PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Drake (ranked 5103 p4p, 23320 weight class) and Math Riddle (ranked 611 p4p, 685 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Drake
vs
Riddle

188 cm
21
188
3 - 5 - 0

192 cm
23
201
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Math Riddle!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddle tries to clinch but Drake moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Riddle, right into the meat of the thigh.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Riddle on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Riddle scores with a sloppy right hand. Drake should have avoided that one.
Riddle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ludus Magnus in the buildup to the fight.

Riddle has Drake up against the cage in a clinch.
Riddle working aggressively here.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riddle 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle misses with a hook from the clinch.

Riddle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bobby Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
Riddle motions for Drake to come forward. Riddle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drake.
Riddle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Drake blocks a head kick by Riddle.
Riddle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riddle moves away.
Riddle flicks out a counter leg kick but Drake steps away.
Drake stuns Riddle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Riddle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riddle.
Drake throws a body punch but Riddle moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riddle.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Riddle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Riddle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riddle keeps control of Drake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake missing with a left hand there. Riddle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riddle takes one to the side of the head.
Drake misses with an uppercut.
Riddle appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Riddle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riddle manages to avoid it.
Riddle was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Drake swings away with a body shot that misses
and Riddle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake is looking to wear down Riddle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Riddle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riddle was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
Riddle throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Riddle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Riddle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Drake darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Riddle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riddle dodges the punch combination from Drake.
Drake checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Riddle, right into the meat of the thigh.
Riddle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Drake throws a body punch but Riddle moves out of range.
Drake feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riddles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Drake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Riddle wants to clinch
and Riddle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Drake misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Riddle misses the target.
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Drake misses the body punch
and Riddle counters with a thumping low kick.
Riddle throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
A jab from Drake misses.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Riddle tries a quick counter leg kick but Drake is wise to it.

Riddle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drake, pushing him back against the cage.

Drake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riddle throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Riddle is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
Riddle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Riddle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drake throws a right and a left that Riddle avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake cracks Riddle with an open hand slap.
Riddle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Riddle shapes to counter with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Drake 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 a hook. Riddle ducked under it nicely.
Bobby Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake takes a swing at Riddle's ribcage but misses.
Riddle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Riddle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Riddle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Drake scrambles back to his feet.
Bobby Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Riddle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
Drake lands a jab to Riddle's midsection.
Riddle scores with a head kick.
Drake misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riddle.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riddle.
Riddle misses with a low kick.
Drake swings for the body but Riddle moves out of range.
Drake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riddle can do to turn this around?
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Drake checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Riddle's shoulder, as Riddle tries to avoid the shot.
Drake blocks a head kick by Riddle.
Riddle drops his hands momentarily and Drake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Riddle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riddle throws a big counter head kick but Drake avoids it with no problem.
Drake looks to land a right hand but Riddle moved out of range.
Riddle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Drake misses with a straight right.
Riddle lands a jab.
Drake tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riddle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
Riddle tries a quick counter leg kick but Drake is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riddle circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy left from Drake finds it's target.
Drake tries to bum rush Riddle with a series of wild strikes but Riddle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Riddle misses with a low kick.
Drake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riddle doesn't manage to clinch there - Drake circles away.
Drake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riddle feints a counter leg kick.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riddle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Riddle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Riddle moved out of range nicely.
Riddle pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drake is out of range and Riddle settles back down.
Riddle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Drake is able to avoid easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Drake misses its target.
Drake throws the left hand but Riddle avoids the punch easily.
Drake misses with a left hand
and Riddle counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Drake scores with a hook to the body. Riddle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Riddle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riddle appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Drake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
Drake scores with a hook.
Riddle throws a leg kick but Drake moved away.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riddle manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Drake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riddle was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
Drake throws a body punch but Riddle moves out of range.
Drake swings for the body but Riddle moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Riddle avoids the body shot from Drake.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Drake smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake falls off balance throwing a combination
and Riddle counters with a big head kick but Drake shrugs it off.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riddle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riddle wants to slow Drake down by chopping away at his legs.
Drake takes a jab right on the kisser.
Drake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Riddle's shoulder, as Riddle tries to avoid the shot.
Drake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Riddle scores with a decent looking hook.
Riddle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Drake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Drake misses with a hook
and Riddle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drake throws an off balance right hand
and Riddle counters with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Drake dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Riddle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Drake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Riddle counters with a big head kick but Drake shrugs it off.
Riddle pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drake is out of range and Riddle settles back down.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
Drake throws a series of punches but Riddle moves out of range.
Riddle misses with a low kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Drake misses its target.
Drake misses with the combination.
Riddle avoids the body shot from Drake.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
Riddle gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riddle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and Riddle counters with a good low kick that Drake was not able to check.
Riddle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd cheers as Riddle lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drake doesn't seem phased though.
Riddle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riddle drops his hands momentarily and Drake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drake is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riddle moves away.
Drake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake swings for the body but Riddle moves out of range.
Drake takes a swing at Riddle's ribcage but misses.
Riddle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Riddle throws a head kick that misses.
Riddle misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Riddle tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Drake misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drake is out of range and Riddle settles back down.
Drake blocks a head kick by Riddle.
It looked like Drake wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Drake is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drake swats away the attempt to clinch by Riddle.
Riddle avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
Drake misses with a double jab
and Riddle counters with an outside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Drake checks a leg kick.
Riddle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A clash of legs there as Drake blocks the low kick.
A head kick misses from Riddle.
Math Riddle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake checks a leg kick.
Drake throws a hook but Riddle avoids it easily.
Drake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Riddle lands a leg kick that knocks Drake off balance momentarily.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Jab, jab by Drake - just one landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Riddle.
Riddle throws a head kick that misses.
Riddle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riddle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riddle raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riddle manages to avoid it.
Riddle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riddle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riddle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drake lands a nice hook to Riddle's body. Riddle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riddle. Riddle obviously looking to wear him down.
Drake jabs at Riddle's body.
Riddle tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Drake blocks the leg kick.
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Riddle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Bobby Drake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riddle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drake, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Drake!