PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dezmond Drake (ranked 3195 p4p, 2906 weight class) and Jacob White (ranked 355 p4p, 328 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drake
vs
White

176 cm
22
160
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
23
155
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dezmond Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob White!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White jabs Drake right on the nose. Drake blinks but takes it well.
Drake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
White does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
White lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Drake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Drake scores with a hook to the body.
Drake lands a shoulder strike.
White lands an elbow inside that Drake shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Drake on the inside.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drake is leaning against White and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
White misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from White.
Drake lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White prevents a body shot from Drake.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White looking to slow down the pace here.
White lands a damaging elbow.
Drake working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on White - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White looking to stall.

Drake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White slips under a jab from Drake.
Drake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
White moves away from the strike by Drake.
White ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Drake lands with a nice body punch.
Drake jabs at White's body.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a two punch combo.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
As Drake backs off White throws a huge counter combo but Drake manages to avoid it all.
Drake throws a hook but White avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Drake lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Drake works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White slips under a jab from Drake.
Drake moves out of range of the body kick.
Drake punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
Drake lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from White misses.
Drake throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drake moves away.
Drake throws a shot to the body.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
Drake throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

White darts in and clinches Drake up against the cage.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Drake seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if White can turn it around.
Drake misses with some punches.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake blocks an elbow strike from White.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake misses with a body punch.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Drake lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dezmond Drake will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab from Drake misses.
Drake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
Drake bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drake lands with a shot to the body.
White throws a series of punches but Drake moves out of range.
White slips a jab and a cross from Drake.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White wants to counter with a clinch but Drake pushes him away.
White throws a combination that misses
and Drake counters with a left to the body.
Nice body punch from White.
White throws a series of punches but Drake avoids them all with ease.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Jacob White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Drake throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake lands with a nice body punch.
Drake throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Drake takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from White.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Drake misses with a double jab.
Drake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Drake.
White tries to clinch but Drake moves out of range.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drake.
Drake scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Drake misses.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
White slips a straight right by Drake.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
White dodges the punch combination from Drake.
White scores with a nice head shot.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White closes the distance and lands a one-two.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drake manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Drake scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A combination from White does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
Drake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Drake backs up against the cage.
Dezmond Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
White moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
White misses with a combination
and Drake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake dodges the punch combination from White.
Drake connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
White lands a jab to the head.
Drake connects with a jab.
Drake lands a nice looking body shot.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dezmond Drake dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Drake misses with a straight right.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White misses with a straight right.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White misses with a body shot
and Drake counters with a right hand to the body.
White takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Drake was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from White.
Drake dodges the punch combination from White.
White gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White misses with a wild combination.
Drake throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Drake connects with a body shot that sends White's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Drake connects with a nice looking jab.
Drake takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Drake.
Drake throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White misses with a wild combination.
Drake has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
White misses with a wild combination.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
White on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
White misses with a few strikes there.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Drake throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drake appears to be looking for a big counter.
A jab from Drake misses.
White takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Drake loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jacob White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a two punch combo.
Dezmond Drake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White misses the jab.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Drake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drake throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Drake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Drake.
Drake lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as White backs up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drake scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of White's head.
A cross from Drake lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
White staying out of range there.
White misses with the combination.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
White ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dezmond Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drake has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dezmond Drake!
Dezmond Drake decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.