PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Drama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuwill Submitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Drama
vs
Submitt

195 cm
23
211 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
28
210 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Drama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuwill Submitt!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Submitt misses with a right hand
and Drama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drama with a hook.
Drama swings widly with a right hand

and Submitt counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Submitt.
Drama is trying to break the clinch but Submitt has him pressed against the cage.

Submitt turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Drama is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Submitt is looking to take a break and control but Drama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Submitt wants to pass to mount but Drama is defending the position.
Submitt prevents Drama from improving his position.
Drama is pressing down on Submitt's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Submitt wants to control from the top but Drama keeps moving.
Drama pulls Submitt in close to prevent any damage.
Submitt stops Drama from standing up.
Drama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Drama knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Submitt on the ground.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Submitt misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Submitt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Submitt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Submitt looks for a takedown but Drama sprawls well.
Drama scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drama misses the shot to the body.
Submitt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drama checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnny Drama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drama's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Submitt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Drama scrambles back to his feet.
Submitt tries to clinch up.
Drama misses with a wild body shot.
Drama misses with a straight left.
Drama dodges the punch combination from Submitt.

Submitt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drama, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Submitt tries to pull guard but Drama holds him up against the cage and eventually Submitt drops back down to his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Drama's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drama is trying to break the clinch but Submitt is controlling him.
Submitt is trying to drag Drama to the mat but Drama just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnny Drama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuwill Submitt.
Drama tries to break free but Submitt pushes him back against the cage.
Submitt wants to take the fight to the mat but Drama manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Submitt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Drama smiles and moves away.
Submitt tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Submitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Submitt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drama moves away.
Submitt avoids the body shot from Drama.
Drama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Submitt shoots in for a takedown but Drama shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Submitt moves away.
Drama lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Drama dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Submitt ducks under a wild hook from Drama.
Submitt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnny Drama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drama misses with a left hand
and Submitt counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Submitt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drama.
Drama takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Drama throws a nice looking combination but Submitt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yuwill Submitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Submitt wants to clinch.
Drama takes a swing at Submitt's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Drama misses the target.
Drama tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Submitt is able to avoid easily.
Drama misses the shot to the body.
Submitt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drama throws a hook to the side of Submitt's head but Submitt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drama scores with a hook.
Submitt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drama.
Submitt scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Submitt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drama.
Submitt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Drama on the side of the head.
Drama looks to land a left hand but Submitt moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Submitt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drama lands with a straight right. Submitt didn't see that one coming.
Submitt avoids the body shot from Drama.
Submitt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Submitt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Drama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Submitt counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drama swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnny Drama is winning the standup battle so far.
Drama throws the left hand but Submitt avoids the punch easily.
Drama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Submitt slips under a jab.
Submitt throws a jab when Drama was well out of range.
Drama throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Submitt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Drama misses with a wild combination.
Drama tries to bum rush Submitt with a series of wild strikes but Submitt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Submitt tries to clinch but Drama moves out of range.
Drama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drama misses with a shot to the body

and Submitt counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drama taking punishment in the form of punches.
Submitt misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Submitt is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Drama knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Submitt working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drama is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Drama dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Drama throws a series of punches but Submitt avoids them all with ease.
Drama throws a leg kick that misses.
Drama throws a lazy right hand but Submitt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Drama throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Submitt misses with a few strikes there.
Submitt ducks under a wild hook from Drama.
Submitt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drama connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Submitt tries to close the distance and clinch but Drama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drama thows a left - swing and a miss!
A lazy left from Drama finds it's target.
Drama is looking to land body kicks.
Drama falls off balance throwing a combination
and Submitt counters with a stiff right hand.
Drama throws a poor cross that misses
and Submitt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drama misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Submitt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Drama. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Submitt tries to clinch up but Drama circles away and keeps his distance.
Submitt wants to clinch.
Drama loads up on a big right hand but Submitt slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drama looks to throw the jab but Submitt is out of range.
Drama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drama throws a jab but it's blocked by Submitt.
Submitt fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drama thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sloppy strikes from Drama. Those never looked like landing.
Drama connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Submitt's hands.
Drama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Submitt.
Yuwill Submitt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drama stuffs the takedown.
Drama throws the left hand but Submitt avoids the punch easily.
Drama connects with a jab.
Drama throws a hook but Submitt blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Submitt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drama's waist but Drama gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Submitt off to one side.
Johnny Drama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuwill Submitt.
Submitt misses with an uppercut.
Drama lands with a straight right. Submitt didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Submitt misses the shot to the body.
Drama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drama throws a shot to the body.
Submitt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Submitt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drama cracks Submitt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drama connects with a nice looking jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Drama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drama, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Drama!