PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Rawbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louey Draft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rawbone
vs
Draft

186 cm
23
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richie Rawbone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Louey Draft!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawbone misses with a takedown attempt

and Draft counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rawbone's guard now.

Rawbone is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Draft is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draft throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rawbone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Draft is stalling in the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draft accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rawbone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Draft manages to get himself to full guard.
Rawbone is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rawbone won't allow Draft to sweep him here.
Rawbone postures up.
Rawbone tries to free his leg and advance position but Draft is retaining full guard.
Draft looking for a sweep. Not yet Draft, not yet.
Draft keeping moving, preventing Rawbone from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rawbone shoots and misses
and Draft counters with a one-two to the body.
Rawbone is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draft swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Draft throws a left that rocks Rawbone and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Draft dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Rawbone regain composure!

Rawbone is rocked!

It looks like Richie Rawbone has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draft working the ground and pound from side control.
Oh Rawbone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draft grinds an elbow into Rawbone's temple.
Rawbone tries to improve position but can't.
Rawbone seems to have got his legs back now.
Draft landing strikes.
Draft lands a nice forearm strike.
Draft cracks Rawbone with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Draft grinds an elbow into Rawbone's temple.
Rawbone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rawbone takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Draft cracks Rawbone with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Draft grinds an elbow into Rawbone's temple.

Draft working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draft lands an elbow.
Draft scores with punches from side control.
Draft working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Draft trying to control the action but Rawbone is working from the bottom.
Draft grinds an elbow into Rawbone's temple.
Draft lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rawbone manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Draft scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Draft working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Draft is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rawbone sees it coming and defends easily.
Rawbone trying to hold on to Draft's head to control him but Draft postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Draft.
Draft wants to stand but Rawbone has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Draft winds up and cracks Rawbone with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Draft not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Draft throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Draft scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Draft prevents Rawbone from improving his position.
Draft is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rawbone tries to roll over but Draft keeps him under control.
Rawbone taking some punishment here, with Draft in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draft passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rawbone!
Draft pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Draft looking for a guillotine from mount but Rawbone is having none of it.
Draft is landing with some decent strikes but Rawbone is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Draft lands with some strikes.
Draft scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rawbone?
Draft lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draft breaks from Rawbone's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rawbone is squirming around, avoiding Draft's attempts to control the action.
Draft with a couple of short strikes.
Rawbone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louey Draft dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richie Rawbone's cut.
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.

Draft closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rawbone did well to prevent Draft getting side control.
Draft is trying to control. Rawbone wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rawbone wants to get back to full guard.
Draft slips a nice elbow through Rawbone's hands, connecting with Rawbone's forehead.
Draft prevents Rawbone from improving his position.
Louey Draft has got the better of the ground game so far.
Draft moves into full mount! Rawbone won't be happy about that!
Rawbone is looking to improve his position but Draft isn't that keen on the idea.
Draft putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rawbone is looking to improve his position but Draft isn't that keen on the idea.
Draft lands a heavy elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rawbone is bucking up trying to escape but Draft cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draft scoring with strikes but Rawbone is staying in there.
Draft dominating with strikes here.
Draft lands a heavy elbow.
Rawbone is looking to improve his position but Draft isn't that keen on the idea.
Draft unloading with bombs!
Draft working the ground and pound effectively.

Draft is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rawbone has managed to escape the submission attempt.
BOOM! Draft connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rawbone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rawbone taking shots to the head.
Draft putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draft working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draft can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rawbone is looking to escape.
Draft raining down shots from the mount!
Rawbone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Draft working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Draft lands with some strikes.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Draft! Rawbone is hurt baaadly! Draft is firing away with more strikes - Rawbone is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Louey Draft!