G I MMA 20 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Klatchen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by F.E.A.R. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brown
vs
Klatchen

185 cm
27
212 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ian Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Klatchen!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown lands a slapping body shot.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klatchen.
Klatchen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klatchen looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.

It looks like Johnny Klatchen has been cut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brown.
Brown digs a good body shot into Klatchen's ribs.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Klatchen doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
Brown's corner calls for a 1-2. Brown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Klatchen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Brown fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Klatchen to the ground. Brown is now in Klatchen's guard.
Brown has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Brown wants to get up but he can't break Klatchen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Brown gets to his feet. Klatchen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Klatchen walks into a stiff left hand from Brown.
Brown scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Klatchen is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands with a big right hook that stumbles Klatchen - he's out on his feet here! Brown follows up with another monster hook that separates Klatchen from consciousness! Klatchen falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Brown stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ian Brown!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dark Matter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dark Matter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Matter
vs
Stevenson

185 cm
24
205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

186 cm
25
215 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dark Matter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson with a poor takedown

so Matter counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Matter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Stevenson is looking for a triangle but Matter pushes his legs off easily.

Matter drops back, looking for a kneebar! Stevenson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Stevenson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Stevenson!
Matter gets back to half guard.

Stevenson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Matter doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stevenson.
The fighters are battling for position here. Matter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stevenson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Matter is working away from the top position though.
Matter perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Matter is trying for a kimura here. Stevenson looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Matter wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dark Matter!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bunson Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes to the cage accompanied by "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rogers
vs
Turner

183 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

179 cm
26
190 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bunson Turner!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rogers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rogers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turner's hands.
Turner lands with a cross.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner is looking to land body kicks.
Turner misses with a head kick.
Turner punishes Rogers's body with a nice straight punch.
Turner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turner moves out of range as Rogers strikes.
Rogers blocks a jab.
Turner avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Rogers lands with a straight right. Turner didn't see that one coming.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Rogers.
Rogers stuffs the takedown.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rogers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turner scrambles back to his feet.
Turner looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Turner misses with a double jab.
Rogers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers scores with a shot to the body.
Turner walks into a stiff left hand from Rogers.
Turner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turner walks into a left hand.

Rogers scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rogers grinds an elbow into Turner's temple.

Rogers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers is chipping away with strikes.
Rogers works to advance to full mount. Turner defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Rogers 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.
Turner is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers lands a big shot there that rocks Turner but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Rogers looking for a guillotine from mount but Turner is having none of it.
Rogers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Turner's face.
Rogers with a couple of short strikes.
Rogers working Turner over with strikes here.
Rogers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rogers breaks from Turner's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Turner is rocked!
Rogers breaks from Turner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Turner is still in real trouble! Can Rogers finish him?

Rogers with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Turner seems to have recovered his senses.
Rogers scoring with strikes but Turner is staying in there.
Turner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers with a couple of short strikes.
Rogers controlling his opponent.
Rogers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rogers raining down shots from the mount!
Rogers with shots to the head and body - Turner looks very uncomfortable down there.
Turner tries to hold on but Rogers postures up.
Rogers content just to control the position here.
Rogers landing strikes from the mount and Turner is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rogers lands a big elbow.
Turner regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Rogers.
Rogers drops an elbow to the side of Turner's head.
Rogers moves nicely into side control.

Rogers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Turner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but Turner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Rogers dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rogers blocks a head kick by Turner.
Rogers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rogers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rogers throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Turner throws a wild body kick that Rogers sees coming a mile off.
Turner moves forwards but Rogers connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rogers scores with a nice right hand.
Rogers drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Turner right on the button. Turner goes down! Rogers follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Rogers gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Rogers!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Estes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bronson Fields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Estes comes into the arena with Shout by Disturbed blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!

Estes
vs
Fields

198 cm
23
265 lbs
4 - 7 - 1

200 cm
26
230 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dominic Estes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bronson Fields!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Estes rushes Fields and presses him up against the cage.
Estes tries to score a body lock takedown but Fields shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Estes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Fields pulls guard effortlessly.
Estes throwing strikes but missing.
Estes postures up in Fields's guard and throws a big left but Fields blocks it.
Estes throwing strikes from guard but Fields blocks nicely.

Fields has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Estes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Estes throws a strike but Fields rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fields is looking to stand up but Estes won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Estes wriggles free and stands up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fields!

It looks like Dominic Estes has been cut.

Estes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Estes thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Fields to regain full guard.
Estes with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Estes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Estes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fields works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Estes is breathing heavily.
Estes throws and elbow that misses. Fields uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Estes's guard. Nice move by Fields!
Estes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fields.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fields wants to control from the top but Estes keeps moving.
Fields wants to stand but Estes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fields trying to control but Estes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Fields trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fields pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Estes is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bronson Fields.
Estes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominic Estes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Estes closes the distance and clinches up with Fields, looking for a takedown. Estes pushes Fields against the cage but Fields circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Estes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fields counters with a one-two to the body.
Fields throws a head kick but Estes moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fields moves in looking to clinch but Estes pushes him off.
Fields is looking to clinch but Estes is avoiding it.
Both fighters circling a little - Fields finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A left and a right from Estes both land. Nice combination.

Estes closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Fields's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fields looking to control.
Fields lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Estes!

Estes bucks up and throws Fields to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bronson Fields dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Estes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fields throws a low kick, looking for Estes's leg but Estes calmly moves out of range.
Estes dodges the punch combination from Fields.
Fields connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fields throws a left and a right that both miss
and Estes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fields shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Estes sprawls well. Estes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fields gets slowly back to his feet.

Estes moves into the clinch successfully.
Fields misses with a short punch on the inside.

Estes has picked Fields up - he's going for a ride! Estes dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Estes 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.
Fields is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Estes is nestled in close to Fields, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fields wants to control but Estes is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields taking some punishment here, with Estes in his half guard.
Estes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fields on the ground.
Estes lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Estes there.
Estes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Estes lands with a punch from half guard.
Estes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Fields looking for submissions off his back.
Estes is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Fields!
A nice elbow there by Estes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Estes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Estes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fields is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Estes lands with some strikes.
Estes with the ground and pound from mount.
Estes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Estes blocks Fields's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Estes lands a big elbow.
Estes raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fields is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Estes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fields sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Estes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fields wants to get back to his feet.
Estes lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fields wants to get back to his feet.
Estes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Estes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fields defending well though.
Fields blocking the ground and pound attempt from Estes.
Fields is trying to stand up here but Estes is controlling him well.

Fields looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fields avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Estes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fields actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Estes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Estes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Estes dodges the punch combination from Fields.
Fields shoots in looking for a takedown but Estes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fields's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fields shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Estes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left and a right from Estes both land. Nice combination.

Fields gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Estes thows a big elbow that misses.
Estes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fields's head.
Estes is in close to Fields's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Estes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Estes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fields's head.
Estes with a nice head shot there.
Estes thows a big elbow that misses.
Estes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Estes with a flurry of punches that miss.

Fields looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fields wants to stand and escape but Estes is having none of it.
Dominic Estes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Estes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Estes throws a strike but Fields rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fields trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Estes keeping moving, preventing Fields from controlling successfully.
Fields throwing strikes but missing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fields trying to control but Estes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bronson Fields.

Estes clinches up against the cage.

Estes has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fields clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Estes scores with punches from the back.
Fields has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Estes is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Fields up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estes misses with punches from the back.
Fields trying to get back to his feet but Estes is in full control for now.
Estes scores with punches and elbows.
Estes scores with punches to the body.
Estes is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Fields up.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Estes. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fields wants to control his opponent's hands but Estes gets his hands free.
Bronson Fields has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Estes lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Estes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominic Estes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Estes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight for Dominic Estes!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Dominic Estes!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Dominic Estes!

Dominic Estes wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
76%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khal Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randsome Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago comes to the cage accompanied by We Steady Mobbin!. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Drago
vs
Gracie

193 cm
29
205 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
215 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khal Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randsome Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie shoots and misses
enabling Drago to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khal Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randsome Gracie.
Drago works the jab nicely.
Drago scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drago tries to clinch up.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Drago counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Drago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie dives in and grabs Drago's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drago pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Drago tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.

Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Drago. Drago maintains the clinch.

Drago manages to break the clinch.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drago scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drago tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.

Drago instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drago displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie looks gassed!
Drago pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gracie back to the cage. Drago follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Drago lands a jab to the head.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Drago as he avoids it easily.

Drago closes the distance and clinches.
Drago pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Drago breaks the clinch.

Drago takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drago turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Drago throws an elbow but Gracie slips to the side and avoids it well.
Drago lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Drago in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sloppy strikes there by Drago.
Drago in side control, throwing shots but Gracie defends.
Gracie takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Drago.

Drago decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gracie to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Drago rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drago pulls Gracie into guard.
Drago is trying to keep Gracie in close.

Drago escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gracie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Drago keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Drago bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drago landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gracie back to the cage. Drago follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Drago makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab lands there for Drago.
A nice combination there by Drago.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Drago which made him look bad.
Drago wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago lands a right hook to the body.
Drago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drago doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.

Drago moves into the clinch.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Drago shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khal Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randsome Gracie.

Drago decides to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago trying to control the position here.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drago swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Drago holds on and takes a little breather.

Drago is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Drago is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.

Drago kicks Gracie off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Drago scores with a four punch combination!
Drago lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Khal Drago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Drago moves into the clinch.

Drago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Drago sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drago tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Khal Drago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Drago sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Drago takes the fight into the clinch.

Drago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Drago is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Drago works over Gracie's head and body with a nice combination.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Drago.
Drago lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Drago drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.

Drago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drago is working the combinations to good effect here.

Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Drago. Drago maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drago lands a nice uppercut.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drago gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khal Drago dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Drago lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Drago tries to clinch up.
Drago's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Drago duly obliges.
Drago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Khal Drago is winning the standup battle so far.

Drago instigates a clinch.

Drago ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Drago no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Drago is trying to hold Gracie in close to prevent damage but Gracie has managed to pass into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Drago is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Drago is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drago flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Drago is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Drago avoid being mounted?
Drago is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracie is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie stops Drago from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Drago is looking to escape.
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie is thwarting Drago's attempts to control the position.

Khal Drago has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drago.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Drago avoids them all with ease.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Drago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khal Drago is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Drago has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.

Drago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Randsome Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drago tries to clinch up.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Drago has taken the fight into the clinch.

Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khal Drago showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drago 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Khal Drago!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Khal Drago!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Khal Drago!

Khal Drago wins by unanimous decision!