PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Savon (ranked 3115 p4p, 5815 weight class) and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (ranked 420 p4p, 655 weight class). Savon's entrance music is Félix Savón - Knockouts. A fine choice. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Savon
vs
Chandrasekhar

210 cm
25
275
4 - 1 - 0

192 cm
18
280
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Felix Savon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandrasekhar tries to clinch up but Savon circles away and keeps his distance.
Felix Savon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Savon tries to keep at a distance but Chandrasekhar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Savon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Chandrasekhar misses with some punches.
Savon is leaning against Chandrasekhar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Chandrasekhar.
Chandrasekhar digs a right hand underneath Savon's ribcage. Savon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Savon is breathing heavily.
Savon blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Savon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Chandrasekhar clinches up against the cage.
Savon blocks an uppercut.
Chandrasekhar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Savon backwards.
Savon working aggressively here.
Chandrasekhar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chandrasekhar working aggressively here.
Savon lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chandrasekhar.
Savon blocking some punches.
Chandrasekhar gets through Savon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chandrasekhar gets through Savon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandrasekhar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chandrasekhar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandrasekhar avoids a wild elbow strike from Savon.
Chandrasekhar gets through Savon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chandrasekhar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chandrasekhar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chandrasekhar digs a right hand into Savon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Savon's gas tank.
Chandrasekhar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chandrasekhar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chandrasekhar is leaning against Savon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chandrasekhar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chandrasekhar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandrasekhar lands with a light punch inside.
Savon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Chandrasekhar on the inside.

Savon is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savon blocking some punches.
Chandrasekhar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Savon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Chandrasekhar fails to land.

Chandrasekhar lands a big right hand that sends Savon to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Savon!
Chandrasekhar wants to stand up but Savon has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savon seems to have got his legs back now.
Savon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Savon tries to get out of the position.
Savon controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Chandrasekhar is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Chandrasekhar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savon is looking to control Chandrasekhar's arms but Chandrasekhar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Savon has his back to the cage.
Chandrasekhar misses with a punch on the inside.
Chandrasekhar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chandrasekhar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chandrasekhar blocks an elbow strike from Savon.
Chandrasekhar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandrasekhar working aggressively here.
Chandrasekhar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Savon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandrasekhar lands with a light punch inside.
Chandrasekhar misses with the head strike.
Savon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Chandrasekhar prevents a body shot from Savon.
Savon avoiding damage.

Savon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Chandrasekhar clinches up against the cage.
Savon lands a left hand.
Chandrasekhar misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandrasekhar swings wildly with an uppercut but Savon uses good head movement to avoid it.

Savon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chandrasekhar doesn't manage to clinch there - Savon circles away.
Savon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Donk. Savon catches Chandrasekhar right on the button with a cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Savon keeps the fight on the outside.
Savon throws a jab but it's blocked by Chandrasekhar.
Chandrasekhar is looking to clinch.
Savon tries to bum rush Chandrasekhar with a series of wild strikes but Chandrasekhar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Savon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chandrasekhar's head backwards.
Chandrasekhar avoids the body shot from Savon.

Chandrasekhar closes the distance and clinches.
Savon trying to stall but Chandrasekhar improves his position.
Savon throws a head punch that misses.
Savon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Savon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Savon blocks an uppercut.

Savon breaks the clinch.
Chandrasekhar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Savon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chandrasekhar was well out of range. Poor timing from Savon.
Chandrasekhar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Chandrasekhar rushes Savon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chandrasekhar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chandrasekhar lands a body shot.
Savon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chandrasekhar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chandrasekhar lands a right hand.
Savon takes a shot to the head.
Chandrasekhar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandrasekhar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chandrasekhar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chandrasekhar creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Savon's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Savon drops to his knees and Chandrasekhar pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar!
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.