PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Brannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dragonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brannigan comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphys - The warriors code. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brannigan
vs
Dragonov

200 cm
22
285 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
270 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edward Brannigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Dragonov!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brannigan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragonov is out of range and Brannigan settles back down.
Dragonov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brannigan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dragonov looks to land a body kick but Brannigan moved away.
Dragonov throws a head kick that misses.
Brannigan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brannigan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dragonov keeps the fight on the outside.
Dragonov wants to clinch
and Brannigan counters with a low kick, right behind Dragonov 's knee.
Dragonov looks for the body kick but Brannigan saw that one coming.
Dragonov throws out a leg kick but Brannigan moves out of range and Dragonov only half commits.
Dragonov clinches but Brannigan breaks the clinch
and Brannigan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dragonov's knee momentarily.
Brannigan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dragonov.
Brannigan wants to clinch but Dragonov slips to the side

and Dragonov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks with his arms.
Brannigan misses with a knee strike.
Brannigan dodges an elbow strike from Dragonov.
Dragonov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brannigan blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike from Dragonov.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dragonov looking to throw knees to the head but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Brannigan tries to score a body lock takedown but Dragonov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow.
Dragonov misses with a knee strike.
Dragonov looks gassed!
Dragonov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Dragonov.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Brannigan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dragonov misses with an elbow strike.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Brannigan misses with a knee strike.
Brannigan trying to control the position but instead, Dragonov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brannigan into the cage.
A knee to the head by Dragonov.

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.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Dragonov misses with a knee strike.
Dragonov misses with an elbow strike.
Dragonov scores with a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dragonov throws an elbow but misses.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brannigan.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks with his arms.
Brannigan stalling in the clinch but Dragonov improves position.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it misses.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Brannigan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dragonov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brannigan takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Brannigan avoids the elbow strike from Dragonov, against the cage.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Dragonov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dragonov lands an elbow just above Brannigan 's eye.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dragonov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brannigan's brow.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan takes an elbow to the temple.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it misses.
Dragonov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brannigan dodges an elbow strike from Dragonov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dragonov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brannigan's brow.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan avoids the elbow strike from Dragonov, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov misses with an elbow over the top.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks with his arms.
Dragonov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brannigan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dragonov is keeping busy.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks with his arms.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Brannigan.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dragonov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brannigan's brow.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Dragonov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Brannigan shrugs off.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragonov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Brannigan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brannigan clinches.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
Brannigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dragonov's face.

It looks like Sergei Dragonov has been cut.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks with his arms.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov connects with a knee to the head.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov misses with an elbow strike.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks with his arms.
Dragonov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dragonov lands an elbow just above Brannigan 's eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragonov.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
Brannigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brannigan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brannigan dodges an elbow strike from Dragonov.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov misses with an elbow strike.
Brannigan dodges an elbow strike from Dragonov.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dragonov throws an elbow but misses.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dragonov looking to throw knees to the head but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brannigan blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan blocks the elbow strike.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks with his arms.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks with his arms.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Brannigan shrugs off.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dragonov misses with an elbow over the top.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov lands a damaging elbow.
Brannigan is pushing Dragonov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dragonov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dragonov looking to throw knees to the head but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Dragonov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dragonov pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dragonov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dragonov misses with a low kick.
Brannigan thows a leg kick but Dragonov checks it
and Dragonov counters with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Dragonov blocks the leg kick.
Dragonov darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brannigan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brannigan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Brannigan misses
and Dragonov counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brannigan. That did some damage!

Dragonov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragonov.
Dragonov misses with an elbow over the top.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Dragonov.
Dragonov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brannigan.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
Brannigan trying to stall but Dragonov improves his position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dragonov throws an elbow but misses.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov looking to throw knees to the head but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks with his arms.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Brannigan shrugs off.
Dragonov tries a knee to the head but Brannigan blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sergei Dragonov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sergei Dragonov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Brannigan throws a leg kick
and Dragonov counters with a nice body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brannigan.
Brannigan feints and then cracks Dragonov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragonov down.
Dragonov wants to clinch up but Brannigan keeps it at a distance.
Brannigan fails with the takedown.
Dragonov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Edward Brannigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragonov is looking to clinch but Brannigan is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brannigan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brannigan throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick from Dragonov lands but Brannigan takes it in his stride.
Dragonov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragonov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brannigan. That did some damage!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov throws a head kick but Brannigan moves out of range.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brannigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Brannigan has managed to clinch.
Dragonov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dragonov throws an elbow that misses.
Dragonov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brannigan blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dragonov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brannigan's face.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragonov.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike from Dragonov.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks with his arms.
Brannigan looking to stall.
Dragonov pushes off an throws an elbow but Brannigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

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.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov misses with a knee strike.
Dragonov gets underhooks to prevent Brannigan's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Brannigan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brannigan takes an elbow to the temple.
Brannigan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dragonov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Brannigan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brannigan misses with a knee strike.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Dragonov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brannigan looking to slow down the pace here.
Dragonov scores with a knee to the head.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brannigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sergei Dragonov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Dragonov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan misses with a knee strike.
Dragonov connects with a knee to the head.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan blocks an elbow strike.
Brannigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
Dragonov misses with an elbow over the top.
Brannigan avoids the elbow strike from Dragonov, against the cage.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dragonov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brannigan blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dragonov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dragonov throws an elbow but it misses.
Dragonov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan taking a breather.
Dragonov lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Brannigan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov looking to throw knees to the head but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Brannigan looking to throw knees to the head but Dragonov is blocking nicely.
Dragonov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Brannigan.
Brannigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragonov.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Dragonov blocks it.
Brannigan takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Dragonov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dragonov 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Dragonov!