PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daffy Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erich Fassbender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erich Fassbender is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Drake
vs
Fassbender

180 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daffy Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erich Fassbender!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fassbender tries to keep at a distance but Drake has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Drake.
Drake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fassbender on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fassbender creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drake tries to clinch up but Fassbender circles away and keeps his distance.
Fassbender fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fassbender misses with a body kick.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fassbender with a poor takedown
and Drake counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Fassbender misses.
Fassbender throws a series of punches but Drake moves out of range.
Fassbender tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake stuffs the takedown.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fassbender manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drake tries to bum rush Fassbender with a series of wild strikes but Fassbender uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Drake!
Drake lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Drake wants to clinch.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fassbender throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws an off balance right hand
and Fassbender cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drake keeps control of Fassbender as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Fassbender looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fassbender tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fassbender can't break the clinch.
Drake is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fassbender wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake wants to clinch.
Fassbender lands with a straight right. Drake didn't see that one coming.
Fassbender jabs Drake to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fassbender keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Drake scores with a head kick. Fassbender tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Drake pushes Fassbender up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Drake takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fassbender works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fassbender is looking to break free of the clinch but Drake has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake wants to get back to striking at distance but Fassbender won't allow it.
Fassbender is trying to force a seperation but Drake has the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Fassbender misses with an elbow strike.
Fassbender can't break the clinch.

Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drake pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Fassbender takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fassbender breaks from the clinch.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daffy Drake dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fassbender doesn't manage to clinch there - Drake circles away.
Fassbender swats away the attempt to clinch by Drake.
Fassbender takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Fassbender misses with a double jab
and Drake counters with a head kick. That will keep Fassbender thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fassbender misses with a head kick.
Fassbender rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daffy Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Fassbender scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drake doesn't seem bothered though.
Drake jabs Fassbender to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drake wants to clinch
and Fassbender counters with a stiff right hand.
Fassbender is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassbender looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Drake throws a jab when Fassbender was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Fassbender. Those never looked like landing.
Drake connects with a solid leg kick.
Fassbender is breathing heavily.

Drake has Fassbender up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Drake.
Drake prevents Fassbender from breaking the clinch.
Fassbender trying to land knees to the body.

Drake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fassbender ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drake moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Fassbender swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fassbender gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drake has Fassbender pressed against the cage, preventing Fassbender from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake lands with a left to the head.
Fassbender goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Fassbender avoids the damage to the body.
Drake fails to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake keeps control of Fassbender as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fassbender misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drake.

Fassbender breaks the clinch.
Fassbender is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drake tries to keep at a distance but Fassbender has taken the fight into the clinch.

Drake breaks from the clinch.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fassbender throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake throws a leg kick which misses Fassbender's front leg but catches the back leg as Fassbender tries to avoid it.
Drake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fassbender moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Fassbender avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Drake rushes Fassbender and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fassbender being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassbender wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fassbender tries to break free but Drake pushes him back against the cage.
Fassbender trying to land knees to the body.
Fassbender wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fassbender is looking to break free of the clinch but Drake has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daffy Drake dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fassbender gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fassbender wants to break the clinch but can't.

Drake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drake scores with a leg kick.
Fassbender swinging wildly here.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Sloppy strikes from Fassbender. Those never looked like landing.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Fassbender.
Fassbender looks to land a combination. Drake sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fassbender takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drake closes the distance and clinches.
Fassbender misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Drake moves into the clinch.
Drake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Drake has Fassbender pressed against the cage, preventing Fassbender from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Drake drags the fight down to the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Drake bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fassbender's guard.
Drake wants to control from the top but Fassbender keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake slips nicely into half guard.

Drake seems to be looking for submissions.
Drake passes to full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fassbender is looking to escape.
Fassbender has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fassbender is trying to stand back up.
Fassbender is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Drake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Fassbender for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Drake's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Fassbender looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

We're going to have a standup here because Daffy Drake wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Drake fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fassbender slips a jab and a cross from Drake.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Erich Fassbender has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daffy Drake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fassbender throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daffy Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drake 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daffy Drake!
A relieved looking Daffy Drake thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.