PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stavros Drivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Tisdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Drivas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rob Hubbard - Commando. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Drivas
vs
Tisdale

204 cm
21
300 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

202 cm
20
292 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stavros Drivas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Tisdale!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tisdale tries to close the distance and clinch but Drivas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tisdale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drivas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drivas swats away the attempt to clinch by Tisdale.
Tisdale cracks a nice hook into Drivas's ribs.
Drivas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tisdale tries to clinch there but Drivas circles away.
Tisdale tries to close the distance and clinch but Drivas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tisdale moves in looking to clinch but Drivas pushes him off.
Tisdale tries to clinch but Drivas is having none of it.
Tisdale tries to close the distance and clinch but Drivas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tisdale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drivas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tisdale tries to clinch but Drivas moves out of range.
Drivas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tisdale lands a nice hook to Drivas's body. Drivas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drivas is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drivas wants to clinch.
Tisdale darts in trying to clinch

and Drivas counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drivas is stalling here.
Drivas has Tisdale pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tisdale manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tisdale tries to land knees in the clinch but Drivas avoids the damage to the body.
Tisdale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drivas is defending well for now.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the head but Drivas blocks with his arms.
Tisdale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drivas blocks it with crossed arms.
Tisdale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drivas managing to block the knees to the body from Tisdale.
Tisdale landing knees to the head.

It looks like Stavros Drivas has been cut.
Tisdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drivas.
Tisdale throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drivas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tisdale tries a knee to the head but Drivas blocks it.
Drivas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tisdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drivas.
Tisdale looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Drivas managing to block the knees to the body from Tisdale.
Tisdale tries to stall but Drivas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tisdale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tisdale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tisdale gets underhooks to prevent Drivas's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stavros Drivas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tisdale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drivas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drivas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tisdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drivas.
Tisdale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drivas blocks it with crossed arms.
Drivas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tisdale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tisdale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tisdale tries to land knees in the clinch but Drivas avoids the damage to the body.

Tisdale is fighting off a takedown attempt but Drivas is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Tisdale to the mat. Tisdale regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Drivas forces his way into half guard.
Tisdale blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drivas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drivas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tisdale blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drivas.
Drivas has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Drivas unloads with some shots from mount but Tisdale bucks and avoids them well.
Drivas landing strikes from the mount and Tisdale is in trouble!
Drivas lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Drivas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tisdale looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drivas working the ground and pound effectively.
Drivas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tisdale is looking to escape.
Tisdale really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drivas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drivas punching from mount but Tisdale doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tisdale blocking the ground and pound.
Drivas with shots to the head and body - Tisdale looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Andre Tisdale has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drivas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tisdale blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Drivas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tisdale darts in trying to clinch

and Drivas moves into the clinch.
Tisdale looking to throw knees to the head but Drivas is blocking nicely.
Drivas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tisdale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tisdale prevents Drivas from breaking the clinch.

Drivas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tisdale tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Drivas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Drivas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drivas has Tisdale pressed against the cage.
Tisdale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tisdale misses with a knee strike.
Tisdale stops a takedown attempt from Drivas.
Tisdale scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drivas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drivas tries to break free but Tisdale pushes him back against the cage.
Drivas avoiding damage as Tisdale throws knees to the body.
Tisdale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the head but Drivas blocks with his arms.
Tisdale is breathing heavily.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drivas avoids it.
Drivas avoiding damage as Tisdale throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tisdale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drivas's brow.
Drivas avoids the elbow strike from Tisdale, against the cage.
Tisdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drivas.

Drivas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Drivas moves into the clinch.
Tisdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drivas.
Drivas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drivas avoids it.
Drivas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Drivas breaks from the clinch.

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.

Drivas rushes Tisdale and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Drivas tries to break the clinch but Tisdale is controlling the position.
Tisdale misses with a knee to the head.
Tisdale looking to throw knees to the head but Drivas is blocking nicely.
Tisdale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drivas is defending well for now.
Tisdale trying to land knees to the body.
Tisdale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drivas tries to break free but Tisdale pushes him back against the cage.
Tisdale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tisdale tries to land knees in the clinch but Drivas avoids the damage to the body.
Tisdale looking to throw knees to the head but Drivas is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Drivas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andre Tisdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tisdale gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Drivas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Drivas chips away with some ground and pound.
Drivas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drivas distracts Tisdale with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Drivas with a nice head shot there.
Tisdale avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drivas stops Tisdale from standing up.
Drivas lands a couple of elbows.
Drivas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tisdale utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tisdale avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tisdale can't keep his opponent in guard - Drivas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Stavros Drivas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tisdale avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drivas.
Drivas slips a nice elbow through Tisdale's hands, connecting with Tisdale's forehead.
Drivas working over Tisdale with some ground and pound. Tisdale looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Drivas prevents Tisdale from standing back up.
Drivas throwing shots but Tisdale is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drivas frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Drivas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drivas with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Drivas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Drivas gets a clinch.
Tisdale lands a nice knee to the body.
Tisdale stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tisdale continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Tisdale tries to land knees in the clinch but Drivas avoids the damage to the body.
Tisdale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drivas goes for a takedown attempt but Tisdale pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tisdale clinches but Drivas breaks the clinch

and Drivas counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tisdale won't be happy with that.
Drivas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tisdale is pushing Drivas's head away, looking to escape. Drivas manages to hold on to the position though.
Tisdale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The strikes coming from Drivas are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Drivas grinds an elbow into Tisdale's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisdale prevents Drivas from moving into mount.
Drivas tries to score with some ground and pound. Tisdale controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Drivas landing a few strikes.
Drivas in side control, throwing shots but Tisdale defends.
Drivas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Drivas working the head and body with strikes.
Drivas throws a strike aimed at the side of Tisdale's head but Tisdale avoids it well.
Drivas throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Drivas tries to score with some ground and pound. Tisdale controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Tisdale pushes Drivas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Drivas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drivas has knee on belly momentarily but Tisdale bucks him off and regains half guard.
Drivas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drivas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tisdale can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tisdale avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drivas.
Drivas working the head and body with strikes.
Tisdale on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Drivas throwing shots but Tisdale is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drivas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drivas frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Drivas landing strikes from the mount and Tisdale is in trouble!
Drivas with shots to the head and body - Tisdale looks very uncomfortable down there.
Drivas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tisdale tries to buck Drivas off but he can't manage it.
Drivas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Drivas lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tisdale blocking the ground and pound.
Tisdale wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Drivas.
BOOM! Drivas connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Tisdale that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tisdale holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Drivas tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Drivas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tisdale is in a horrible position here. Drivas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Andre Tisdale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stavros Drivas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tisdale is in a horrible position here. Drivas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stavros Drivas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drivas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stavros Drivas!