PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Sloane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Dront (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Dront will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Sloane
vs
Dront

193 cm
22
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 22 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Sloane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, The Dront!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dront blocks a head kick by Sloane.
Sloane keeps the fight on the outside.

Sloane darts in and clinches Dront up against the cage.
Dront dodges an elbow strike from Sloane.
Dront lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sloane.

It looks like The Dront has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sloane.
Dront lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sloane prevents Dront from breaking the clinch.
Sloane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dront scores with a hook to the body.
Dront lands a body punch.
Sloane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sloane leaning his opponent against the cage.

Sloane breaks from the clinch.
The Dront seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloane wants to clinch.
Sloane misses with a wild combination.
Sloane fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sloane is breathing heavily.
Dront scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Kurt Sloane has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dront scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Dront forces Sloane back against the cage and clinches.
Sloane prevents Dront from breaking the clinch.
Dront can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dront wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sloane has him pressed against the cage.
Dront wants to break free but Sloane has control.
Sloane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sloane pushes off an throws an elbow but Dront leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dront cracks Sloane with a nice body shot.
Dront is trying to break free.
Dront is looking to break free of the clinch but Sloane has double underhooks.
Dront is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sloane throws an elbow but misses.
Dront wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sloane.
Dront wants to break free but Sloane has control.
Sloane goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dront prevents it.
Dront wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Dront.
Dront can't break the clinch.
Dront is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sloane prevents Dront from breaking the clinch.
Sloane throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sloane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sloane throws an elbow but it misses.
Dront is trying to break free.
Dront can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dront lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloane has had enough of the clinch but Dront keeps him there for the moment.
A hook to the body from Dront.
Dront is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dront lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Dront.
Dront makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dront lands a shot to the body.
Dront pushes Sloane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dront scores with a hook to the body.
Dront lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dront wants to get back to striking at distance but Sloane won't allow it.
Dront looking to stall.
Dront tries to break the clinch but Sloane is controlling the position.
Dront can't break the clinch.
Sloane throws an elbow but it misses.
Dront wants to break free but Sloane has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sloane.
Sloane lands an elbow inside that Dront shrugs off.
Dront is trying to stall.
Dront avoids the elbow strike from Sloane, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Dront.

Sloane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dront is looking to clinch.
Dront fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dront swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Sloane has closed the distance and engaged Dront in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Dront as the two fighters clinch.
Sloane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sloane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dront's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sloane throws an elbow but misses.
Dront lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sloane backwards.
Dront wants to break free but Sloane has control.

Sloane breaks from the clinch.
Dront doesn't manage to clinch there - Sloane circles away.
Sloane wants to clinch up but Dront keeps it at a distance.
Sloane wants to clinch up but Dront keeps it at a distance.
Dront fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloane is looking to clinch.
Dront slips a jab and a cross from Sloane.
Dront tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sloane counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sloane.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dront avoids the elbow strike from Sloane, against the cage.
Sloane holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dront blocks the elbow strike.
Dront has had enough of the clinch but Sloane keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sloane.
Sloane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dront's face.

Sloane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sloane lands an elbow that stopped Dront in his tracks for a moment.
Dront misses with some punches.
Sloane will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dront up against the cage.
Sloane lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dront's defenses.
Nice elbow from Sloane.
Sloane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dront.
Sloane lands an elbow just above Dront 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Dront dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sloane clinches up against the cage.
Sloane misses with an elbow strike.
Sloane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sloane pushes off an throws an elbow but Dront leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dront.
Dront is trying to break free.
Sloane misses with an elbow over the top.
Dront throws a punch but it's blocked by Sloane.
Dront dodges an elbow strike from Sloane.
Dront lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sloane backwards.
Sloane throws an elbow but it misses.

Sloane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sloane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloane tries to clinch up but Dront circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dront circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sloane feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sloane connects with a couple of short punches.
Dront looking for a sweep. Not yet Dront, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dront controls Sloane momentarily but Sloane frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dront keeping moving, preventing Sloane from controlling successfully.
Dront has momentary wrist control but Sloane slips an elbow through the middle.
Sloane is working Dront over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sloane with a nice head shot there.
Dront is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sloane is controlling him.
Sloane with a nice head shot there.

Sloane gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sloane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dront throws a series of punches but Sloane avoids them all with ease.
Sloane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dront paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sloane gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloane lands an elbow inside that Dront shrugs off.
Sloane comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sloane taking a breather.
Sloane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sloane scores a nice knee to the body.
Dront takes an elbow to the temple.
Dront wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sloane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Sloane breaks from the clinch.
Dront is looking to clinch.

Sloane looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dront!
Sloane is landing with some decent strikes but Dront is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dront is trying desperately to improve position.
Sloane lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloane lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sloane is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sloane wants to control the pace but Dront is squirming around nicely.
Sloane scoring with strikes but Dront is staying in there.
Sloane scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dront?
Sloane lands with some strikes.
Sloane putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dront is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Sloane.
Sloane breaks from Dront's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sloane has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sloane working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dront tries to hold on but Sloane postures up.
The referee warns Dront that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sloane landing strikes from the mount.
Dront is in a horrible position here. Sloane smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dront takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dront taking shots to the head.

Dront has left one of his arms exposed and Sloane doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Dront screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kurt Sloane!