PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Draskovich (ranked 4125 p4p, 4116 weight class) and Captain Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Draskovich
vs
Blood

190 cm
24
180
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Viktor Draskovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Captain Blood!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Draskovich moves into the clinch.
Blood tries to break free but Draskovich pushes him back against the cage.
Draskovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Blood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blood can't break the clinch.
Blood is trying to break the clinch but Draskovich has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
Draskovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blood's efforts to push away.
Blood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Draskovich prevents a body shot from Blood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blood tries to work over Draskovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Draskovich.
Blood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draskovich misses with the head strike.
Draskovich lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Draskovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blood wants to break free but Draskovich has control.
Draskovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
Draskovich has a couple of punches blocked by Blood.
Blood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draskovich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Draskovich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Draskovich on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Blood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Draskovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Blood wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a body punch.
Draskovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
Blood misses with some punches.
Draskovich prevents Blood from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draskovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Blood tries a body shot but Draskovich blocks it.
Draskovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draskovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Draskovich fails to land.
Draskovich blocks an uppercut.
Draskovich throws a head punch that misses.
Draskovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Blood tries to break free but Draskovich pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
A head punch on the inside from Draskovich fails to land.
Draskovich prevents Blood from breaking the clinch.
Blood wants to break free but Draskovich has control.
Blood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Draskovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blood blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draskovich.
Draskovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draskovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blood blocks an uppercut.
Blood takes a shot to the head.
Blood tries to break the clinch but Draskovich is controlling the position.
Blood has had enough of the clinch but Draskovich keeps him there for the moment.
Draskovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Draskovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blood is trying to push Draskovich away but Draskovich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Draskovich dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Draskovich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Draskovich lands with a hook. Blood tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Draskovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blood defending well as Draskovich loads up on a big left hand.
Draskovich moves away from the strike by Blood.
Draskovich's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blood under the eye.
Draskovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blood can do to turn this around?
Draskovich throws a looping overhand right but Blood ducks down to avoid it.
Blood lands a nice hook to Draskovich's body. Draskovich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draskovich misses with a two punch combination.
Draskovich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blood misses with a hook. Draskovich ducked under it nicely.
Draskovich feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Draskovich tries to clinch but Blood is having none of it.
Draskovich avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Draskovich lands a nice hook to Blood's body. Blood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draskovich defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.
Blood throws a jab when Draskovich was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draskovich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Captain Blood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draskovich lands a nice shot that snaps Blood's head back.
A slow jab from Blood misses its intended target.
Blood throws a body punch but Draskovich moves out of range.
Draskovich misses with a straight left.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draskovich.

Draskovich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blood, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
Blood is looking to break free of the clinch but Draskovich has double underhooks.
Draskovich misses with the head strike.

Blood manages to break the clinch.
Captain Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draskovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Blood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draskovich.
Blood throws a hook but Draskovich avoids it easily.
Blood throws a combination that misses
letting Draskovich counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draskovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Blood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Viktor Draskovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draskovich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Draskovich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Draskovich clinches up with Blood and pushes him back against the cage.
Draskovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
Draskovich has Blood pressed against the cage, preventing Blood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blood is trying to break the clinch but Draskovich has him pressed against the cage.
Draskovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Blood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draskovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Blood circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draskovich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Draskovich missing with a left hand there. Blood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the liver by Blood. Beautiful body shot.
Draskovich avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood throws a body punch but Draskovich moves out of range.
Blood throws a lazy uppercut
and Draskovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Draskovich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Draskovich defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.
Draskovich slips a jab from Blood.
Draskovich looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Draskovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blood misses with a wild body shot.
Draskovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.
A little feinted left hand from Draskovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Blood swings for the body but Draskovich moves out of range.
Draskovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Draskovich misses with an uppercut.
Blood keeps the fight on the outside.
Draskovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draskovich looks to throw the jab but Blood is out of range.
Nice body punch from Blood.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Draskovich coming out on top.
Blood has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blood there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good shot there by Draskovich.

Blood is rocked!
Blood takes a swing at Draskovich's ribcage but misses.
Blood is still on wobbly legs! Can Draskovich finish him?
Blood throws an off balance right hand
enabling Draskovich to counter with a crisp jab.
Draskovich staying out of range there.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.

Draskovich clinches up against the cage.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Blood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blood seems to have recovered his senses.

Blood breaks the clinch.
Draskovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Draskovich dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Blood throws a body shot but no joy.
Blood is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draskovich rather than just go for the knockout.
Blood slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Draskovich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blood misses with a wild body shot.
Blood misses with a body shot.
Draskovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A left and a right from Draskovich both land. Nice combination.
Draskovich misses with a low kick.
Draskovich ducks under a wild hook from Blood.
A jab from Draskovich misses.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Draskovich's shoulder, as Draskovich tries to avoid the shot.
Draskovich feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draskovich scores with a sloppy right hand. Blood should have avoided that one.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but Draskovich is just out of range.
A slow jab from Draskovich misses its intended target.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draskovich.

Draskovich forces Blood back against the cage and clinches.
Viktor Draskovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draskovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Blood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draskovich has a couple of punches blocked by Blood.
Blood is trying to force a seperation but Draskovich has the dominant position.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Draskovich controls his hands.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Draskovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Draskovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blood is trying to break free.
Draskovich scores with a shoulder strike.

Blood breaks the clinch.
Viktor Draskovich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws a jab when Draskovich was well out of range.
A jab from Draskovich does it's job there.
Blood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Draskovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Draskovich has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blood finds it's way round the side to connect with Draskovich's head.
Blood swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Draskovich counters with a nice uppercut.
Blood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blood looks to throw the jab but Draskovich is out of range.
Draskovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blood momentarily.
Blood throws a combination that misses
and Draskovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Blood tries to keep at a distance but Draskovich has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Draskovich fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blood working hard to break the clinch.
Blood swings wildly with an uppercut but Draskovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood misses with a body punch.
Captain Blood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blood working aggressively here.
Draskovich lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Blood is trying to force a seperation but Draskovich has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Blood tries to break the clinch but Draskovich is controlling the position.
Draskovich keeps control of Blood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blood tries a body shot but Draskovich blocks it.
Draskovich misses with some punches.
Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Draskovich controls his hands.
Draskovich misses with the head strike.
Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Draskovich prevents Blood from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Blood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draskovich or not.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Draskovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Draskovich 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Viktor Draskovich!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Viktor Draskovich!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Viktor Draskovich!

Viktor Draskovich wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Viktor Draskovich thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.