PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Squire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dryl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Squire
vs
Dryl

195 cm
23
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

BioPharm Nutrition
[†CoE†]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raymond Squire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Dryl!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squire wants to clinch up but Dryl keeps it at a distance.
Dryl avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Squire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Squire moves in looking to clinch but Dryl pushes him off.
Squire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Squire tries to clinch up.
Dryl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dryl clinches up with Squire and pushes him back against the ropes.
Dryl misses with an elbow over the top.
Squire takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Raymond Squire has been cut.
Squire stalling in the clinch but Dryl improves position.
Squire looking to throw knees to the head but Dryl is blocking nicely.
Squire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dryl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dryl taking a breather.
Squire lands an uppercut.
Dryl unloads a knee to the mid-section. Squire lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Squire misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dryl.
Dryl tries to land knees in the clinch but Squire avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dryl putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Squire in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squire is looking to control Dryl's arms but Dryl gets an underhook and turns him. Now Squire has his back to the ropes.
Nice elbow from Dryl.
Dryl comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dryl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dryl lands a damaging elbow.
Dryl lands an elbow just above Squire 's eye.
Dryl throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Squire blocks it with crossed arms.
Squire working Dryl over with knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Ben Dryl has been cut.
Dryl creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Squire's defenses.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dryl is defending well for now.
Dryl stalling the fight.
Squire is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maybe Squire would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Squire throws an elbow but it misses.
Squire tries to stall but Dryl uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Squire being controlled against the ropes.
Squire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dryl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dryl is defending well for now.
Dryl pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dryl is defending well for now.
Dryl pushes off an throws an elbow but Squire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Dryl shrugs off.
Dryl lands a damaging elbow.
Dryl with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dryl tries to land a knee to the head but Squire blocks with his arms.
Dryl avoiding damage.
Squire misses with an elbow over the top.
Dryl pushes off an throws an elbow but Squire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dryl misses with an elbow strike.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dryl avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
Dryl stalling in the clinch.
Squire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dryl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dryl lands an elbow inside.
Dryl blocks an elbow strike from Squire.
Dryl pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Dryl takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dryl misses with an elbow strike.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Ben Dryl's cut even more.
Squire blocks an elbow strike.
Dryl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but Dryl blocks with his arms.
Dryl with a knee to the head.
Squire blocks the elbow strike.
Dryl stalling in the clinch but Squire improves position.
Dryl tries to land knees in the clinch but Squire avoids the damage to the body.
Dryl with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dryl misses with a knee to the head.
Dryl missing with knees to the body.
Dryl is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dryl utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dryl stalling in the clinch.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Dryl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Dryl.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dryl with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dryl is defending well for now.
Dryl has Squire pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Dryl shrugs off.
Dryl tries a knee to the head but Squire blocks it.
Dryl misses with an elbow strike.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Dryl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.
Dryl lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Squire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Squire throws an elbow but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dryl lands an elbow that stopped Squire in his tracks for a moment.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dryl's defenses.
Dryl with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Squire takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire lands an elbow just above Dryl 's eye.

The cut above Ben Dryl's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dryl is defending well for now.
Dryl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dryl holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Dryl blocks the elbow strike.
Squire landing knees to the head.

Ben Dryl's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Dryl lands a knee to the head.
Dryl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dryl stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dryl lands a nice elbow.
Squire tries a knee to the head but Dryl blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dryl lands a good knee to the midsection. Squire won't want to take too many of those.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dryl misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dryl lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dryl using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dryl landing knees to the head.
Dryl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Squire has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dryl taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dryl lands an elbow inside that Squire shrugs off.
Squire blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dryl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dryl looking to throw knees to the head but Squire is blocking nicely.
Dryl is stalling here.
Dryl connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dryl obliges.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dryl tries to land knees in the clinch but Squire avoids the damage to the body.
Squire lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dryl or not.
Stalling in the clinch from Dryl.
Squire looking to slow down the pace here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dryl takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dryl.
Dryl landing knees to the head.
Squire looking to stall.
Dryl throws an elbow that misses.
Squire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dryl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Squire has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dryl comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dryl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Squire throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Squire as Dryl tries to tie him up.
Dryl throws a knee to the head but misses.
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Dryl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dryl controlling the action here for a moment.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dryl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Squire has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Squire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dryl.
Dryl looking to slow down the pace here.
Dryl stalling in the clinch.
Dryl trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Squire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dryl lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Dryl just misses with a elbow thrown towards Squire's brow.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dryl in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dryl with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dryl stalling the fight.
Squire is trying to stall.
Squire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dryl backwards.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dryl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Squire looking to stall.
Squire throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Squire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dryl's brow.
Dryl with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dryl wants to stall.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Dryl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dryl lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dryl's defenses.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Raymond Squire!