PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desert Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Drago
vs
Storm

191 cm
26
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Desert Storm!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Drago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drago with a nice cross.

Drago pushes Storm up against the cage in a clinch.
Drago digs a right hand into Storm's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Storm's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drago.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Storm is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Storm looking to stall.
Drago lands a body shot in the clinch.
Drago is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drago lands a knee to the head.
Drago lands a nice knee to the body.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Drago avoids the damage to the body.
Drago lands a knee to the head.
Drago landing knees to the body.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm is trying to pull guard but Drago has him pressed against the cage.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drago lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Storm takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drago with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drago pushes Storm back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Drago scores with a hook to the body.
Drago with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drago digs a right hand into Storm's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Storm's gas tank.
Storm looks winded!
Storm is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Drago is keeping busy.
Drago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Storm blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm jumps guard but Drago stands there with Storm around his waist. Storm gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drago landing knees to the body.
Drago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Storm or not.
Drago working Storm over with knees to the body.
Storm is trying to pull guard but Drago has him pressed against the cage.
Tony Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desert Storm.
Drago with a knee to the head.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Storm is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Drago to keep the fight standing.
Drago with a knee to the head.
Drago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Storm's coach down at Area 51 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Storm's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Storm has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drago landing knees to the head.
Drago prevents a takedown attempt there.
A frustrated look appears on Storm's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drago landing knees to the head.
Drago blocks the elbow strike.
Drago landing knees to the head.
Drago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drago lands a knee to the head.
Storm is trying to stall.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Storm tries to circle away but Drago has him pinned against the cage.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Drago blocks an uppercut.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drago misses with a knee strike.
Storm wants to get back to striking at distance but Drago won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago prevents a body shot from Storm.
Drago scores a nice knee to the body.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Storm blocks it.
Storm looking to stall.
Drago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.
Storm tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drago tries to throw a body punch but Storm avoids it by throwing Drago back against the cage.
Storm wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Storm is defending well for now.
Storm wants to get back to striking at distance but Drago won't allow it.
Drago working Storm over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Drago dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Drago rushes Storm and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drago is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Drago landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drago obliges.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drago with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Storm trying to stall but Drago improves his position.
Storm tries to score a body lock takedown but Drago shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Drago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.
Drago misses with a knee strike.
Storm wants to take the fight to the mat but Drago manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tony Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desert Storm.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Storm tries for a takedown. No joy.
Storm wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drago connects with a nasty looking knee right to Storm's face.
Drago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Storm tries to pull guard but Drago won't allow it.
Drago misses with a knee strike.
Storm is looking to take this one to the mat.
Drago misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Drago.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Drago is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Storm can do to turn this around?
Storm wants to get back to striking at distance but Drago won't allow it.
Storm tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Storm is looking to break free of the clinch but Drago has double underhooks.
Storm tries to circle away but Drago has him pinned against the cage.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Storm blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Storm tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drago just stands there and leans against the cage.
Storm can't break the clinch.
Drago using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Storm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Storm looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Storm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drago's elbow.
Storm is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Drago to keep the fight standing.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Storm wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Drago as Storm tries to tie him up.
Drago misses with a knee strike.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
Drago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Storm tries to work over Drago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tony Drago has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drago connects with a knee to the head.
Storm is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Drago to keep the fight standing.
Storm tries to break the clinch but Drago is controlling the position.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Storm blocks it.
Storm jumps guard but Drago stands there with Storm around his waist. Storm gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drago lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drago landing knees to the body.
Storm is trying to push Drago away but Drago has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Drago tries a knee to the head but Storm blocks it.
Storm prevents a body shot from Drago.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm fails to pull guard.
Drago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Storm blocks it with crossed arms.
Drago using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Storm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Storm jumps guard but Drago turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Storm misses with a punch to the body.
Drago misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Drago managing to block the knees to the body from Storm.
Storm is trying to push Drago away but Drago has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Storm is trying to pull guard but Drago has him pressed against the cage.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Storm wants a takedown but no success here.
Drago with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drago putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Storm in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Storm tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but Storm blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Drago dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Storm tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drago scores with a knee to the head.
Storm is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drago gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Drago using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Storm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Storm's elbow.
Drago connects with a knee to the head.
Storm is trying to pull guard but Drago has him pressed against the cage.
Storm wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Storm tries to pull guard but Drago holds him up against the cage and eventually Storm drops back down to his feet.
Tony Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desert Storm.
Drago utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago landing knees to the head.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Storm is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drago pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees to the body from Drago.
Drago connects with a knee to the head.
Drago using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Storm has Drago pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Drago manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Storm tries to pull guard but Drago forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Storm jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Drago walks away with a smile on his face. Storm gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Drago tries to clinch there but Storm circles away.

Storm drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Drago wants to stand up but Storm is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Storm wants to pass the guard but Drago is keeping the position.
Drago wants to stand and escape but Storm is having none of it.
Storm working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Drago's head.
Storm is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Drago wants to stand up but Storm is controlling him.
Drago wants to get back to his feet but Storm passes into half guard.
Storm passes to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago is looking to get back to his feet here but Storm is keeping cool and he's managed to take Drago's back.
Drago looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Storm is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Drago is defending well though. Storm let's go of the attempt for now.
Storm biding his time, looking for the opening.

Storm is persistently looking for the submission but Drago is defending it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago wants to get back to his feet.
Storm controls the position.
Drago is trying to stand back up.

Storm is looking for the choke from the back position but Drago is controlling his hands well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drago holding both Storm 's hands and preventing any damage.

Drago preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Storm.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Desert Storm.
I think Drago has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Drago!