PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Falls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falls comes to the cage accompanied by "Fat Bottom Girls" - Queen. Drago has chosen The Undertaker Theme Song as his entrance music. Ivan Drago will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Falls
vs
Drago

179 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Falls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago throws a series of punches but Falls moves out of range.
Drago listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Drago fails to land with a series of punches.
Falls blocks a jab.
Falls moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Falls tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Drago lands a left and a right that sends Falls crashing to the canvas! Drago dives into mount looking to finish!

Falls is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falls bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Oh Falls is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Falls thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Falls seems to have got his legs back now.
Falls working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Falls postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Falls might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Falls lands a couple of elbows.
Drago is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Falls is controlling him.
Falls is breathing heavily.
Falls trying to control but Drago is working from the bottom.
Falls postures up in Drago's guard and throws a big left but Drago blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falls with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drago preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Falls wants to pass the guard but Drago is keeping the position.
Drago wants to stand but Falls is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drago moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drago misses with a body kick.
Falls takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drago lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falls moves out of range of the body kick from Drago.
A left and a right from Drago both land. Nice combination.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago tries to clinch up but Falls circles away and keeps his distance.

Falls gets a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Falls is working for a kimura but Drago is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Falls lands a nice short elbow.
Falls moves nicely into side control.
Drago is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Falls has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Drago really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Falls. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Falls scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Drago to see if he's OK.
Drago is trying to buck Falls off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Falls decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Falls missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drago is trying to stand up here but Falls is controlling him well.
Falls throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Drago wants to get back to his feet.
Falls missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drago is trying to stand back up but Falls is controlling him
Drago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Falls.
Drago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Falls.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.
Falls throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drago's waist but Falls gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Falls off to one side.
Falls takes one to the chin there.
Ivan Drago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Falls moves away from the strike by Drago.

Falls bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Drago is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Falls 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.
Drago is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Falls lands some shots froms side control.Falls working the ground and pound from side control.
Falls lands a nice forearm strike.
Drago takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Drago is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Falls has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Falls working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Drago is pushing Falls's head away, looking to escape. Falls manages to hold on to the position though.
Drago is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drago taking punishment in the form of punches.
Drago taking punishment in the form of punches.
Falls connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Drago some visible discomfort.
Drago on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Drago defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Falls will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Falls takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ivan Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Falls has a takedown stuffed.
Drago clobbers Falls with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Drago lands with a cross.
Drago misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Drago.
Falls tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Falls.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Falls looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Falls moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago tries to break the clinch but Falls is controlling the position.
Drago is trying to break free.
Drago can't break the clinch.
Falls wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Falls. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Falls has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Drago is trying to keep an underhook but Falls manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Falls looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drago with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Falls moves nicely into side control.
Falls cracks Drago with a big right hand but Drago just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Falls lands some shots froms side control.
Drago wants to get back to his feet but Falls drags him back down.
Matt Falls overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Falls controlling the position.
Falls working the head with strikes.
Drago takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Falls's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Drago is pushing Falls's head away, looking to escape. Falls manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falls is putting a hurting on Drago here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falls lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Drago is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Falls has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Falls works to advance to full mount. Drago defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Falls landing strikes from the mount and Drago is in trouble!
Drago trying desperately to get to his feet.
Falls cracks Drago with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drago really wants to buck Falls off and get back to his feet.
Falls scoring with strikes but Drago is staying in there.
Falls looking to control but Drago is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Drago wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Falls putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Drago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
Drago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Drago is rocked!
The referee warns Drago that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Drago is still on wobbly legs! Can Falls finish him?
Falls is landing with some decent strikes but Drago is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Falls connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falls with the ground and pound from mount.
Falls lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Falls lands with some strikes.
Falls fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Falls fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Drago is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Drago taking shots to the head.
Falls with shots to the head and body - Drago looks very uncomfortable down there.
Drago seems to have recovered his senses.
Falls fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Falls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Drago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Falls won't let Drago get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Falls landing strikes from the mount and Drago is in trouble!
Falls scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Falls pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Drago wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Falls landing strikes from the mount and Drago is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falls landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Falls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Drago tries to buck Falls off but he can't manage it.
Drago takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Drago squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Falls lands a nice shot to the head.
Drago is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Falls raining down shots from the mount!

The has opened up Ivan Drago's cut even more.
Falls lands a nice shot to the head.
Falls looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Falls with a couple of short strikes.

The cut above Ivan Drago's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Falls working Drago over with strikes here.
Drago is trying to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falls punishing his opponent with strikes.
Falls looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Drago trying desperately to get to his feet.
Falls unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Falls dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Drago throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Falls sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Falls shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Falls showed some decent athleticism there.
Falls scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Drago tries to kick Falls off but Falls keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Falls slips a nice elbow through Drago's hands, connecting with Drago's forehead.
Drago keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drago is looking to escape.
Falls moves into full mount! Drago won't be happy about that!
Drago wants to try and get back to his feet.
Falls postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Drago looks a forlorn figure.
Falls lands a heavy elbow.
Falls working Drago over with strikes here.

Ivan Drago's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivan Drago's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Falls!