PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Koops Aquino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aquino kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is RAWR. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Donald Drake enters the ring!

Aquino
vs
Drake

184 cm
20
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Amsterdam in London 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Koops Aquino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Drake!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drake closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Aquino lands an elbow inside.
Drake drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aquino pulls his leg out and moves away.

Aquino takes the fight into the clinch.
Aquino comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aquino lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Donald Drake has been cut.
Aquino lands a good knee to the midsection. Drake won't want to take too many of those.
Aquino crunches a lovely knee into Drake's ribcage.
Drake looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aquino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drake's face.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Drake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aquino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aquino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aquino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aquino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aquino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquino landing knees to the head.
Aquino lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Drake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aquino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aquino landing knees to the head.
Aquino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aquino with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Aquino scores with a knee to the head.
Aquino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Drake is rocked!
Aquino lands a knee to the body.
Drake is still on wobbly legs! Can Aquino finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aquino lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
Aquino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drake lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aquino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drake seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aquino landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aquino.
Drake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aquino with a knee to the head.
Aquino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Aquino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aquino lands a nice elbow.
Aquino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aquino working Drake over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aquino obliges.
Aquino connects with a knee to the head.
Drake takes a knee right on the jaw!

Aquino drops Drake with a big knee straight up the middle! Drake is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aquino wants to clinch.
Aquino tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.

Aquino rushes Drake and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Aquino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Aquino.
Aquino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Aquino lands an elbow just above Drake 's eye.
Aquino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Aquino.
Drake takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aquino landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aquino.
Aquino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aquino comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aquino lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
Aquino connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Aquino.
Drake takes an elbow to the temple.
Drake takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aquino lands a nice knee to the body.
Aquino lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
Aquino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drake's face.
Aquino with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aquino lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
Aquino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aquino lands a good knee to the midsection. Drake won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Aquino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Koops Aquino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donald Drake's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Aquino explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Drake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aquino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
Aquino tries to clinch but Drake is having none of it.
Aquino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aquino wants to clinch up but Drake keeps it at a distance.
Drake throws a head kick that misses
and Aquino counters with an outside leg kick.
Koops Aquino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake throws a lazy head kick
and Aquino counters with an inside leg kick.
Aquino lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aquino throws a head kick that half lands.
Drake misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Aquino closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Aquino.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Aquino landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquino lands an elbow just above Drake 's eye.
Koops Aquino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aquino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Aquino drops Drake with a big knee straight up the middle! Drake is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Aquino lands a brutal head kick. Drake looks out on his feet and Aquino throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Koops Aquino!
Koops Aquino very nearly forgot to thank Amsterdam in London 95% Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.