PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago has chosen Gonna Fly Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dall
vs
Drago

200 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KAISER

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drago.
Dall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Drago moves into the clinch.
Drago trying to land knees to the body.
Dall avoiding damage as Drago throws knees to the body.

Drago breaks from the clinch.
Drago tries to bum rush Dall with a series of wild strikes but Dall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice inside leg kick there by Drago. That's going to slow Dall down.
Drago misses with a low kick.
Dall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A punch combination from Drago misses.

Drago clinches up with Dall and pushes him back against the cage.
Drago misses with a knee strike.
Dall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dall.
Dall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Dall is blocking nicely.

Drago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drago takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Drago fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drago was well out of range. Poor timing from Dall.
Dall throws a series of punches but Drago moves out of range.
Drago goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Drago misses with a double jab.
Drago tries to clinch up.
Dall thows a body shot but no joy.

Dall tries to keep at a distance but Drago has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dall lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dall fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Dall.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Dall blocks with his arms.
Dall throws a head punch that misses.
Dall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drago backwards.
Dall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Drago has him pressed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dall dodges an elbow strike from Drago.
Drago misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Drago looks winded!
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Dall blocks it.
Dall misses with some punches.
Dall managing to block the knees to the body from Drago.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drago.
Dall swings wildly with an uppercut but Drago uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dall.
Dall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dall lands an uppercut.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Dall blocks it.
Dall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dall misses with some punches.
Dall misses with a punch on the inside.
Dall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dall lands a hook that snaps the head of Drago backwards.
Dall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dall misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dall working aggressively here.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Dall is blocking nicely.
Dall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Drago breaks the clinch.
Drago connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
Dall misses with a series of wild punches.
Dall lands a nice shot to the body.
Dall misses the shot to the body.
Dall throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dall blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dall.
Dall slips a jab and a cross from Drago.
Drago tries to clinch
and Dall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dall's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drago under the eye.
Dall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drago was well out of range. Poor timing from Dall.
Drago tries to clinch there but Dall circles away.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dall connects with a body shot.
Dall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drago looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dall bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drago throws a low kick, looking for Dall's leg but Dall calmly moves out of range.
Dall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drago looks to land a combination but Dall avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dall lands a two punch combo.
Dall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dall is looking to wear down Drago with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Drago with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dall to score with a decent uppercut.
Dall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Dall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
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.

Dall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drago manages to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Drago in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Drago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dall counters with a right hand to the body.
Dall swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drago.
Ivan Drago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dall moves into range and connects with a jab.
Drago takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dall tests Drago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago avoids the body shot from Dall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago tries to bum rush Dall with a series of wild strikes but Dall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dall moves out of range of the leg kick from Drago.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Drago misses with a double jab
and Dall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Drago is rocked!
Dall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drago tries to work over Dall's front leg with a kick but Dall checks it.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dall misses with a wild combination.
Drago misses with a straight right.
Dall looks to score with a jab to the body but Drago is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Drago as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dall throws a series of punches but Drago moves out of range.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dall manages to avoid it.
Dall lands a slapping body shot.

Dall lands a left and a right that send Drago crashing to the mat, dazed. Dall thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Drago is still on wobbly legs! Can Dall finish him?
Dall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Drago dodges the punch combination from Dall.
Drago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drago seems to have recovered his senses.
Drago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karl Dall is winning the standup battle so far.
Drago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dall scores with a body shot.
Drago takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drago manages to avoid it.
Drago takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drago misses with a double jab.
Dall cracks Drago with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Drago falls to his knees and Dall doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Dall!
After the fight, Karl Dall was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Ivan Drago spoke after the fight, saying 'I didn't preform my best tonight but I'll come back better than ever'.