PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conald Derone (ranked 23886 p4p, 24493 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 613 p4p, 612 weight class). Ivan Drago has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Derone
vs
Drago

183 cm
25
275
0 - 2 - 0

196 cm
19
261
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Conald Derone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Derone on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Drago wants to clinch.
Derone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Conald Derone has been cut.
Derone moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drago scores with a hook.
Derone looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Drago wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Drago clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drago throws a half hearted mid kick.
Drago dips to his left and cracks Derone with an uppercut!
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago misses with a two punch combination.
Nice shot by Drago.
Drago lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Drago throws a sloppy head kick and Derone moves out of range easily.
Derone went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Derone really is a fat lump.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Derone.
Drago looks for the body kick but Derone saw that one coming.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Drago moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Derone wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Derone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Drago scores with a three punch combo!
Sloppy strikes from Drago. Those never looked like landing.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Derone blocks a leg kick.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Drago works the jab nicely.
Derone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Drago works over Derone's head and body with a nice combination.
Drago displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Drago looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Drago tries a head kick but it misses.
As Drago looks to move away, Derone throws a big counter combo but Drago just gets out of the way.
Derone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot by Drago.
Drago displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Derone seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Derone seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drago throws a series of punches but Derone moves out of range.
Drago bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drago bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Derone's head backwards.
Drago is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Derone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Drago throws a combination. Derone tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Derone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Derone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some wild striking there from Drago.
Derone jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Drago lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derone avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Derone was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Derone makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Drago really felt that one!
Drago scores with a punch to the head.
Drago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Derone counters with a series of strikes. Drago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Derone blocks a head kick by Drago.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Derone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Derone drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drago misses with a double jab.
As Drago looks to move away, Derone throws a big counter combo but Drago just gets out of the way.
Drago is working the combinations to good effect here.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Derone.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drago misses with a straight right.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
A nice combination there by Drago.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Conald Derone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Good exchange - Drago coming out on top.
Drago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drago has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Drago lands a two punch combo.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Derone dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Conald Derone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Derone has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Drago throws out a powerful jab.
Drago is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Derone circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Derone misses with the body kick
letting Drago counter with a right hand.
Drago looks to land a combination. Derone sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drago lands with an overhand left.
A head kick misses from Drago.
Derone went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Drago throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Derone on the side of the head.
Drago throws a jab when Derone was well out of range.
Drago throws a leg kick but Derone checks it.
Derone went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Drago fails to land with a series of punches.
Derone seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drago has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Drago looks to move away, Derone throws a big counter combo but Drago just gets out of the way.
Derone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drago.
Drago throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Derone was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drago lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Drago tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Derone lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drago, as that shot connected.
Derone blocks a jab.
Derone is looking for a counter combo.
Drago throws a series of punches but Derone moves out of range.
Derone lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Drago throws a series of punches but Derone moves out of range.
Derone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drago scores with a one two! Derone had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
As Drago looks to move away, Derone throws a big counter combo but Drago just gets out of the way.
Drago is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago lands with a nice body punch.
Drago scores with a nice right hand.
Drago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Drago tries to clinch there but Derone circles away.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Drago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Derone circles away quickly and effectively.
Derone staying out of range there.
Drago misses with an uppercut.
Derone throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Drago throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Derone went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Drago throws a one two combo.
Derone slips a jab and a cross from Drago.
It looked like Derone was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
Derone tries a head kick but it misses.
Drago throws a series of punches but Derone moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Derone 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drago rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Derone is looking for a counter combo.
Drago throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Derone.
Derone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drago throws a combination that misses
and Derone counters with a series of strikes. Drago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Derone tries to bum rush Drago with a series of wild strikes but Drago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drago misses with a looping left.
Ivan Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drago swinging wildly here.
Derone is looking for a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Conald Derone's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Drago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drago throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Derone counters with a head kick that drops Drago to the mat! Drago scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Drago is rocked!
A jab from Drago misses.
Drago is still on wobbly legs! Can Derone finish him?
Drago tries a head kick but it misses.
Derone appears to be looking for a big counter.
A combination from Drago does no damage.
Drago looks to throw the jab but Derone is out of range.
Derone is looking for a counter combo.
A punch combination from Drago misses.
It looked like Derone was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Derone.
Drago loads up on a big right hand but Derone slips the punch.
Derone feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Drago crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Conald Derone!
Conald Derone decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.