PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragos Ilie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master has chosen Scars as his entrance music. Ray Master will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ilie
vs
Master

192 cm
22
223 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
220 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragos Ilie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Master!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Master moves into the clinch.
Ilie blocks an elbow strike from Master.
Master can't find room to land a body shot as Ilie controls the action.
Master lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ilie is looking for a takedown.
Ilie can't find room to land a body shot as Master controls the action.
Ilie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Master fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Master misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ilie.
Ilie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Master tries to avoid it but Ilie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Master to the ground. Master escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dragos Ilie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Master fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Master throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ilie.
Ilie swinging wildly here.
Ilie throws a leg kick but Master checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Master misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Master. That's going to slow Ilie down.
Master fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ilie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Master fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ilie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Master drives through and clinches with Ilie against the cage.
Master lands a shoulder strike.

Master drops Ilie with a big knee straight up the middle! Ilie is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Ilie is rocked!

It looks like Dragos Ilie has been cut.
Ilie is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Master lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ilie's sensitive parts.
Oh Ilie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ilie gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Master gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Master!
A relieved looking Ray Master thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.