PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Conwboy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Drysdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralph Drysdale acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Conwboy
vs
Drysdale

188 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
208 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Conwboy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Drysdale!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drysdale closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conwboy circles away.
Conwboy looks to land a combination but Drysdale avoids it well.

Drysdale closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee asks Drysdale politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Drysdale prefers to stall for the moment though.

Drysdale thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Drysdale is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Conwboy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Conwboy explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conwboy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drysdale.
Nice straight punches there by Conwboy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Conwboy.

It looks like Ralph Drysdale has been cut.
Drysdale fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Drysdale shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Conwboy but Conwboy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mark Conwboy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Drysdale.
Conwboy lands a jab.
Conwboy throws a series of punches but Drysdale avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale tries to clinch but Conwboy moves out of range.
Mark Conwboy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drysdale takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Drysdale tries to clinch there but Conwboy circles away.
Conwboy misses with a double jab.
Drysdale shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Conwboy but Conwboy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Drysdale misses with a wild body shot.
Conwboy swats away the attempt to clinch by Drysdale.
Conwboy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drysdale.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Drysdale avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drysdale misses with a takedown attempt - Conwboy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Conwboy's corner calls for a 1-2. Conwboy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Drysdale shoots in but no luck this time.
Conwboy throws a hook but Drysdale blocks it.
Conwboy misses with a hook.
Drysdale tries to score a power double leg takedown but Conwboy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Drysdale somewhat.
Ralph Drysdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conwboy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Drysdale shoots in and drives through. Conwboy sprawls well.
Jab, jab by Conwboy - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conwboy lands with a nice combination. Drysdale backs away looking to recover.

That has opened up Ralph Drysdale's cut even more.
Drysdale looks gassed!
Conwboy misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice takedown defense from Conwboy. No joy for Drysdale on that attempt.
Conwboy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Conwboy wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Conwboy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ralph Drysdale's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Conwboy scores with a one two! Drysdale had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Conwboy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Conwboy does no damage.
Drysdale fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Drysdale has a takedown stuffed.
Conwboy throws a jab when Drysdale was well out of range.
Drysdale takes a jab right on the kisser.
Conwboy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Drysdale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conwboy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mark Conwboy is winning the standup battle so far.
Drysdale 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.
Conwboy keeps the fight on the outside.

Drysdale fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Conwboy, pushing him back against the cage.
Conwboy stops a takedown attempt from Drysdale.
Mark Conwboy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Drysdale.
Conwboy gets underhooks to prevent Drysdale's takedown attempt.
Drysdale is breathing heavily.
Conwboy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Conwboy is trying to force a seperation but Drysdale has the dominant position.
Conwboy wants to break free but Drysdale has control.
Drysdale fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Conwboy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drysdale's efforts to push away.
Drysdale fails to pull guard.
Conwboy is trying to break the clinch but Drysdale has him pressed against the cage.

Drysdale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conwboy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drysdale tries to clinch up.
Conwboy scores with a one two! Drysdale had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Drysdale fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Drysdale fails to land the takedown.
Drysdale closes this distance looking for a takedown but Conwboy circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conwboy lands with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Conwboy. That snapped Drysdale's head back.
Conwboy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Conwboy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Conwboy scores with the left hand. Drysdale knows he should have avoided that one.

The cut above Ralph Drysdale's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Conwboy stuns Drysdale with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drysdale takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drysdale takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conwboy looks to land a combination. Drysdale sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Drysdale is rocked!
Conwboy fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Drysdale to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Drysdale looks to clinch but Conwboy throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Drysdale taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Conwboy!
Mark Conwboy retains his light heavyweight title!