PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Rel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Draper
vs
Rel

176 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Rel!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rel scores with a jab. Draper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rel scores with a hook.
Draper lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Holden Rel has been cut.
Rel feints and then cracks Draper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Draper down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rel throws a front kick that sends Draper stumbling back into the cage.
Draper scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rel scores with a push kick.
Rel cracks the inside of Draper's front leg.

Rel instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Rel.
Rel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rel with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rel fails to land.
Rel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rel misses with a punch on the inside.
Rel looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Rel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rel scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Draper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Draper prevents a body shot from Rel.
Rel misses with a punch on the inside.
Draper blocking some punches.
Draper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rel.
Rel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rel swings wildly with an uppercut but Draper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rel.
Rel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rel misses with a punch to the body.
Draper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draper blocks a body shot from Rel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper fails to pull guard.
The referee calls for Draper to work.
Rel misses with some punches.
Rel missing with knees to the body.
Draper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rel up against the cage.
Rel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rel.
Draper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rel swings wildly with an uppercut but Draper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rel misses with a body punch.
Rel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draper backwards.
Draper blocking some punches.
Rel tries to work over Draper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draper blocks a body shot from Rel.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draper gets through Rel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draper or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Rel fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Rel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Holden Rel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Draper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rel was well out of range. Poor timing from Draper.
A head kick misses from Rel.
Draper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rel.
Draper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Draper connects with a jab.
Rel scores with a spinning back kick!
Rel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rel thumps Draper with a low kick.
A jab from Draper finds it's way through Rel's defenses.
Holden Rel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draper was well out of range. Poor timing from Rel.
Draper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rel.
Rel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper looks to score with a jab to the body but Rel is just out of range.
Rel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Holden Rel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rel lands a high kick!
Rel lands a high kick!

Draper is rocked!

It looks like Don Draper has been cut.
Rel ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Draper's jaw. Draper's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Rel does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Holden Rel!