PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taika Lono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Droom Drillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taika Lono has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lono
vs
Drillo

200 cm
25
198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taika Lono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Droom Drillo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lono goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Drillo lands with a good body shot.
Drillo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Drillo tries to land a leg kick but Lono saw it coming and moves away.
Drillo is looking to land body kicks.
Lono works the jab nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Lono blocks the leg kick.
Drillo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lono checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Drillo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lono.
Drillo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lono slips a jab from Drillo.
Lono cracks Drillo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lono throws a series of strikes that have Drillo backpedaling.

Lono pushes Drillo up against the cage in a clinch.
Drillo wants to get back to striking at distance but Lono won't allow it.
Lono really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lono stalls.
Drillo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drillo has had enough of the clinch but Lono keeps him there for the moment.
Drillo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drillo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Lono scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lono stalling against the cage.
Drillo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lono working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lono lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drillo backwards.
Lono working aggressively here.
Lono throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Drillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drillo throws a lazy head kick
and Lono counters with a straight right hand.
Drillo drops his hands momentarily and Lono takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drillo thows a leg kick but Lono checks it
and Lono counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drillo throws a leg kick
and Lono counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drillo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Drillo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lono.

Drillo is rocked!
Lono lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Drillo can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Lono and Drillo drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Lono.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taika Lono!