PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Shindo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Travis Porter - All the Way Turnt Up. Shindo has chosen Everything in its right place- Radio Head as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Shindo

183 cm
20
174 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
173 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Das Labor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Shindo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shindo scores with a spinning back kick!
Shindo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shindo misses with the combination.
Drake is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shindo.
Shindo throws a leg kick but Drake sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shindo swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
Shindo throws the kick towards the body but Drake avoids it.
Shindo throws the kick towards the body but Drake avoids it.
Drake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shindo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Shindo gets caught flat footed, as Drake shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Drake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shindo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drake.
Shindo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake stops Shindo from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drake postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Drake throwing strikes but missing.
Shindo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drake being controlled here momentarily.
Drake won't allow Shindo to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drake stands up over Shindo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shindo trying to control the position.

Drake drops back looking for a leg! Shindo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shindo manages to kick Drake off! Drake jumps back into Shindo's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Shindo throws the kick towards the body but Drake avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shindo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Drake closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Drake lands in his opponent's guard.

Shindo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Drake gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Drake pushes down on Shindo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Drake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drake lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Drake not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Shindo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shindo pushes Drake off looking to stand but Drake dives back in and keeps control.

Drake is working for a kimura but Shindo is defending it quite comfortably.
Drake is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shindo is trying to get back to full guard.
Shindo trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A slow jab from Shindo misses its intended target.
Shindo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The fighters circling - Shindo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shindo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drake. Drake circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shindo misses with a head kick.
Shindo misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shindo misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake avoids the head kick by Shindo.
Master Shindo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shindo lands with a slapping head kick.
Shindo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shindo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shindo misses with a wild combination.
Shindo looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Shindo.
Shindo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Drake scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Drake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shindo defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Christian Drake will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shindo throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.

Shindo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shindo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Drake's guard.
Shindo trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drake trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shindo passes Drake's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Drake gets full guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Christian Drake!