PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Drakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuk Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Public Enemys:fight to power kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drakov
vs
Morris

198 cm
19
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
225 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 Rio de Janeiro, Dmitri Drakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuk Morris!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drakov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morris, pushing him back against the cage.
Drakov throws an elbow but it misses.
Drakov landing knees to the head.

It looks like Chuk Morris has been cut.
Morris jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Drakov walks away with a smile on his face. Morris gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Drakov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morris.

Drakov gets a clinch.
Drakov misses with a knee strike.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Drakov lands a nice knee to the body.

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

Drakov gets a clinch.
Drakov crunches a lovely knee into Morris's ribcage.
Morris looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drakov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morris up against the cage.
Drakov throws an elbow that misses.
Drakov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drakov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Drakov.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris dodges an elbow strike from Drakov.
Drakov throws an elbow that misses.
Drakov lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.

Drakov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drakov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Drakov throws a head kick that half lands.
Morris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drakov pinned against the cage. Drakov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Drakov moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris tries to pull guard but Drakov won't allow it.
Dmitri Drakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuk Morris.

Drakov breaks from the clinch.
Drakov throws a nice head kick!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drakov with a knee to the head.
Drakov connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drakov obliges.
Drakov landing knees to the head.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Drakov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris goes for a takedown in the clinch but Drakov prevents it.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
Drakov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drakov scores with a knee to the head.
Morris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Drakov lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Drakov lands an elbow that stopped Morris in his tracks for a moment.
Drakov lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.
Drakov landing knees to the head.
Morris jumps guard but Drakov stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morris drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drakov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Drakov lands an elbow inside.
Morris avoids a wild elbow strike from Drakov.
Drakov looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris can't get the takedown.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drakov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drakov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drakov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drakov looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drakov lands a nice knee to the body.
Morris is looking to control Drakov's arms but Drakov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morris has his back to the cage.
Drakov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morris takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris misses with a knee to the head.
Drakov lands a good knee to the midsection. Morris won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakov trying to land knees to the body.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.

Drakov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drakov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Drakov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
Drakov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morris goes for a takedown attempt but Drakov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Drakov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Drakov moves into range and clinches up with Morris.
Drakov with a knee to the head.
Drakov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Drakov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drakov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Drakov blocks with his arms.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Drakov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Drakov missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drakov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drakov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Morris wants a takedown but no success here.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drakov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morris takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris misses with a knee strike.
Drakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drakov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morris drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Drakov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drakov lands an elbow inside.
Drakov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drakov throws an elbow that misses.
Morris looking to stall.
Morris fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drakov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drakov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Drakov blocks it.
Drakov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drakov looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitri Drakov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuk Morris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morris closes the distance and clinches up with Drakov, looking for a takedown. Morris pushes Drakov against the cage but Drakov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Drakov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Morris takes a kick to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morris tries to stall but Drakov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Drakov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drakov lands an elbow just above Morris 's eye.
Morris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drakov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Drakov lands a nice elbow.
Drakov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morris can do to turn this around?
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris takes an elbow to the temple.
Morris tries to pull guard but Drakov won't allow it.
Dmitri Drakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuk Morris.
Drakov working Morris over with knees to the body.
Drakov missing with knees to the body.
Drakov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Drakov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morris blocks it with crossed arms.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drakov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drakov lands a damaging elbow.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drakov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drakov slows down the pace here.
Drakov misses with a knee strike.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drakov working Morris over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drakov breaks the clinch.
Morris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Drakov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morris somewhat.
Drakov thuds his shin into the meat of Morris's side.
Dmitri Drakov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Drakov drives through and clinches with Morris against the cage.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Drakov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morris is trying to drag Drakov to the mat but Drakov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drakov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morris.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drakov gets underhooks to prevent Morris's takedown attempt.
Morris drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drakov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drakov lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drakov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Drakov tries to avoid it but Morris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Drakov to the ground. Drakov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Drakov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morris tries to clinch

and Drakov counters by moving into the clinch.
Drakov with a knee to the head.
Morris jumps guard but Drakov stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drakov crunches a lovely knee into Morris's ribcage.

Drakov breaks from the clinch.

Drakov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morris tries a knee to the head but Drakov blocks it.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Morris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Drakov smiles and moves away.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Drakov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Morris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Drakov but Drakov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Drakov lands with a slapping head kick.
Morris is trying desperately to land a takedown but Drakov is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Morris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drakov can pounce on him.
Drakov lands with a kick to the temple. Morris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Morris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Drakov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Drakov rushes Morris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drakov.
Drakov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Drakov stops a takedown attempt from Morris.
Drakov looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Morris avoids a wild elbow strike from Drakov.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drakov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morris avoids it.
Drakov misses with an elbow strike.
Morris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morris dodges an elbow strike from Drakov.
Drakov landing knees to the head.
Morris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Drakov breaks the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Drakov. That's going to slow Morris down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a takedown
and Drakov counters with a big head kick but Morris shrugs it off.
Chuk Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Drakov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morris blocks an elbow strike from Drakov.
Morris blocks an elbow strike from Drakov.
Drakov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morris jumps guard but Drakov stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drakov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakov scores with a knee to the head.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Drakov as Morris tries to tie him up.
Drakov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drakov avoiding damage.
Drakov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morris's face.
Drakov connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drakov pushes off an throws an elbow but Morris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drakov just stands there and leans against the cage.
A knee to the head by Drakov.
Drakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drakov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Drakov pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitri Drakov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chuk Morris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Morris fails with a takedown attempt.

Drakov clinches with his opponent.

Drakov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chuk Morris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Drakov tries to avoid it but Morris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Drakov to the ground. Drakov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drakov throws a nice head kick!

Drakov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drakov lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Drakov.
Drakov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Drakov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dmitri Drakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuk Morris.
Drakov lands a nice elbow.
Morris jumps guard but Drakov stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drakov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drakov lands a good knee to the midsection. Morris won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris tries to score a body lock takedown but Drakov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morris is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morris blocks it with crossed arms.
Drakov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Morris gets control of Drakov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Morris will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Drakov stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Morris has his takedown stuffed
and Drakov counters with a head kick.
Drakov leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Drakov connects with a high kick.
Drakov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Drakov pushes Morris up against the cage in a clinch.
Morris tries to pull guard but Drakov won't allow it.
Drakov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morris's brow.
Drakov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Morris dodges an elbow strike from Drakov.
Dmitri Drakov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drakov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakov trying to control the position but instead, Morris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drakov into the cage.
Drakov lands an elbow that stopped Morris in his tracks for a moment.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but Morris blocks it.
Drakov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Drakov.
Morris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Drakov as Morris tries to tie him up.
Morris wants a takedown.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Morris stalling the fight.
Drakov lands an elbow just above Morris 's eye.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Morris blocks the elbow strike.
Drakov landing knees to the body.
Morris trying to control the position but instead, Drakov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morris into the cage.
Morris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drakov lands an elbow inside that Morris shrugs off.
Drakov scores a nice knee to the body.
Drakov connects with a knee to the head.
Morris avoiding damage as Drakov throws knees to the body.
Drakov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drakov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drakov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakov throws an elbow that misses.
Drakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Drakov lands a damaging elbow.
Morris fails to pull guard.
Morris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drakov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Drakov smiles and moves away.
Drakov connects with a solid leg kick.

Drakov closes the distance and clinches.
Morris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drakov throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morris tries to pull guard but Drakov won't allow it.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.
Morris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drakov lands a damaging elbow.
Drakov landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Drakov.
Morris is trying to drag Drakov to the mat but Drakov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Morris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drakov just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakov tries to land a knee to the head but Morris blocks with his arms.
Drakov misses with a knee strike.
Drakov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drakov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morris blocks it with crossed arms.

Drakov breaks from the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Morris or perhaps it was just good defense by Drakov which made him look bad.
Drakov circles away from the clinch attempt

and Drakov counters by clinching up.
Chuk Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drakov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morris is trying to drag Drakov to the mat but Drakov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Drakov lands a damaging elbow.
Morris takes an elbow to the temple.
Drakov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morris jumps guard but Drakov stands there with Morris around his waist. Morris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drakov lands an elbow that stopped Morris in his tracks for a moment.
Drakov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakov lands an elbow inside.
Drakov throws an elbow that misses.
Drakov misses with a knee strike.
Drakov misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitri Drakov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drakov 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitri Drakov!