PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gary Drudge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Hatter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mad Hatter has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Drudge
vs
Hatter

160 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

170 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Drudge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mad Hatter!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Hatter with that takedown attempt.
Drudge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drudge tries to clinch but Hatter is having none of it.
Drudge fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gary Drudge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drudge lands a head shot.
Hatter looks for a takedown but Drudge sprawls well.
Drudge tries to clinch up but Hatter circles away and keeps his distance.
Hatter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drudge tries to clinch up but Hatter circles away and keeps his distance.
Drudge throws a hook to the side of Hatter's head but Hatter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gary Drudge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drudge.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.
Hatter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drudge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hatter circles away quickly and effectively.
Drudge throws a hook but Hatter avoids it easily.
Drudge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hatter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Hatter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drudge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drudge stuffs the takedown.
Gary Drudge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mad Hatter.
Hatter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Drudge avoids it really well and circles away.
Hatter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Drudge wants to clinch up but Hatter keeps it at a distance.
Drudge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drudge wants to clinch up but Hatter keeps it at a distance.
Drudge throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drudge connects with a single shot there.
Drudge tries to clinch up.
Drudge tries to clinch there but Hatter circles away.
Drudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Hatter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatter moves out of range of the strikes.
Hatter shoots in but no luck this time.
Drudge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drudge tries to clinch but Hatter moves out of range.
Drudge tries to clinch there but Hatter circles away.
Drudge moves in looking to clinch but Hatter pushes him off.
Drudge misses with a two punch combination.
Drudge moves in looking to clinch but Hatter pushes him off.
Hatter has a takedown stuffed.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A bone on bone clash there as Hatter blocks the leg kick.
Hatter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drudge.
Drudge fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hatter swats away the attempt to clinch by Drudge.
Hatter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drudge pinned against the cage. Drudge gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Drudge tries to clinch but Hatter moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drudge wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hatter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Drudge as he jumps to the side.
Drudge tries to clinch up but Hatter circles away and keeps his distance.

Hatter gets the takedown into side control.
Hatter lands some shots froms side control.
Hatter is looking to take a break and control but Drudge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hatter staying calm.
An elbow from Hatter crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatter trying to control the action but Drudge is working from the bottom.
Hatter controlling the position from side mount.
Drudge pushes Hatter away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hatter gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hatter throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Drudge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drudge tries to clinch but Hatter is having none of it.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.
Hatter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drudge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hatter paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Drudge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hatter tries for a takedown but Drudge sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Drudge looks to land a combination but Hatter avoids it well.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hatter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Drudge is fending him off so far but Hatter persists. Nope, Drudge circles away and we're back to standing.
Gary Drudge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mad Hatter.
Drudge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hatter shoots in looking for a takedown. Drudge tries to sprawl out of it but Hatter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drudge manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hatter scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Hatter.
Hatter throwing strikes here but Drudge is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Drudge avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hatter.
Hatter wants to control the pace but Drudge is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Drudge takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hatter content just to control the position here.
Hatter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Drudge?
Drudge is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatter looking to finish Drudge with some ground and pound. This is bad for Drudge!
Hatter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hatter lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hatter with a couple of short strikes.
Drudge is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hatter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hatter cracks Drudge with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Drudge defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hatter.
Hatter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hatter breaks from Drudge's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Hatter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hatter lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mad Hatter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hatter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drudge tries to clinch up.
Hatter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drudge wants to clinch up but Hatter keeps it at a distance.

Hatter closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hatter lands in his opponent's guard.
Hatter trying to control but Drudge is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatter thows a big elbow that misses.
Hatter prevents Drudge from getting back to his feet.
Hatter content to stall in guard here.
Hatter trying to control the position from guard on top but Drudge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drudge preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hatter trying to control the position from guard on top but Drudge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hatter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hatter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drudge doesn't manage to clinch there - Hatter circles away.
Hatter moves out of range of the strikes.
Drudge tries to clinch there but Hatter circles away.
Hatter shoots in but no luck this time.

Hatter gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatter trying to control the position but Drudge is working away.
Hatter cracks Drudge with a big right hand but Drudge just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hatter lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hatter controlling the position.
Drudge is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Hatter.
Drudge is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hatter scores a takedown into full mount!

Hatter has control of Drudge's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Drudge regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Drudge is trying to stand up.
Hatter lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Drudge hang on?
Hatter working the ground and pound effectively.
Hatter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hatter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hatter working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hatter with good strikes from the mount here!
Drudge takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Drudge is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hatter working the ground and pound effectively.

Drudge defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hatter.
You get the feeling that Drudge really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hatter takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drudge is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hatter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drudge can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Drudge wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hatter landing punches.
Drudge is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Hatter is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Drudge can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mad Hatter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hatter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mad Hatter!