PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Banero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kair Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Banero
vs
Drogo

178 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Banero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kair Drogo!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo slips a jab and a cross from Banero.
Banero shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Drogo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Banero won't be happy with that.
Drogo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Drogo working the ground and pound.
Banero gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Banero trying to control but Drogo postures up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drogo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drogo is pressing down on Banero's thigh, looking to free his foot. Banero is holding on for now.
Drogo works his way into full mount!
Drogo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banero tries to hold on but Drogo pushes him away.
Drogo controlling the position easily from mount.
Drogo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Drogo controlling the position easily from mount.
Drogo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Banero wants to try and get back to his feet.
Banero tries to hold on but Drogo postures up.
Drogo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Banero bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Banero working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banero working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Drogo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drogo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Drogo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drogo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Drogo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Banero puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Banero not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Drogo gets full guard.
Drogo wants to sweep but no luck.
Banero with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drogo wants to sweep here but Banero controlling him for the moment.
Drogo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Banero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Banero!
Banero tries to hold on but Drogo postures up.
Drogo lands a nice shot to the head.
Banero is looking to improve his position but Drogo isn't that keen on the idea.
Drogo lands with some strikes.
Banero is breathing heavily.
Banero sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Drogo tries to pass to full mount but Banero defends it.
Drogo working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo with the ground and pound but Banero uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Drogo trying to control but Banero is working from the bottom.
Drogo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Banero has his foot on Drogo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drogo works his way back into a safe position though.
Drogo with a nice head shot there.
Drogo stands up over Banero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Banero keeping moving, preventing Drogo from controlling successfully.
Drogo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kair Drogo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Banero tries to clinch there but Drogo circles away.
Banero with a lazy takedown attempt

and Drogo counters with a shoot takedown. Banero fights it but they end up in guard.
Banero controls Drogo momentarily but Drogo frees himself.
Drogo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Banero's head.
Drogo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Drogo pushing down on Banero's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Drogo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Drogo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banero with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banero is looking to control Drogo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Banero avoid being mounted?
Drogo controlling the action here.
Drogo is pressing down on Banero's thigh, looking to free his foot. Banero is holding on for now.
Banero is looking to improve his position.
Banero wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Banero is staying active underneath Drogo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two 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.
Drogo stalling.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Drogo.

Drogo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Banero's guard.

Banero is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Drogo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banero trying to control the position.
Drogo trying to control but Banero is working from the bottom.
Drogo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Banero kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kair Drogo.
Banero tries for a takedown but Drogo circles away easily

and Drogo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Banero!
Drogo raining down hammerfists from mount.
Banero wants to control but Drogo is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo unloading with bombs!
Banero is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drogo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Banero can't escape the position.
Drogo lands with some strikes.
Drogo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Drogo controlling his opponent.
Drogo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Drogo tries to control but Banero wriggling away.
Drogo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kair Drogo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Drogo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Banero is not content to let Drogo control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Drogo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Banero has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Drogo escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Drogo!
Banero is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Drogo off and has taken his back!
Banero not allowing Drogo to control his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Banero is staying active.
Banero landing with strikes.
Drogo trying to control the hands but Banero won't let him.
Drogo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Drogo wants to hold on but Banero pushes him away.
Banero with shots to the head and body - Drogo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Drogo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drogo tries to hold on but Banero pushes him away.
Banero in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Drogo is bucking up trying to escape but Banero cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banero pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Drogo is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Banero.
Banero landing strikes from the mount and Drogo is in trouble!
Banero raining down shots from the mount!
Banero lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Drogo hang on?
Banero with a couple of short strikes.
Drogo tries to hold on but Banero pushes him away.
Drogo working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo taking shots to the head.
Banero lands a big shot there that rocks Drogo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Drogo tries to hold on but Banero postures up.
Banero with the ground and pound from mount.
Drogo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Banero working the ground and pound effectively.
Drogo is bucking up trying to escape but Banero cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banero scoring with strikes but Drogo is staying in there.
Banero fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Drogo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Drogo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drogo is looking to improve his position.
Banero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Drogo defending well though.
Drogo is trying to get back to full guard.
Banero thows a huge punch but Drogo dodges it nicely.
Roberto Banero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Banero thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drogo's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Banero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drogo 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kair Drogo!