PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago Jr (ranked 4670 p4p, 385 weight class) and Sonny Gilchrist (ranked 3988 p4p, 343 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Drago Jr
vs
Gilchrist

175 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sonny Gilchrist!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilchrist tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drago Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gilchrist shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Drago Jr as he avoids it easily.
Drago Jr appears to be looking for a big counter.

Drago Jr gets caught napping as Gilchrist dives in and scores a takedown. Drago Jr manages to retain guard.
Gilchrist trying to stand up but can't free himself from Drago Jr's guard.
Drago Jr keeping moving, preventing Gilchrist from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilchrist preventing the sweep.
Gilchrist trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gilchrist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Drago Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gilchrist on the ground.

Gilchrist drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gilchrist seems to have locked his on tight now - Drago Jr screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gilchrist, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sonny Gilchrist!
Sonny Gilchrist seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.