PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ygor Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage's entrance music is The Silent Comedy - Bartholomew. A fine choice. Tank has chosen Destiny as his entrance music. Frank Tank has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Savage
vs
Tank

183 cm
30
275 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

225 cm
28
300 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ygor Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Tank!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage throws a lazy head kick
and Tank counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Savage blocks a low kick nicely.
Savage misses with a body kick.
Savage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Savage throws a leg kick which misses Tank's front leg but catches the back leg as Tank tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Tank misses.
Savage moves out of range of the body kick from Tank.
Tank throws a hook but Savage blocks it.
Savage misses the jab.
Savage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tank checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tank misses with a low kick.

Tank moves into the clinch successfully.
Tank tries a body shot but Savage blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tank scores with a shot to the side of Savage's head.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank can't find room to land a body shot as Savage controls the action.
Tank tries a body shot but Savage blocks it.
Savage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tank avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Savage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tank's brow.
Tank misses with a punch to the body.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Tank tries a body shot but Savage blocks it.
Tank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savage's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Savage throws an elbow but misses.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage stalling against the cage.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.
Tank throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank tries to throw a body punch but Savage avoids it by throwing Tank back against the cage.
Tank misses with a body punch.
Savage landing knees to the body.
Tank doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tank is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage with a knee to the head.

It looks like Frank Tank has been cut.
Savage pushes off an throws an elbow but Tank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Savage prevents a body shot from Tank.
Savage throws an elbow but it misses.
Savage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tank in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tank scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tank avoids it.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tank lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tank cracks Savage with a nice body shot.
Savage throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Tank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Savage throws a leg kick but Tank moved away.
Savage throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tank on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tank tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Savage misses with a low kick as Tank jumps back.
Savage goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Savage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tank.
Tank stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Savage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tank throws a right and a left that Savage avoids nicely.
Tank scores with a crisp jab that stopped Savage in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tank moves away from the strike by Savage.
Tank works over Savage's head and body with a nice combination.
Tank looks for the body kick but Savage saw that one coming.
Tank misses with a low kick.
Savage misses with a low kick.
Savage feints and then cracks Tank's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tank down.
A head kick misses from Savage.
Tank throws a looping overhand right but Savage ducks down to avoid it.
Savage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Savage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tank looks gassed!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Savage.
Savage pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tank is out of range and Savage settles back down.
Savage throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Tank gets tackled into the cage by Savage. Savage maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ygor Savage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Tank's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Savage rushes Tank and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Savage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tank.
Tank swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.
Savage misses with a knee to the head.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tank misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Tank.
Ygor Savage has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tank looking to slow down the pace here.
Savage misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.
Tank is trying to break free.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tank is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Savage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Savage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tank is keeping busy.
Savage misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage pushes off an throws an elbow but Tank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tank tries to throw a body punch but Savage avoids it by throwing Tank back against the cage.

Tank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage is looking to clinch.

Tank has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tank slows down the pace here.
Tank wants to break free but Savage has control.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tank stalling against the cage.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank working hard to break the clinch.
Savage misses with an elbow over the top.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.
Savage blocks a body shot from Tank.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Savage throws an elbow but misses.
Tank lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Savage has Tank pressed against the cage, preventing Tank from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Savage misses with an elbow strike.
Savage keeps control of Tank as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tank misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tank.
Savage misses with an elbow over the top.
Tank managing to block the knees to the body from Savage.
Savage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Savage throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Savage throws an elbow but misses.
Tank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tank tries to work over Savage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tank tries to work over Savage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savage's elbow.
Tank throws a punch but it's blocked by Savage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage working Tank over with knees to the body.
Tank is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savage lands a knee to the head.
Savage blocks a body shot from Tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ygor Savage dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Tank's cut.
That's time! Savage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Savage, right into the meat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tank crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Savage - the referee stops the clock and Tank gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Savage. Tank manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jab by Tank.
Tank lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tank takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tank walks forward, straight into a front kick from Savage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage connects with an inside leg kick.
Tank is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Savage clinches.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tank is blocking nicely.
Savage slows down the pace here.
Tank takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tank tries to break free but Savage pushes him back against the cage.
Savage with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tank lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Savage.

Tank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tank tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frank Tank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Savage has closed the distance and engaged Tank in a clinch.
Savage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Tank.
Tank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tank tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Tank is trying to force a seperation but Savage has the dominant position.
Frank Tank has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savage's elbow.
Tank's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Savage missing with knees to the body.
Tank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savage's elbow.
Tank misses with a body punch.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tank tries a body shot but Savage blocks it.
Tank struggles to land a body shot inside as Savage controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Tank.
Savage misses with a knee strike.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tank is blocking nicely.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Tank on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Savage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Savage connects with a knee to the head.
Tank working aggressively here.
Tank is trying to break free.
Savage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tank managing to block the knees to the body from Savage.
Tank on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tank on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tank wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Savage tries to land a knee to the head but Tank blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Savage.
Ygor Savage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tank tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage trying to land knees to the body.
Savage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tank blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Tank.
Tank misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Savage.
Tank tries to stall but Savage uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Savage tries a knee to the head but Tank blocks it.
Savage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Savage throws an elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage looking to throw knees to the head but Tank is blocking nicely.
Tank swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ygor Savage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Savage has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Ygor Savage!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Ygor Savage!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Ygor Savage!

Ygor Savage wins by unanimous decision!
Ygor Savage was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.