PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake has chosen Kiss - God of Thunder as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thor
vs
Drake

190 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Drake!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake misses with a body shot.
Drake misses with a kick to the body.
Thor misses with a few strikes there.
Drake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Thor counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Drake!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake is looking to get to half guard.
Drake is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thor tries to control but Drake wriggling away.
Thor content just to control the position here.
Drake working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake blocking the ground and pound.
Thor fails to move to back control.
Thor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Thor avoids the attempt from Drake to control.
Thor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Drake?

That's two 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.
Drake working to try and regain half guard.

Thor is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Thor extends the arm and Drake is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Thor!