PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Belin Billet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billet's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, in your face. The crowd seem to be enjoying Drago's choice of entrance music: James Brown - Living In America. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Billet
vs
Drago

185 cm
24
214 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

190 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Belin Billet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Billet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drago scores with a hook.
Drago scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Billet takes a swing at Drago's ribcage but misses.
Drago misses with a head kick.
Drago drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Drago.
A shot to the body from Drago misses
and Billet makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drago misses with a low kick.
Drago thows a body kick. Billet tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Billet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Billet darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billet slips a straight right by Drago.
Drago scores with a hook to the body. Billet takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Some wild striking there from Drago.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Billet. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Billet.
Drago is looking to chop away at Billet's legs.
Billet throws a hook but Drago blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Drago.
Drago changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drago uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Billet.
Drago misses with a double jab
and Billet counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Billet misses with a series of wild punches.
Drago needs to keep his hands up - Billet had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billet throws a head kick that misses
and Drago counters with a thumping low kick.
Drago tries to land a body kick
and Billet makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Billet throws a combination that misses
and Drago counters with a left to the body.
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!
Drago just misses with a punch to the body.
Billet rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drago keeps Billet at a distance using the push kick.
Billet is breathing heavily.
Drago lands a jab to Billet's midsection.
Drago looks to land a right hand but Billet moved out of range.
Jab by Drago.
Drago throws a jab when Billet was well out of range.
Good leg kick by Drago there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Drago slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Drago misses
and Billet counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Belin Billet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago cracks Billet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Billet throws a hook but Drago blocks it.
Drago scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Billet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drago.
Billet throws a hook to the side of Drago's head but Drago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drago throws a head kick but Billet moves out of range.
Billet dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Drago wants to slow Billet down by chopping away at his legs.
Drago tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago avoids the body shot from Billet.
Drago lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Drago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drago misses with the combination.
Billet misses with a wild combination.
Billet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drago circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Billet misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Billet throws a head kick that misses.
Billet lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Billet misses with a hook to the body
and Drago counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as Billet checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Drago looks to throw the jab but Billet is out of range.
Billet lands a lovely overhand right.
Drago throws a shot from downtown. Billet moves away and avoids it.
Billet throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Billet manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Drago.
Billet cracks Drago with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Billet.
Drago lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Billet fails to land with a series of punches.
Billet throws a head kick that misses.
Billet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billet connects with a high kick.
Drago lands a nice hook to Billet's body. Billet takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drago throws a body punch but Billet moves out of range.
Belin Billet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Drago misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drago. Billet does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drago avoids the head kick by Billet.
Billet misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Drago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Billet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drago was well out of range. Poor timing from Billet.
Drago thuds a left hand into Billet's body.
Billet shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drago misses the body punch
and Billet counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Billet takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Drago lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Billet throws a sloppy head kick and Drago moves out of range easily.
Billet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Billet throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drago counters with a three punch combo that has Billet backing up. Billet nods at Drago to acknowledge the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drago.
Drago misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Drago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drago digs a good hook to Billet's body.
Drago dodges the punch combination from Billet.
Billet swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drago counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Billet cracks Drago with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Billet to counter with a crisp jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Billet might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Drago misses with a double jab
and Billet counters with a big head kick but Drago shrugs it off.
Drago shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drago throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Billet slips under a jab from Drago.
Billet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Billet stuns Drago with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Drago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Billet throws a combination that misses
and Drago counters with a one-two to the body.
Drago staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago looks to land a right hand but Billet moved out of range.
Billet has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Billet misses with the body kick
and Drago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drago misses with a double jab
and Billet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Drago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Billet.
Drago swings away with a body shot that misses
and Billet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Billet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drago scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ivan Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drago blocks a jab.
Billet misses with a head kick.
And that’s 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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Drago throws the left hand but Billet avoids the punch easily.
Drago tries to work over Billet's front leg with a kick but Billet checks it.
Drago lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Billet circles away quickly and effectively.
Drago throws a hook but Billet blocks it.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Billet connects with a right hand. Drago shakes it off.
Drago takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Drago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Billet connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drago. Drago circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Billet looks to land a combination but Drago avoids it well.
Billet scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Billet lands a jab to the head.
Billet connects with a crisp jab.
Billet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Billet misses its intended target.
Billet thuds a left hand into Drago's body.
Drago loads up on a big right hand but Billet slips the punch.
Drago misses with a double jab
and Billet counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drago takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drago throws a leg kick but Billet sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Billet lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billet lands a high kick!

Drago is rocked!
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!
Decent striking displayed by Billet there.
Drago is still on wobbly legs! Can Billet finish him?
Drago takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Billet lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Billet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drago seems to have recovered his senses.
Drago takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drago takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Drago takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Billet cracks Drago with a right hand to the side of the head.
Billet moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Billet uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Billet throws the kick towards the body but Drago avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billet dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Drago takes one to the chin there.
Billet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Billet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Billet.
Ivan Drago is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drago avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Billet connects with a single shot there.
Billet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Billet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drago takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billet misses with a head kick.
Good shot there by Billet.
Drago lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Billet at a distance.
Drago throws a sloppy body shot
and Billet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Billet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drago scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Billet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Billet misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Billet lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Drago throws a right and a left that Billet avoids nicely.
Belin Billet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Billet lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Belin Billet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drago has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!