PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Will Frando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Frando has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Frando
vs
Dragovich

181 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue 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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Will Frando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragovich looks to land a combination but Frando avoids it well.
Dragovich throws a body punch but Frando moves out of range.
Dragovich looks to land a left hand but Frando moved out of range nicely.
Frando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Frando swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frando tries to bum rush Dragovich with a series of wild strikes but Dragovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Frando moves out of range of the strikes.
Frando wants to clinch.
Frando shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dragovich but Dragovich pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Frando throws a nice looking combination but Dragovich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dragovich closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Frando did well to prevent Dragovich getting side control.
Dragovich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dragovich prevents Frando from standing back up.
Dragovich content to control rather than advance.
Dragovich throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Frando is looking to improve his position.
Dragovich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Frando is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dragovich scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dragovich there.
Dragovich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dragovich scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Frando is trying to escape back to his feet but Dragovich uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Check out the look on Dragovich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dragovich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dragovich creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dragovich working the ground and pound.
Frando is breathing heavily.
Dragovich is working Frando over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dragovich lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dragovich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Frando on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Frando tries to get out of the position.
Frando taking a bit of punishment here - Dragovich scoring with strikes.
Dragovich cracks Frando with a big right hand but Frando just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frando is pushing Dragovich's head away, looking to escape. Dragovich manages to hold on to the position though.
Dragovich scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich grinds an elbow into Frando's temple.
Frando knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dragovich on the ground.
Dragovich cracks Frando with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dragovich working the ground and pound.
Dragovich in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dragovich lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dragovich lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dragovich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Frando some visible discomfort.
Dragovich grinds an elbow into Frando's temple.
Dragovich in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dragovich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dragovich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dragovich cracks Frando with a big right hand but Frando just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Dragovich working the ground and pound from side control.
Frando takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Frando is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frando takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.
Dragovich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dragovich is chipping away with strikes.
Dragovich lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dragovich is working Frando over with some ground and pound from side control.
Frando is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.
Dragovich landing a few strikes.
Dragovich wants to control but Frando is keeping him busy.
Dragovich cracks Frando with a big elbow.
Dragovich looks up at the clock and then as Frando takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dragovich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dragovich lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dragovich lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dragovich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dragovich working the ground and pound.
Dragovich lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Frando down.
Dragovich is working Frando over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dragovich scoring with punches and elbows.
Frando on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dragovich works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragovich is chipping away with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragovich working the ground and pound from side control.
Frando is pushing Dragovich's head away, looking to escape. Dragovich manages to hold on to the position though.
Dragovich lands an elbow.
Dragovich trying to control the action but Frando is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Florencio Dragovich dominated that round.
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.

Danga de danga de dang - Dragovich scores with a four punch combination!
The fight stays on the outside here - Frando looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frando fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dragovich missing with a left hand there. Frando was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Dragovich moves into the clinch.
Dragovich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dragovich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Dragovich turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Dragovich lands a few punches from side control.
Dragovich has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Frando!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frando throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Dragovich.
Dragovich with a couple of short strikes.
Dragovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich controlling from the full mount.
Dragovich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Florencio Dragovich has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee warns Frando that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dragovich dominating with strikes here.
Dragovich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dragovich lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dragovich putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dragovich raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dragovich cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Frando is bucking up trying to escape but Dragovich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dragovich lands a big shot there that rocks Frando but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Frando is bucking up trying to escape but Dragovich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dragovich postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Frando looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frando throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dragovich. What's that going to do exactly?
Dragovich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dragovich breaks from Frando's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragovich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dragovich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dragovich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dragovich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dragovich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Frando is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dragovich cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dragovich landing punches.
Dragovich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dragovich lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dragovich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dragovich controlling the pace for now.
Frando wants to hold on but Dragovich pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Dragovich.
Frando's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dragovich lands a big elbow.
Frando is bucking up trying to escape but Dragovich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dragovich scoring with strikes but Frando is staying in there.
Dragovich landing punches.
BOOM! Dragovich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dragovich has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Frando's face.
Dragovich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich scoring with strikes but Frando is staying in there.
Dragovich with good strikes from the mount here!
Dragovich lands a big shot there that rocks Frando but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dragovich has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Frando's face.
Frando is bucking up trying to escape but Dragovich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Frando is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Frando that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dragovich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dragovich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dragovich blocks Frando's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragovich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Frando is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Dragovich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Florencio Dragovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dragovich throws a jab when Frando was well out of range.
Frando looks to clinch

and Dragovich counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Frando's guard now.
Dragovich loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dragovich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dragovich wants to control from the top but Frando keeps moving.
Dragovich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dragovich is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragovich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Frando wants to stand and escape but Dragovich is having none of it.
Dragovich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dragovich chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dragovich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Frando's head.
Dragovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dragovich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dragovich scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich chips away with some ground and pound.
Dragovich postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dragovich is working Frando over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Frando wants to stand but Dragovich is controlling the position.
Dragovich won't allow Frando to sweep him here.
Dragovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Frando is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dragovich loads up on a big right hand but Frando slips the punch.
Frando slips under a jab from Dragovich.
Dragovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Dragovich shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dragovich lands a couple of elbows.
Dragovich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich is working Frando over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dragovich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Frando is looking to stand up but Dragovich isn't so interested in that idea.
Dragovich forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Dragovich.
Frando taking some punishment here, with Dragovich in his half guard.
Dragovich lands with a punch from half guard.
Frando is looking to escape.
Dragovich takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dragovich scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Frando pushes Dragovich off looking to stand but Dragovich dives back in and keeps control.
Dragovich scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Dragovich moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Dragovich to work.
Dragovich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Florencio Dragovich.
Frando misses with a few strikes there.
Frando swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Frando keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Will Frando is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

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.

Dragovich shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Frando is trying to defend but Dragovich finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.
Frando is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dragovich scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dragovich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dragovich working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frando is looking to escape.
Dragovich winds up and cracks Frando with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dragovich lands a nice short elbow.
Frando wants to get back to full guard.
Dragovich lands with a punch from half guard.
Will Frando has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Florencio Dragovich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Still in half guard, Dragovich seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Florencio Dragovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dragovich 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Florencio Dragovich!