PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Bradstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Alexandrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bradstone
vs
Alexandrov

182 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

192 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

King of Fists

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Drake Bradstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Alexandrov!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexandrov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bradstone.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alexandrov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bradstone - the referee stops the clock and Alexandrov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bradstone. Alexandrov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Drake Bradstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradstone misses with a kick to the body.
Alexandrov throws an overhand right that lands on Bradstone's shoulder, as Bradstone tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alexandrov. Bradstone does a little dance to reset his feet.

Bradstone clinches.
Alexandrov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bradstone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bradstone is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Alexandrov pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Bradstone has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Alexandrov clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Bradstone has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Alexandrov's body.
Alexandrov felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bradstone is punishing Alexandrov with strikes - can he finish him?!
Bradstone definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bradstone is looking to control Alexandrov but Alexandrov is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Bradstone has good solid back control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov is trying to break free.
Will Bradstone go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Alexandrov defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Bradstone punches the canvas rather than the man.
Bradstone biding his time, looking for the opening.
Alexandrov looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradstone lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Alexandrov hold on?!
Bradstone struggling to keep hold of the position.
Bradstone controlling well, preventing Alexandrov from escaping the position.
Bradstone scores with punches to the body.
Bradstone scores with punches and elbows.
Alexandrov tries to break free.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bradstone is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Bradstone trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Alexandrov takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradstone missing with strikes.
Even with his hooks in, Bradstone manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Alexandrov covers up after that shot from Bradstone.

Alexandrov is rocked!
Bradstone lands a big shot to the side of the head and Alexandrov goes limp! He's out cold - the ref jumps in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Drake Bradstone!