PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chael Drive (ranked 3089 p4p, 6060 weight class) and Justin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin Andrews has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Drive
vs
Andrews

201 cm
23
260
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
230
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chael Drive!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Andrews tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Drive checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Andrews. No joy for Drive on that attempt.

Andrews gets tackled into the cage by Drive. Drive maintains the clinch.
Andrews misses with a body punch.
Andrews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drive's elbow.
Andrews misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drive blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drive missing with knees to the body.
Andrews misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drive slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrews tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Andrews throws a head punch that misses.
Andrews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Drive manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive lands with a nice body punch.
Drive doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Andrews counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Andrews.

Drive has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Andrews off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Andrews is looking to chop away at Drive's legs.
Andrews attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Drive shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Andrews as he avoids it easily.
Andrews tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chael Drive. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

Drive pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andrews wanted to stand there but Drive had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Andrews wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Drive's closed guard. He's half up but Drive has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Drive pivots and extends the arm, Andrews falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Drive! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chael Drive!