PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darwin Drascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drascoe comes to the cage accompanied by Pull Me Back To Earth. Future has chosen Menor do Chapa - Humildade e Disciplina as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drascoe
vs
Future

191 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darwin Drascoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Future!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Future fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Future scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Future rushes Drascoe and presses him up against the cage.
Drascoe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Future crunches a lovely knee into Drascoe's ribcage.
Future with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drascoe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Future gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drascoe is trying to break the clinch but Future has him pressed against the cage.

Future escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drascoe closes the distance but Future moves to the side
letting Future counter with a right hand.
Future lands a nice shot that snaps Drascoe's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drascoe dives in and grabs Future's left leg, looking for a takedown. Future pushes down on Drascoe's head and hops out.
Drascoe wants to clinch.
Drascoe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Future connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drascoe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Drascoe wants to clinch but Future slips to the side
and Future counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Future counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drascoe closes the distance but Future moves to the side
letting Future counter with a right hand.

Drascoe is rocked!
Future throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Drascoe clinches up with Future and pushes him back against the cage.
Future comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drascoe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Future lands a knee to the body.
Drascoe is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Future with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Drascoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Future tries a knee to the head but Drascoe blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Future.
Future connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drascoe's face.
Future avoiding damage as Drascoe throws knees to the body.
Future blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Future unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drascoe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drascoe seems to have got his legs back now.
Future slowing the pace effectively.
Drascoe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Future has him pressed against the cage.
Drascoe takes a knee right on the jaw!

Future breaks the clinch.
Jab from Future.
Drascoe is looking to clinch.
Future stuffs the takedown attempt from Drascoe. Drascoe gets slowly back to his feet.
Future cracks Drascoe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drascoe throws a series of strikes that have Future backpedaling.
Drascoe misses with a few strikes there.
Future connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick by Drascoe misses
and Future counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Future pushes Drascoe up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Future obliges.

Future escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Future listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Drascoe throws a sloppy head kick
letting Future counter with a right hand.
Future jabs Drascoe to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Drascoe gets tackled into the cage by Future. Future maintains the clinch.
Future putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Drascoe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Future breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Future is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Drascoe had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Future scores with the left hand. Drascoe knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Future lands an overhand right.

Future has Drascoe up against the cage in a clinch.
Future is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Future crunches a lovely knee into Drascoe's ribcage.
Future stalling against the cage.
Drascoe goes for a takedown in the clinch but Future prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darwin Drascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drascoe takes a knee to the side of the body.

Future breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Future lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Future connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Future moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Drascoe goes down! Can Future finish him!?
Future working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Future dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Future cracks Drascoe with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Drascoe falls to his knees and Future doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Future!