PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Punch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punch has chosen Get Knocked Out as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drago
vs
Punch

190 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
201 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Punch!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago misses the jab.
Punch just misses with a punch to the body.
Drago stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drago wants it to stay on the feet.
Punch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Drago closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drago.
Punch scores with a jab to the body.
Drago fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Punch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Punch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot lands for Drago.
Nice shot lands for Drago.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Punch lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - Punch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drago throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Punch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Punch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Punch slips a jab from Drago.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago scores with a hook to the body. Punch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ray Punch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago misses with the combination.
Punch misses the shot to the body.
Punch moves away from the strike by Drago.
Punch stalks Drago and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Drago's face. Drago staggers backwards, shaken.
Punch with a poor takedown
and Drago counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Punch thinking.
Punch lands a nice hook to Drago's body. Drago takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Punch just misses with a punch to the body.
Punch misses with a wild combination.
Punch is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Drago rather than just go for the knockout.
Drago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Punch moves away.
Punch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drago takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punch falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drago cracks Punch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A swing and a miss from Punch.
Drago is looking to clinch.
Drago takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Punch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Drago counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Punch thinking.
Martin Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horrible takedown by Punch or perhaps it was just good defense by Drago which made him look bad.
Drago moves away from the strike by Punch.
Punch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Punch scores with a sloppy right hand. Drago should have avoided that one.
Punch avoids the body shot from Drago.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Punch scores with a nice head shot.
Drago displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Punch.
Punch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Punch tries for a takedown but Drago sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Punch connects with a jab.
Punch throws a right and a left that Drago avoids nicely.
Drago stuffs the takedown attempt from Punch. Punch gets slowly back to his feet.
Drago misses with a body shot
and Punch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Punch cracks Drago with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Punch.
Drago needs to keep his hands up - Punch had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punch lands a nice shot that snaps Drago's head back.
Punch works the jab nicely.
Punch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drago is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Punch is defended easily by Drago.

Punch darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Drago trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Punch wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Punch dominated that round.
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.

Punch works over Drago's head and body with a nice combination.
Drago dodges the punch combination from Punch.
Punch misses with a looping right.
Martin Drago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Punch lands with a nice combination. Drago backs away looking to recover.
Punch lands with a right hand.
A jab from Punch does it's job there.
Punch misses with a looping left.
Ray Punch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Punch dives in and grabs Drago's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drago pushes down on Punch's head and hops out.
Drago dodges the punch combination from Punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drago slaps away a takedown attempt from Punch, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago misses with a body shot
and Punch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Punch misses with an uppercut.
Punch misses with a hook.
Punch scores with a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drago.
Drago blocks a jab.
Punch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Punch scores with a hook.
Drago misses with a wild body shot.
Punch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Punch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drago circles away quickly and effectively.

Drago drives through and clinches with Punch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drago looks to land a right hand but Punch moved out of range.
Drago takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Punch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drago manages to avoid it.
Drago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drago drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Punch misses the jab.
Drago looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Punch lands a two punch combo.
Punch cracks Drago with a right hand to the side of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Punch.
Punch misses with the combination.

Punch shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punch winds up and cracks Drago with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drago looks like he's trying to stand up.
Punch winds up and cracks Drago with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Punch wants to stand up but Drago has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Drago trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Punch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Punch lands with an overhand left.
Drago throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Punch to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Punch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drago in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Punch connects with the punch.
Punch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Punch lands a jab to the nose.
Punch changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Drago tries to avoid it but Punch manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Drago to the ground. Drago escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Punch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Punch decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like Punch is going to stand back up.
Punch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drago has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Punch is working away from the top position though.
Drago works his way to full guard. Good work.
Drago has a closed guard, preventing Punch from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drago pulls Punch in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Punch trying to stand up but can't free himself from Drago's guard.
Punch trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Punch would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Punch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Punch misses with a wild combination.

Punch closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Punch lands in his opponent's guard.
Punch trying to move into half guard but instead Drago has managed to sweep!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drago decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Punch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Drago connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Punch misses with the combination.
Drago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Punch counters with a single leg into guard. Drago didn't expect that.

Drago uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Drago avoids the body shot from Punch.
Punch closes the distance and clinches up with Drago, looking for a takedown. Punch pushes Drago against the cage but Drago circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Drago fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drago misses with a combination
and Punch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Punch shoots in but no luck this time.
Martin Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Punch.
Drago loads up on a big right hand but Punch slips the punch.
Punch lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Drago displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Punch throws out the jab.
Drago walks into a stiff left hand from Punch.
Nice takedown defense from Drago. No joy for Punch on that attempt.
Punch misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Drago.
Punch connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Drago momentarily.

That's four 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Punch.
A left lands for Punch.
Punch misses with a series of wild punches.
Ray Punch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drago throws a predictable looking body shot
and Punch counters with a nice body shot.
Punch scores with a nice head shot.
Punch throws a right and a left that Drago avoids nicely.
Punch cracks a nice hook into Drago's ribs.
Martin Drago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Punch lunges at Drago with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drago's hand.
Punch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drago sprawls well. Drago wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Punch gets slowly back to his feet.
Punch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drago.
Punch thuds his right hand into Drago's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Punch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Punch 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 for Ray Punch!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Ray Punch!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Ray Punch!

Ray Punch wins by unanimous decision!