PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pope
vs
Drago

198 cm
21
273 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

202 cm
25
272 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Einherjer RAW Nutrition * Recovery 156 : 45$ *

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope is looking to clinch.
Pope avoids the body shot from Drago.
Pope staying out of range there.
Pope doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pope tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drago misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pope looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drago misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pope wants to clinch.
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago misses with a hook. Pope ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago misses the jab.
Drago misses with a looping right.
Pope wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Drago misses.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drago throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.
Drago looks to land a combination but Pope avoids it well.
Drago misses with a few strikes there.
Drago looks gassed!
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drago misses with a double jab.
Drago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pope tries to clinch up.
Pope bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Drago just misses with a punch to the body.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Pope moves in looking to clinch but Drago pushes him off.
Drago throws a nice looking combination but Pope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drago pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pope wants to clinch.
Pope tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Drago swinging wildly here.
Drago throws a series of punches but Pope moves out of range.
Pope ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drago misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drago looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drago misses with a hook.
Drago throws a hook but Pope blocks it.
Drago keeps the fight on the outside.

Pope drives through and clinches with Drago against the cage.
Pope prevents a body shot from Drago.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Drago in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Drago fails to land.
Drago dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Drago shrugs off.
Pope lands an elbow inside.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Drago shrugs off.
Pope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pope lands an elbow just above Drago 's eye.
Pope lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Drago in his tracks for a moment.
Pope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pope throws an elbow but it misses.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drago misses with some punches.
Pope lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Ivan Drago's cut even more.
Pope landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pope obliges.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drago blocks an elbow strike.
Drago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pope lands a damaging elbow.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pope.
Drago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Pope.
Pope is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drago's brow.
Pope landing knees to the body.
Pope misses with an elbow strike.
Pope lands an elbow inside.
Drago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Drago leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Pope dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice uppercut there from Pope.
Drago throws a right and a left that Pope avoids nicely.
Drago misses with a hook. Pope ducked under it nicely.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pope circles away quickly and effectively.
Pope fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago just misses with a punch to the body.
Pope tries to clinch up.
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Pope tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pope moves into the clinch successfully.
Pope's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drago takes an elbow to the temple.
Pope lands a nice elbow.
Pope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drago takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Ivan Drago's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Drago's defenses.
Trent Pope has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Drago's defenses.

Ivan Drago's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pope lands a nice elbow.
Drago takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivan Drago's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trent Pope!