PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lester Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LL Cool J: Mama said knock you out. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Young

176 cm
19
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dustin Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lester Young!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Drake tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Drake defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab by Drake.
Young takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Drake tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake dodges the punch combination from Young.
Young slips a jab from Drake.
Young scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.

Drake rushes Young and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drake pushes Young back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Drake.
Drake prevents a body shot from Young.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Young takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Drake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Young finds it's way round the side to connect with Drake's head.
Drake tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Drake moves away from the strike by Young.
Drake dodges the punch combination from Young.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Drake getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young moves forwards but Drake connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Young throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
Young looks to throw the jab but Drake is out of range.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Young misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drake swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
Drake moves out of range of the strikes.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Lester Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice uppercut lands for Young. That snapped Drake's head back.
Drake tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young misses with the combination.
Young might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Drake.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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 Dustin Drake will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Young misses with a straight right.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
A punch combination from Young misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Young in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Young throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
Drake throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake avoids the body shot from Young.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake lands with a nice body punch.
Drake getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drake dodges the punch combination from Young.
Drake lands a jab to the nose.
Drake avoids the body shot from Young.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drake tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dustin Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Drake.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake wants to clinch.
Drake throws a shot to the body.
Drake cracks Young with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Young looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Lester Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Drake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Young takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Young does no damage.

Drake drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drake lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Drake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.

Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Drake.
Drake scores with a nice head shot.

Young is rocked!
Drake throws a monster overhand right that drops Young! Drake follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Drake!