PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Pazzini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Drury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pazzini might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger. Drury has chosen The lonely Island - I just had sex as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mick Drury has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pazzini
vs
Drury

177 cm
26
186 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

183 cm
29
178 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Pazzini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Drury!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drury misses with a hook.
Pazzini misses with a two punch combination.
Drury throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pazzini's waist but Pazzini gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drury off to one side.
Pazzini throws a nice looking combination but Drury bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pazzini dodges the punch combination from Drury.
Drury swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Drury feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Drury trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Drury wants to control from the top but Pazzini keeps moving.

Pazzini has his foot on Drury's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drury works his way back into a safe position though.
Drury wants to control from the top but Pazzini keeps moving.

Pazzini looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drury postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Drury throws a strike but Pazzini rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Drury has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Pazzini avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pazzini wants to control from the top but Drury keeps moving.
Drury is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Drury looking to control.

Pazzini got a little sloppy there for a moment and Drury has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pazzini has managed to get both his arms back between Drury's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drury working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pazzini doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pazzini manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Drury is looking to stand up but Pazzini isn't so interested in that idea.
Drury tries to strike from the bottom.
Pazzini has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Drury bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pazzini's guard.
Pazzini controls Drury momentarily but Drury frees himself.
Drury stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pazzini swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pazzini throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Drury pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pazzini is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drury with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pazzini has momentary wrist control but Drury slips an elbow through the middle.
Drury passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pazzini regains half guard, as Drury was trying to land strikes.
Drury trying to control the action but Pazzini is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pazzini is looking to escape.

Drury is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pazzini sees it coming and defends easily.

Drury seems to be working for a kimura but Pazzini defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drury moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Drury 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.

Drury throws a big shot that misses.
Horrible takedown by Drury or perhaps it was just good defense by Pazzini which made him look bad.
Drury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drury lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pazzini backs up against the ropes.
Pazzini chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pazzini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drury.
Pazzini slips a jab from Drury.
Drury misses with a hook.
Pazzini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drury is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pazzini sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Drury avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drury lands with a nice body punch.
Pazzini pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Drury back to the ropes. Pazzini follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Drury throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drury shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pazzini as he jumps to the side.
Matt Pazzini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Drury.

Drury gets a double leg takedown into Pazzini's guard.
Drury trying to control but Pazzini is working from the bottom.
Drury is looking to work some ground and pound but Pazzini has wrist control.
Pazzini pulls Drury in close to his closed guard and prevents Drury from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pazzini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Drury can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drury in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drury throws a strike but Pazzini rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pazzini trying to control but Drury is working from the bottom.
Drury looking for a sweep. Not yet Drury, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pazzini trying to control but Drury is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Drury is on top in guard.
Pazzini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pazzini wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Drury is now in half guard.
Drury thows a huge punch but Pazzini dodges it nicely.
Drury is trying to control the action in half guard but Pazzini is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Pazzini looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Drury missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drury winds up and cracks Pazzini with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drury is keen to just control but Pazzini is a slippery customer.
Drury throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pazzini won't allow Drury to pass to mount.
Drury throwing shots but Pazzini is blocking nicely.
Drury missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pazzini is trying to maintain the position but Drury is very close to passing his half guard.

Pazzini looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Drury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pazzini stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pazzini wants it to stay on the feet.
Drury lands a jab.
Drury ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drury slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Drury closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pazzini did well to prevent Drury getting side control.
Drury wants to control but Pazzini is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drury missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drury is looking for a kimura but Pazzini is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Drury to get the leverage.
Drury is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pazzini!
Drury cracks Pazzini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pazzini tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drury throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Drury with good strikes from the mount here!
Drury working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Pazzini is rocked!
Mick Drury has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drury lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Pazzini! Drury sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Pazzini and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mick Drury!