PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ilari Rahamies (ranked 356 p4p, 765 weight class) and Dezmond Drake (ranked 29 p4p, 60 weight class). Ilari Rahamies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rahamies
vs
Drake

175 cm
31
145
15 - 7 - 1

176 cm
31
160
15 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FF Gear
Conviction

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 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilari Rahamies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dezmond Drake!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake connects with a body shot that sends Rahamies's belly button to the back.
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!
Nice cross by Drake.
Rahamies is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Rahamies pushes him off.
Drake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab from Rahamies.
A good leg kick by Rahamies.
Rahamies lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Rahamies misses.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rahamies counters with a slapping leg kick.

Rahamies clinches up against the cage.
Drake is working Rahamies over against the cage.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Rahamies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rahamies misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rahamies gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Rahamies scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rahamies works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Rahamies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rahamies swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drake.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Rahamies saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rahamies counters with a straight right hand.
Jab by Rahamies.
Drake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rahamies.
Drake throws a series of punches but Rahamies moves out of range.
Rahamies tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.
Rahamies bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Drake's head backwards.
Rahamies throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Drake lands a left and a right that send Rahamies crashing to the mat, dazed. Drake thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Rahamies is rocked!

It looks like Ilari Rahamies has been cut.
Drake misses with a hook
and Rahamies counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake slips under a jab from Rahamies.
Drake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rahamies displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Rahamies attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drake takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rahamies thinks about countering with a head kick.
Drake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drake misses with a hook.
A big right from Rahamies misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Rahamies.
Rahamies was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rahamies.
Drake lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rahamies tries to bum rush Drake with a series of wild strikes but Drake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahamies throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rahamies throws a wild body kick that Drake sees coming a mile off.
Drake is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Rahamies moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Rahamies.
Rahamies lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Rahamies blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilari Rahamies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ilari Rahamies's cut.
That's time! Rahamies's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drake ducks under a wild hook from Rahamies.
Rahamies scores with a body shot.

Drake closes the distance and clinches.
Rahamies lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rahamies working aggressively here.

Rahamies's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rahamies moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drake.
Drake misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake lands with a left to the head.
Rahamies throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Drake lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Rahamies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rahamies throws a quick counter kick to the body but Drake avoids it.
Rahamies thows a leg kick but Drake checks it
letting Drake counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with a body shot
and Rahamies counters with a stiff right hand.
Rahamies misses with a straight right.
Ilari Rahamies is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rahamies. That's going to slow Drake down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drake.
Rahamies jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drake slips under a jab.
Rahamies looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rahamies walks into a left hand.
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rahamies counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Drake there.
Rahamies tries to clinch but Drake moves out of range.
Rahamies uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rahamies 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.
Drake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rahamies connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Drake.
Drake is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies moves away from the strike by Drake.
Rahamies throws a sloppy head kick
letting Drake counter with a right hand.
Drake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rahamies attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Drake misses with a looping left.
Drake thuds his right hand into Rahamies's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rahamies tries a head kick but it misses.
Rahamies takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Rahamies swings widly with a right hand
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands with a hook. Rahamies tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Drake clinches up with Rahamies and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Drake.
Oh Rahamies is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rahamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Drake won't allow it.
Rahamies seems to have got his legs back now.
Rahamies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Rahamies controls his hands.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rahamies's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rahamies lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rahamies lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rahamies working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Rahamies.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rahamies has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Rahamies.
Drake lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dezmond Drake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ilari Rahamies's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Rahamies dodges the punch combination from Drake.
Rahamies scores with a nice body kick.
Rahamies tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rahamies scores with a jab to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Rahamies. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahamies swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drake.
Drake cracks Rahamies with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rahamies tries to score with a low kick but Drake moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Rahamies's shoulder, as Rahamies tries to avoid the shot.
Rahamies throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Drake counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rahamies! Drake lets Rahamies back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rahamies tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.
Rahamies throws a lazy uppercut
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake digs a good body shot into Rahamies's ribs.
Drake throws a hook but Rahamies avoids it easily.
Rahamies lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rahamies fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake misses with a hook to the body
enabling Rahamies to counter with a crisp jab.
Rahamies defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rahamies. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rahamies is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rahamies throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Rahamies misses.
Drake scores with a jab to the body.
Rahamies throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drake misses with a looping left.
Rahamies moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Drake lands.
Drake connects with a single shot there.
Rahamies connects with a crisp jab.
Drake misses the jab.
Drake throws a poor cross that misses
and Rahamies counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Rahamies's head but Rahamies sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rahamies lands with a right hand.
Rahamies misses with a low kick as Drake jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies moves away from the strike by Drake.
A telegraphed right hand from Rahamies misses the target.
Drake misses with a looping right.
Drake misses with a shot to the body
letting Rahamies counter with a right hand.
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 gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Rahamies lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drake doesn't seem phased though.
Rahamies swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drake misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dezmond Drake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drake has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dezmond Drake!
Dezmond Drake thanked the fans post fight for their support.