PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Neil Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Drake
vs
Mike

165 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Neil Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitch Mike!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mike darts in and clinches Drake up against the cage.
Mike landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mike just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drake's brow.
Mike lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mike lands a good knee to the midsection. Drake won't want to take too many of those.
Mike lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Mike working Drake over with knees to the body.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mike scores a nice knee to the body.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A short uppercut from Mike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mike lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Drake wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike missing with knees to the body.
Mike goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mike trying to land knees to the body.
Drake tries to break free but Mike pushes him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mike.
Drake is trying to push Mike away but Mike has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Mike is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Drake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drake is trying to break the clinch but Mike is controlling him.
Mike lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
Mike using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mike working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike looking to throw knees to the head but Drake is blocking nicely.
Mike misses with an elbow strike.
Mike utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Drake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Drake avoiding damage as Mike throws knees to the body.
Mike trying to land knees to the body.
Mike missing with knees to the body.
Mike tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drake avoids it.
Drake blocking some punches.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trying to maintain a safe position but Mike gets an underhook and turns Drake into the cage.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mike has him pressed against the cage.
Drake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drake avoids the elbow strike from Mike, against the cage.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mike throws a head punch that misses.
Mike working Drake over with knees to the body.
Mike trying to land knees to the body.
Mike lands a nice knee to the body.
Mike trying to land knees to the body.
Mike keeps control of Drake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Mike.
Mike missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drake tries to circle away but Mike has him pinned against the cage.
Mike creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Drake's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Drake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mike has him pressed against the cage.
Mike scores a nice knee to the body.
Mike pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drake working hard to break the clinch.
Mike pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mike is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drake is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitch Mike dominated that round.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drake misses with an uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mike.
Mike looks to land a body kick but Drake moved away.
Mike throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mike.
Mike misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drake throws a lazy right hand but Mike sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drake takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mitch Mike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mike throws a head kick that misses.
Mike lands a head kick. Drake smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mike ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Drake misses with the combination.
Mike has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Drake is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mike throws a low kick but Drake moves out of range easily.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Mike's shoulder, as Mike tries to avoid the shot.
Mike delivers a nice body kick.
Mike leaves Drake with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mike tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mike slips under a jab from Drake.
Mike uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Mike is looking to land body kicks.
Good exchange - Mike coming out on top.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mike.
Mike blocks a jab.
Mike misses with a right hand

and Drake counters with a single leg into guard. Mike didn't expect that.
Drake sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mike's guard.
Drake has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mike is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Mike is in real trouble.
Mike covering up well under a barage of strikes.

Drake is looking for the choke from the back position but Mike is controlling his hands well.
Mike takes a big shot to the side of the head.

Drake is working for a rear naked choke. Mike is not defending it well and Drake has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Mike refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Mike's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Neil Drake!