PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iranouf Drogba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ibario Leonit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drogba
vs
Leonit

188 cm
25
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Iranouf Drogba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ibario Leonit!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogba moves to clinch but Leonit breaks away
and Leonit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Iranouf Drogba has been cut.
Drogba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leonit.
Leonit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Drogba's head backwards.
Drogba closes the distance but Leonit moves to the side
enabling Leonit to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogba looks to clinch
and Leonit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Iranouf Drogba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Drogba closes the distance and clinches.
Leonit is trying to break the clinch but Drogba has him pressed against the cage.
Drogba comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drogba lands a left hand.
Drogba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leonit is trying to break the clinch but Drogba is controlling him.
Drogba prevents Leonit from breaking the clinch.
Leonit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leonit blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Drogba.
Drogba scores with a knee to the head.
Drogba is trying to stall.
Leonit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drogba misses with an elbow strike.
Leonit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drogba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leonit tries to circle away but Drogba has him pinned against the cage.
Drogba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drogba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drogba tries to land knees in the clinch but Leonit avoids the damage to the body.
Drogba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonit blocking some punches.
Leonit wants to break free but Drogba has control.
Drogba lands a knee to the head.
Drogba misses with a knee strike.
Leonit tries to circle away but Drogba has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the head but Leonit blocks with his arms.
Leonit wants to break free but Drogba has control.
Drogba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leonit blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonit avoiding damage as Drogba throws knees to the body.
Drogba looking to slow down the pace here.

Leonit pulls guard effortlessly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leonit is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Drogba presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drogba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leonit's brow.
Leonit is looking to break free of the clinch but Drogba has double underhooks.
Leonit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leonit avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Leonit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drogba prevents Leonit from breaking the clinch.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the head but Leonit blocks with his arms.
Drogba with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonit wants to break free but Drogba has control.
Drogba tries to land knees in the clinch but Leonit avoids the damage to the body.
Drogba just leaning against Leonit, taking a breather.
Leonit wants to break free but Drogba has control.
Drogba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonit tries to circle away but Drogba has him pinned against the cage.
Leonit can't break the clinch.
Drogba is trying to maintain a safe position but Leonit gets an underhook and turns Drogba into the cage.
Drogba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonit is trying to force a seperation but Drogba has the dominant position.
Leonit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drogba tries a knee to the head but Leonit blocks it.
Leonit is trying to break the clinch but Drogba has him pressed against the cage.
Drogba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leonit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drogba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Leonit's efforts to push away.
Drogba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Leonit's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leonit avoids a wild elbow strike from Drogba.
Leonit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Leonit wants to get back to striking at distance but Drogba won't allow it.
Drogba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leonit is trying to push Drogba away but Drogba has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Leonit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drogba is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Drogba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leonit is looking to break free of the clinch but Drogba has double underhooks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drogba keeps control of Leonit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drogba has Leonit pushed against the cage.
Leonit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibario Leonit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iranouf Drogba's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Drogba tries to clinch but Leonit is having none of it.
Drogba falls off balance throwing a combination
and Leonit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drogba needs to keep his hands up - Leonit had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leonit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Leonit is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Drogba hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ibario Leonit!