Multio thuds a left hand into Savic's body.
Multio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Multio closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Savic did well to prevent Multio getting side control.
Savic is not content to let Multio control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Savic manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Multio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Multio trying to control the position from guard on top but Savic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savic wants to sweep here but Multio controlling him for the moment.
Multio is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Multio's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Multio is looking to work some ground and pound but Savic has wrist control.
Savic has Multio pulled in close to control his posture.
Savic being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Aulis Multio.
Savic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Multio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Savic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Savic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Multio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Savic pinned against the cage. Savic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Multio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Savic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Multio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Savic thuds a left hand into Multio's body.
Savic throws a hook but Multio blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savic throws out a loose jab but Multio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Multio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Savic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boban Savic dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Multio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Multio looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Savic trying to control from the bottom.
Multio lands with a punch from half guard.
Multio takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Multio is trying to control. Savic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Multio is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Savic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Savic is not content to let Multio control the position.
Savic trying to control here.
Aulis Multio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Multio is trying to control. Savic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Aulis Multio.
Savic looks to land a right hand but Multio moved out of range.
Savic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Multio. Multio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Multio.
Savic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Savic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut there from Multio.
Savic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savic scores with a hook.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Multio.
Multio tries for a takedown but Savic circles away easily
and Savic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Multio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Multio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Multio scores with the left hand. Savic knows he should have avoided that one.
Savic swings for the body but Multio moves out of range.
Multio checks the leg kick.
Savic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Multio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savic throws out the jab.
Savic misses with an uppercut. Multio saw that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Savic, right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Savic.
Multio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice shot lands for Savic.
Multio shoots in looking for a takedown. Savic tries to sprawl out of it but Multio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Savic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Savic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Multio circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Multio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savic. Multio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Multio lands with a hook. Savic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Savic tries a low kick but Multio avoids it.
Multio throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Savic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Multio just misses with a punch to the body.
Multio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Savic swivels and escapes.
Boban Savic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aulis Multio.
Multio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Multio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Multio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Savic.
Multio shoots in looking for a takedown. Savic tries to sprawl out of it but Multio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Savic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Savic slips under a jab from Multio.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boban Savic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Savic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boban Savic!