PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between john gay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that john gay has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily john gay seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

gay
vs
Drago

225 cm
22
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

202 cm
22
272 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, john gay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
gay slips under a jab.
Drago stuffs the takedown attempt from gay. gay gets slowly back to his feet.
gay changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Drago tries to avoid it but gay manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Drago to the ground. Drago escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

gay looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
gay wants to stand but Drago has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
gay trying to mount his opponent but Drago defends it.
Drago is trying to stand up here but gay is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
gay thows a huge punch but Drago dodges it nicely.
gay really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

gay is looking for a kimura but Drago is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for gay to get the leverage.
gay thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drago's head.
gay missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
gay content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
gay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago throws out a loose jab but gay uses good head movement to avoid it.

gay moves into the clinch successfully.
gay is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drago pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for john gay. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two 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.
Drago lands with a left to the head.
gay changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Drago fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Drago lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
gay is breathing heavily.
Drago cracks gay on the jaw with a powerful right hand and gay falls backwards against the cage. Drago follows up with more strikes that drop gay to his knees. Drago keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save gay! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Drago!