PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luca Bibiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Drizzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drizzle has chosen Go 2 Sleep Bitch as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bibiano
vs
Drizzle

180 cm
23
158 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

165 cm
25
160 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Luca Bibiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Young Drizzle!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bibiano stuffs the takedown attempt from Drizzle. Drizzle gets slowly back to his feet.
Drizzle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drizzle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bibiano.
Bibiano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drizzle misses with a straight left.
Drizzle moves away from the strike by Bibiano.
A cross from Bibiano lands.
Bibiano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drizzle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bibiano misses with an uppercut.
Bibiano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drizzle's hands.
Drizzle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drizzle walks into a stiff left hand from Bibiano.
Drizzle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bibiano moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drizzle.
Bibiano misses with a straight right.
A big right from Bibiano misses.
Bibiano misses with a looping right.
Bibiano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Drizzle staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drizzle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bibiano misses with a looping right.
Bibiano tries to bum rush Drizzle with a series of wild strikes but Drizzle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drizzle slips a jab from Bibiano.
A telegraphed right hand from Drizzle misses the target.
Bibiano is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bibiano looks to land a left hand but Drizzle moved out of range nicely.
Bibiano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drizzle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bibiano blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Bibiano.
No joy there for Bibiano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drizzle misses with a hook. Bibiano ducked under it nicely.
Luca Bibiano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bibiano thuds a left hand into Drizzle's body.
Bibiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drizzle manages to avoid it.
Bibiano misses with a straight left.
Bibiano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drizzle throws out the jab.
Drizzle lands with a hook. Bibiano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drizzle ducks right into an uppercut from Bibiano.
A jab from Drizzle finds it's way through Bibiano's defenses.
Drizzle just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bibiano throws a one two combo.
Bibiano throws the left hand but Drizzle avoids the punch easily.
Bibiano scores with a jab. Drizzle acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bibiano slips under a jab.
Drizzle throws a jab but it's blocked by Bibiano.
Bibiano throws a lazy right hand but Drizzle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bibiano throws an overhand right that lands on Drizzle's shoulder, as Drizzle tries to avoid the shot.
Bibiano throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Bibiano.
Bibiano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Drizzle throws a body punch but Bibiano moves out of range.
Drizzle staying out of range there.
Drizzle slips a jab from Bibiano.
Bibiano misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Drizzle counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bibiano won't be happy with that.

Drizzle is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bibiano has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bibiano parries the strikes from Drizzle easily there. Drizzle is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bibiano to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drizzle misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Drizzle thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Drizzle wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bibiano, who protects the arm well.
Drizzle moves into full mount!

Drizzle goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Bibiano is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bibiano stands and throws Drizzle's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Drizzle is trying to improve his position.
Bibiano passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Drizzle!
Drizzle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bibiano looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bibiano blocks a jab.
Drizzle slips a jab and a cross from Bibiano.
Bibiano throws the left hand but Drizzle avoids the punch easily.
Bibiano misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheers as Bibiano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drizzle doesn't seem phased though.
Drizzle blocks a jab.
Drizzle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bibiano misses with an uppercut. Drizzle saw that one coming.
Drizzle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bibiano was well out of range. Poor timing from Drizzle.
Bibiano misses the jab.

Drizzle shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Drizzle is trying to work for a kimura but Bibiano is defending well.
Bibiano gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drizzle drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bibiano manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Drizzle has Bibiano in his guard.

Drizzle is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bibiano defends well.
Bibiano wants to pass the guard but Drizzle is keeping the position.
Bibiano trying to control but Drizzle is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bibiano wants to get up but he can't break Drizzle's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bibiano controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bibiano trying to control the position from guard on top but Drizzle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Drizzle throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Bibiano stands and steps away. Drizzle gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Bibiano misses.
Drizzle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bibiano defends it nicely.
Bibiano lunges at Drizzle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drizzle's hand.
Drizzle moves out of range as Bibiano strikes.
Drizzle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good exchange - Bibiano coming out on top.
Bibiano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drizzle misses with a straight left.
Drizzle throws out a loose jab but Bibiano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bibiano ducks under a wild hook from Drizzle.
Bibiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Drizzle.
A slow jab from Bibiano misses its intended target.
Drizzle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drizzle.
Bibiano lands a jab to Drizzle's midsection.
Bibiano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drizzle misses with a looping left.
Bibiano tries to bum rush Drizzle with a series of wild strikes but Drizzle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Bibiano misses its intended target.
Bibiano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drizzle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bibiano throws a looping overhand right but Drizzle ducks down to avoid it.
Luca Bibiano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bibiano throws a shot from downtown. Drizzle moves away and avoids it.
Drizzle scores with a jab to the head.
Bibiano throws a hook but Drizzle avoids it easily.
Bibiano lands a jab-cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Bibiano.
The fighters circling - Bibiano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bibiano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Drizzle momentarily.
Drizzle throws a hook but Bibiano blocks it.
Bibiano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Drizzle closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Bibiano kicks off Drizzle and gets to his feet.
Drizzle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luca Bibiano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Drizzle misses the jab.
Drizzle looks to land a left hand but Bibiano moved out of range nicely.
Drizzle defending well as Bibiano loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Bibiano.
Drizzle lands with a straight right. Bibiano didn't see that one coming.
Bibiano lands with an overhand left.
Jab from Bibiano.
Bibiano throws a lazy right hand but Drizzle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Drizzle is defended easily by Bibiano.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drizzle.
Drizzle ducks under a wild hook from Bibiano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drizzle ducks right into an uppercut from Bibiano.
Bibiano throws an overhand right that lands on Drizzle's shoulder, as Drizzle tries to avoid the shot.
Bibiano staying out of range there.
Drizzle blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drizzle shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Drizzle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Drizzle seems to be looking for submissions.
Bibiano wants to get back to full guard.

Drizzle is working for an americana but Bibiano has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Drizzle was thinking about the submission.
Bibiano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young Drizzle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drizzle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bibiano wants to get back to his feet but Drizzle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bibiano seems keen to control Drizzle's posture.
Young Drizzle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drizzle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drizzle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Drizzle throws a strike but Bibiano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bibiano wants to stand but Drizzle is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drizzle looking for a guillotine here but Bibiano defends easily.
Bibiano trying to control but Drizzle is working from the bottom.
Bibiano is stalling in the full guard.

Drizzle looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bibiano passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Drizzle looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Drizzle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Drizzle looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bibiano slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luca Bibiano.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bibiano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luca Bibiano!