PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gavin Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ry Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Beamer, Benz, or Bentley by Lloyd Banks. Stone has chosen Mersey Paradise as his entrance music. Ry Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drake
vs
Stone

180 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gavin Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ry Stone!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drake scores a takedown into full mount!
Stone is squirming around, avoiding Drake's attempts to control the action.

Drake with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stone is trying desperately to improve position.
Drake sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stone is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Stone looks gassed!

Drake is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Stone is surviving well by controlling Drake's body position as best he can.
Drake trying to control but Stone is having none of it.
BOOM! Drake connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone working to try and regain half guard.
Drake with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Drake looking to secure an arm triangle but Stone defends it well.
Drake is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Stone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Drake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stone is in a horrible position here. Drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Drake punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone is in a horrible position here. Drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stone is looking to improve his position but Drake isn't that keen on the idea.
Drake wants to take his opponent's back but Stone doesn't allow it.
Drake looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Drake takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stone is trying to escape the mount.
Stone is squirming around, avoiding Drake's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drake is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.
Stone regains half guard.

Stone looking for submissions off his back.
Drake is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Stone looking for submissions off his back.

Drake is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Stone doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Drake.

Stone actively working from the bottom here.

Stone is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drake pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gavin Drake dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stone fails with the takedown
and Drake counters with a big head kick but Stone shrugs it off.

Drake darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Drake controlling the action here.

Stone is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drake pulls his head out easily.
Nice strikes from Drake there.
Drake keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Stone actively working from the bottom here.

Stone looking for submissions off his back.
Drake working over Stone with some ground and pound. Stone looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stone is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Drake is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Stone actively working from the bottom here.
Drake keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Drake drops an elbow to the side of Stone's head.

Drake seems to be working for a kimura but Stone defends the submission attempt.

Stone is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Drake is tapping! Great win for Stone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ry Stone!