PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Druff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bearach Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Druff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mother *uckers. Cunningham is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Scotland the Brave and the Green Hills of Tyrol. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Druff
vs
Cunningham

185 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

187 cm
23
222 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Druff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bearach Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Druff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Druff closes the distance and clinches up with Cunningham, looking for a takedown. Druff pushes Cunningham against the cage but Cunningham circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cunningham stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cunningham wants it to stay on the feet.
Cunningham's corner calls for a 1-2. Cunningham obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Druff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cunningham under the eye.
Druff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Druff misses its intended target.
Druff closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cunningham circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Druff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cunningham jabs Druff to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Druff.
A punch lands to the side of Druff 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cunningham moves out of range as Druff strikes.
Druff throws out a loose jab but Cunningham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cunningham keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice shot lands for Cunningham.
Cunningham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Druff moves away.
Cunningham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cunningham 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.
Cunningham misses with a body shot.
Cunningham throws an overhand right that lands on Druff's shoulder, as Druff tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Druff misses
and Cunningham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Druff tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cunningham swivels and escapes.
Decent striking displayed by Druff there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Cunningham. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cunningham.

Cunningham shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Druff manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Cunningham must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cunningham lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Druff is rocked!
Druff can't keep his opponent in guard - Cunningham advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cunningham seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Druff is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Druff actively working from the bottom here.
Druff seems to have got his legs back now.
Druff moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham throwing strikes from guard but Druff blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cunningham's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Druff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Druff working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cunningham doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cunningham manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Cunningham avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cunningham's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cunningham in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cunningham with a flurry of punches that miss.

Druff is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cunningham defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Cunningham is sitting in close to Druff's body. Druff has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Cunningham is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Cunningham is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Druff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dan Druff!
Dan Druff decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.