PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Winston Fox (ranked 5619 p4p, 0 weight class) and Courtney Drake (ranked 4430 p4p, 0 weight class). Courtney Drake is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Fox
vs
Drake

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Powerful

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 Sydney, Winston Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Courtney Drake!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake swings for the body but Fox moves out of range.
As Drake looks to move away, Fox throws a big counter combo but Drake just gets out of the way.
Drake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fox checks it well.

Fox shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Drake napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fox is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Drake will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Fox scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fox lands a nice forearm strike.
Fox grinds an elbow into Drake's temple.

Fox tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fox has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fox is staying tight to Drake's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fox landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Fox in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drake can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fox controlling from side mount.
Fox scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fox has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Drake!
Fox has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drake is squirming around, avoiding Fox's attempts to control the action.
Drake in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fox looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fox landing punches.
Fox lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fox in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fox scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fox in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fox won't let Drake get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fox lands with some strikes.
Drake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fox controlling from the full mount.
Fox can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drake is looking to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fox scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Drake?
Drake taking shots to the head.
Fox with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox lands a nice shot to the head.
Fox won't let Drake get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fox putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fox controlling the pace for now.
Drake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fox landing strikes from the mount and Drake is in trouble!
Fox wants to control the pace but Drake is squirming around nicely.
Fox lands a big elbow.
Fox is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fox breaks from Drake's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Drake really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fox. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fox unloading with bombs!

Fox looking to secure an arm triangle but Drake defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake is in a horrible position here. Fox smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Drake taking shots to the head.
Fox content just to control the position here.
Drake in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fox lands a big elbow.
Fox is landing with some decent strikes but Drake is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fox landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fox fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fox landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fox looking to finish Drake with some ground and pound. This is bad for Drake!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Fox dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Drake fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Fox feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fox landing with the ground and pound.
Fox stands up over Drake, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fox works over Drake with some ground and pound from guard.
Fox connects with a couple of short punches.
Fox landing some decent shots from guard.
Fox makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox trying to control but Drake is working from the bottom.

Drake pushes Fox off and scrambles back to his feet.
Drake lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fox backs up against the cage.
Drake throws a head kick that misses.
Fox tries to counter with a takedown but Drake is quick to defend against it.

Fox scores with a takedown into Drake's guard.
Fox trying to control but Drake is working from the bottom.
Fox keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Drake's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fox working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Drake's head.
Fox wants to control from the top but Drake keeps moving.
Fox is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Drake has his feet on Fox's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Drake stuffs the takedown.
Drake lands a nice looking body kick.
Fox has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drake misses with a body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drake.
Drake swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Drake.
Drake scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox goes for a double leg but Drake avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Drake continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick by Drake misses

and Fox counters with a single leg into guard. Drake didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fox wanted to stand there but Drake had control of the position.
Fox trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fox stands and throws Drake's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Drake is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Fox controlling the position from side mount.
Fox advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Courtney Drake will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fox bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fox cracks Drake with a big right hand but Drake just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Drake gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Drake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fox fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fox landing punches.
Fox is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fox pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fox landing strikes from the mount.
Winston Fox overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Drake's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Fox lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fox fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fox looking to control but Drake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Drake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Drake is rocked!
Fox lands a couple of good shots and Drake has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Drake is still in real trouble! Can Fox finish him?
The referee is taking a good look at Drake as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Fox!
Fox is landing with strikes. Drake can't take much more of this.
Fox is loading up with his shots from the back and Drake is in big trouble! Drake taps out to strikes and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Winston Fox!