PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ike Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragovich has chosen Black Mages - Assault of the Silver Dragons as his entrance music. Florencio Dragovich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Turner
vs
Dragovich

178 cm
21
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ike Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragovich misses the shot to the body.
Turner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Dragovich shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Turner manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Turner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dragovich.
Turner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dragovich is one step ahead there.
Dragovich is looking to work some ground and pound but Turner has wrist control.
Dragovich postures up and lands a big shot to Turner's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragovich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dragovich throwing strikes from guard but Turner blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a strike but Turner rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dragovich can do anything to dispel that myth.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Turner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dragovich on the ground.
Turner is fighting to break Dragovich's control of his arms but Dragovich is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Dragovich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dragovich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Turner!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich unloads with some shots from mount but Turner bucks and avoids them well.
Turner taking shots to the head.
Dragovich raining down hammerfists from mount.

It looks like Ike Turner has been cut.
Dragovich throws a sloppy strike and Turner uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Turner has ended up in Dragovich's guard.
Turner won't allow Dragovich to sweep him here.
Dragovich not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Turner won't allow Dragovich to sweep him here.
Turner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dragovich is trying to control the position but Turner postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich managing to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Ike Turner wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Turner's head but Turner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turner wants to clinch but Dragovich slips to the side

and Dragovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dragovich is trying to maintain a safe position but Turner gets an underhook and turns Dragovich into the ropes.
Turner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Turner pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dragovich throws a big right hand that misses.
Dragovich postures up and lands a big shot to Turner's brow.
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dragovich trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Dragovich prevents Turner from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a big right hand that misses.
Dragovich throwing strikes from guard but Turner blocks nicely.
Dragovich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dragovich scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dragovich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dragovich trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Dragovich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dragovich connects with a couple of short punches.
Dragovich thows a big elbow that misses.
Dragovich working some strikes from top position.
Dragovich loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Florencio Dragovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ike Turner's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dragovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
Turner darts in trying to clinch

and Dragovich counters with a takedown into side control.
Dragovich landing a few strikes.
Dragovich lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Check out the look on Dragovich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dragovich is putting a hurting on Turner here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dragovich misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Turner is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dragovich sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Turner is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
A control attempt from Turner but he's now mounted!
Florencio Dragovich has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dragovich with shots to the head and body - Turner looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dragovich lands a big shot there that rocks Turner but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Turner is rocked!

Ike Turner's cut is getting worse.
Dragovich landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Turner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dragovich with a couple of short strikes.
Dragovich lands a big shot there that rocks Turner but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Jeez, Ike Turner's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ike Turner's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Florencio Dragovich!