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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tosh's entrance music is Stepping Razor. A fine choice. Savage has chosen Bon Jovi - It's my life as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Tosh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Savage!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage with a poor takedown
and Tosh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Savage's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Savage is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tosh is aware though and is defending well.
Savage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tosh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Savage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tosh 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.
Tosh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savage swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tosh is looking to work some ground and pound but Savage has wrist control.
Savage looking for a sweep. Not yet Savage, not yet.
Savage is trying to control the position but Tosh postures up.
Savage working for a triangle but Tosh defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savage avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Savage is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Tosh has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Savage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tosh is one step ahead there.
Tosh with a nice head shot there.
Tosh stopping the sweep attempt from Savage.
Tosh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Savage keeping moving, preventing Tosh from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tosh is one step ahead there.
Savage working a defensive guard but Tosh manages to pass into side control anyway.
Savage is looking to reverse the position.
Savage takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Savage is looking to regain half guard here but Tosh keeps moving and retains side control.
Tosh working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage is not content to let Tosh control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Savage is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Savage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tosh wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Savage, who protects the arm well.
Tosh wants to control but Savage is keeping him busy.
Tosh scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to bench press Tosh off him but Tosh keeps the position.
Tosh working the body and head with strikes.
Tosh cracks Savage with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tosh working away.
Tosh landing a few strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tosh tries for a kimura but Savage is defending well.
Savage gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tosh is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Savage defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage tries to get to full guard but Tosh has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Tosh dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tosh throws a wild body kick that Savage sees coming a mile off.
Savage darts in looking for a takedown but Tosh gets double underhooks and turns Savage into the cage.
Tosh drags the fight down to the ground.
Savage passes Tosh's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tosh gets full guard.
Tosh wants to improve his position but instead Savage has moved into half guard.
Savage seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Tosh has recovered full guard.
Savage is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Savage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh has an active guard here but Savage has managed to pass into half guard.
Tosh looking for submissions off his back.
Peter Tosh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tosh wants to get back to full guard.
Savage seems to be working for a kimura but Tosh defends the submission attempt.
Savage working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Tosh's thigh. Tosh counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Savage works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage moves into full mount! Tosh won't be happy about that!
Tosh is working to get back to half guard.
Savage is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tosh has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tosh!
Tosh landing some decent shots from guard.
Tosh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tosh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Savage is keeping the position for now.
Savage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
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.
Tosh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tosh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tosh trying to control but Savage is working from the bottom.
Savage looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Savage throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh passes Savage's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tosh is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Savage doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tosh.
Savage has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Savage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tosh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage is looking to control Tosh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Savage avoid being mounted?
Tosh drops an elbow to the side of Savage's head.
Tosh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Tosh dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Savage shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tosh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tosh leaves Savage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tosh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Savage's sensitive parts.
Tosh scores with a body shot.
Jackson Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Savage shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tosh as he avoids it easily.
Peter Tosh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Savage.
Savage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tosh leaves Savage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tosh feints and then cracks Savage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Savage down.
Savage tries to clinch up but Tosh circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage looks for a takedown but Tosh sprawls well.
Jab, jab by Tosh - just one landing.
Savage fails with the takedown
and Tosh counters with a shoot takedown. Savage fights it but they end up in guard.
Savage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tosh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savage trying to control the position.
Tosh with a nice head shot there.
Savage keeping moving, preventing Tosh from controlling successfully.
Savage is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Savage wants to sweep but no luck.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage looking to control.
Tosh with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tosh trying to control but Savage is working from the bottom.
Tosh works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tosh is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tosh prevents Savage from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Savage is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tosh's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tosh's back!
Tosh preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Savage.
Tosh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Savage's guard. Nice work there by Tosh.
Savage keeping moving, preventing Tosh from controlling successfully.
Tosh passes Savage's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tosh wants to pass to mount but Savage is defending the position.
Savage taking some punishment here, with Tosh in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh slips a nice elbow through Savage's hands, connecting with Savage's forehead.
Tosh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Savage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tosh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Savage is trying to maintain the position but Tosh is very close to passing his half guard.
Tosh is trying to work for a kimura but Savage is defending well.
Tosh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tosh seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Tosh clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tosh defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Savage.
Savage closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tosh did well to prevent Savage getting side control.
Tosh slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Savage looking to pass the guard.
Savage won't allow Tosh to sweep him here.
Tosh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tosh lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Savage!
Savage in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Savage's face.
BOOM! Tosh connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tosh lands a big elbow.
Tosh with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Savage bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tosh is pulling down on Savage's head to control his posture.
Savage trying to control but Tosh is working from the bottom.
Savage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tosh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tosh keeping moving, preventing Savage from controlling successfully.
Tosh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tosh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Savage walks into a straight right hand from Tosh.
Tosh throws out a leg kick but Savage moves out of range and Tosh only half commits.
Savage connects with a high kick.
Jackson Savage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage with a poor takedown
and Tosh counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Savage!
Tosh scoring with punches from side control.
Tosh works to advance to full mount. Savage defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Tosh working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tosh in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tosh working Savage over with strikes here.
Savage is wriggling around trying to escape.
Savage is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tosh is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Savage is surviving well by controlling Tosh's body position as best he can.
Tosh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Savage?
BOOM! Tosh connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tosh punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh punishing his opponent with strikes.
Savage manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tosh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tosh is thwarting Savage's attempts to control the position.
Tosh is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Savage tries to get to full guard but Tosh has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tosh is nestled in close to Savage, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Tosh had his way with Jackson Savage in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tosh shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tosh was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Savage is trying to improve his position.
Tosh moves into full mount!
Savage tries to hold on but Tosh postures up.
Tosh with good strikes from the mount here!
Tosh dominating with strikes here.
Tosh is in the full mount, landing strikes.
It looks like Jackson Savage has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savage tries to lock up and control but Tosh gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tosh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Savage?
Tosh trying to control but Savage is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Savage that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Savage is rocked!
Savage tries to reverse the position but Tosh maintains control.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Tosh! Savage is hurt baaadly! Tosh is firing away with more strikes - Savage is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Tosh!
Peter Tosh retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Peter Tosh, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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