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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Yardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Travis Porter - All the Way Turnt Up. Christian Drake has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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174 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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183 cm
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182 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Yardy!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Drake lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yardy down.
Drake fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Drake throws an elbow but Yardy slips to the side and avoids it well.
Drake throws a strike aimed at the side of Yardy's head but Yardy avoids it well.
Drake in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Drake is putting a hurting on Yardy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Drake looks up at the clock and then as Yardy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Drake smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yardy is pushing Drake's head away, looking to escape. Drake manages to hold on to the position though.
Sloppy strikes there by Drake.
Drake 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.
Drake working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Drake's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yardy dodges the ground and pound from Drake.
Drake prevents Yardy from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Drake's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Drake are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Yardy dodges the ground and pound from Drake.
Drake looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Yardy is avoiding damage well.
Drake lands a few punches from side control.
Drake trying to control the action but Yardy is working from the bottom.
Drake misses with the ground and pound.
Yardy regains half guard, as Drake was trying to land strikes.
Drake is looking to advance position but Yardy won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trying to control the action in half guard but Yardy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Drake throwing shots but Yardy is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Drake there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yardy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drake.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Drake changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yardy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yardy regains half guard, as Drake was trying to land strikes.
Yardy is looking to escape.
Drake is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yardy tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Drake manages to move to mount!
Drake lands a nice shot to the head.
Drake scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Drake throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
A nice elbow there by Drake.
Drake connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Drake connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Drake is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yardy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands a big shot there that rocks Yardy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yardy is trying to stand.
Yardy looks gassed!
Yardy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Drake unloading with bombs!
Yardy is bucking up trying to escape but Drake cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Yardy is rocked!
Drake lands a nice shot to the head.
Yardy is still in real trouble! Can Drake finish him?
Yardy takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Drake's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Drake!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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