PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dezmond Drake (ranked 1675 p4p, 1131 weight class) and Ilari Rahamies (ranked 146 p4p, 101 weight class). Ilari Rahamies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drake
vs
Rahamies

176 cm
28
160
11 - 9 - 0

175 cm
29
145
10 - 5 - 1

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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 11 - 9 - 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 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilari Rahamies!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahamies throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rahamies, as that shot connected.
Drake works the jab nicely.
Drake has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ubergym in the buildup to the fight.
Drake walks into a jab.
Rahamies moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rahamies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drake manages to avoid it.
Rahamies ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rahamies feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Drakes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rahamies wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake ducks right into an uppercut from Rahamies.
Drake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rahamies scores with a jab to the head.
Rahamies throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
Drake swings for the body but Rahamies moves out of range.
As Drake backs off Rahamies throws a huge counter combo but Drake manages to avoid it all.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rahamies.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Rahamies lands.
Drake throws the left hand but Rahamies avoids the punch easily.
Rahamies scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Drake staying out of range there.
Rahamies throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good exchange - Rahamies coming out on top.
Drake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rahamies stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rahamies.
Rahamies uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Rahamies swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rahamies lands an overhand right.
Drake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and Rahamies counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left lands for Rahamies.
Rahamies throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Rahamies throws a low kick but it's checked well by Drake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rahamies throws a leg kick but Drake moved away.
Drake is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Rahamies takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rahamies cracks Drake with a good jab.
Drake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ilari Rahamies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Rahamies lands with a hook. Drake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rahamies throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Rahamies closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rahamies is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Drake had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rahamies throws a lazy uppercut
and Drake counters with a nice body shot.
Rahamies fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rahamies throws a poor cross that misses
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies throws an off balance right hand
and Drake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rahamies throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rahamies cracks Drake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rahamies stalks Drake and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Drake's face. Drake staggers backwards, shaken.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rahamies lands the left hand.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rahamies counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drake swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Rahamies moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahamies takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Drake darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rahamies dips to his left and cracks Drake with an uppercut!
Drake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Drake wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rahamies misses with an uppercut
and Drake counters with a nice body shot.
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rahamies manages to avoid it.
Drake lands a really nice looking cross but Rahamies seems unphased.
Rahamies moves out of range of the strikes.
Rahamies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Rahamies dips to his left and cracks Drake with an uppercut!
Drake throws a shot from downtown. Rahamies moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Rahamies.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake throws a shot from downtown. Rahamies moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Rahamies.
Drake jabs Rahamies to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rahamies misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilari Rahamies dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drake misses with a looping right.
Rahamies lands with a nice combination. Drake backs away looking to recover.
Drake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rahamies misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Drake misses the target.
Good shot there by Rahamies.
Drake looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rahamies slips under a jab.
Rahamies misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
Drake has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drake there as he acknowledges the shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Drake might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rahamies changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rahamies has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good leg kick by Rahamies.
Drake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake takes one on the button.
Rahamies bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Drake's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahamies scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Rahamies throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rahamies misses with an uppercut. Drake saw that one coming.
Rahamies is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rahamies.
Rahamies fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Rahamies moved out of range nicely.
Drake slips a jab from Rahamies.
Rahamies clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rahamies throws a solid leg kick but Drake takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rahamies.
Rahamies loads up on a big right hand but Drake slips the punch.
Rahamies is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drake throws a body punch but Rahamies moves out of range.
Rahamies flicks out a counter leg kick but Drake steps away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies with the inside leg kick.
Rahamies misses with a combination
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Rahamies is just out of range.
Drake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rahamies throws out a powerful jab.
Drake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rahamies.
That kick from Rahamies tenderised Drake's leg. Drake is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good standup being displayed there by Rahamies as he connects with a hook.
Rahamies misses with a straight left.
Drake is looking for a counter combo.
Rahamies throws a sloppy body shot
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rahamies takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rahamies throws a leg kick
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Rahamies lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake works Rahamies's body with a nice hook.
Rahamies misses with a looping left.
Rahamies misses with an uppercut.
Drake misses with the combination.
Rahamies uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Rahamies cracks Drake with a good jab.
Rahamies lands with a cross.
Rahamies misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Drake tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake connects with a body shot that sends Rahamies's belly button to the back.
Rahamies avoids the body shot from Drake.
Rahamies tests Drake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drake lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rahamies.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Rahamies misses the target.
Drake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rahamies throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - Rahamies scores with a four punch combination!
Rahamies fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rahamies paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rahamies fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rahamies throws a body shot but no joy.
Rahamies scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sloppy strikes from Rahamies. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rahamies slips under a jab from Drake.
Drake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rahamies finds it's way round the side to connect with Drake's head.
Rahamies throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Drake is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Rahamies - just one landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilari Rahamies showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rahamies connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Drake missing with a left hand there. Rahamies was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rahamies misses with an uppercut
and Drake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rahamies bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rahamies takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rahamies paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rahamies scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drake doesn't seem bothered though.
Rahamies swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Drake swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rahamies throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drake is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahamies changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rahamies.
Rahamies slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Drake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rahamies.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drake forces Rahamies back against the cage and clinches.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
A frustrated look appears on Rahamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rahamies jumps guard but Drake turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rahamies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rahamies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rahamies.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rahamies blocks an uppercut.
Rahamies throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drakes head.
Rahamies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Rahamies has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Drake uses from the top position.
Drake stops Rahamies from standing up.
Drake is stalling in the full guard.
Rahamies wants to stand but Drake is controlling the position.
Dezmond Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Rahamies wants to stand and escape but Drake is having none of it.
Rahamies wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Drake manages to pass to side control.
Rahamies wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rahamies is looking to score with low kicks.
Rahamies scores with a jab.
Rahamies moves out of range of the strikes.
Rahamies works Drake's body with a nice hook.
Rahamies misses the jab.
Drake avoids the body shot from Rahamies.
Rahamies misses with a hook
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Drake throws a shot from downtown. Rahamies moves away and avoids it.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Rahamies throws out a powerful jab.
Rahamies scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Rahamies as he connects with a hook.
Rahamies throws a leg kick but Drake checks it.
Rahamies connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good leg kick by Rahamies.
Drake throws a body punch but Rahamies moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rahamies on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rahamies swings widly with a right hand
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Rahamies looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Rahamies misses.
Drake moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rahamies waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drake.
Drake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ilari Rahamies.
I've got Rahamies winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilari Rahamies!
A very excited looking Ilari Rahamies made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.