PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maraco Draco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remington Hallow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Remington Hallow struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Draco
vs
Hallow

194 cm
26
142 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

195 cm
20
149 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maraco Draco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Remington Hallow!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hallow throws a series of punches but Draco moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hallow checks a leg kick.
Draco wants to land a leg kick but Hallow is out of range.
No joy there for Hallow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Draco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hallow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draco misses with a body shot.
Hallow looks to land a combination but Draco avoids it well.
Hallow blocks a low kick nicely.
Hallow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hallow cracks Draco with a good jab.
Remington Hallow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draco throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hallow counters with a three punch combo that has Draco backing up. Draco nods at Hallow to acknowledge the strikes.
Hallow tries to clinch up but Draco circles away and keeps his distance.
Hallow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hallow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Hallow.
Draco avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Draco swats away the attempt to clinch by Hallow.
A punch combination from Hallow misses.
Draco misses the body punch
and Hallow counters with a two punch combo.
Hallow tries to clinch up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draco lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hallow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hallow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Some bone on bone action there as Hallow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hallow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
Hallow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hallow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draco.
A nice combination there by Hallow.
Hallow looks gassed!

Draco drives through with a takedown into guard.
Draco landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallow working a defensive guard here.
Draco connects with a couple of short punches.
Draco works over Hallow with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draco scoring with punches to the head and body.
Draco content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Draco distracts Hallow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hallow can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Draco controls the pace.
Draco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Draco controls from within his opponent's guard.
Draco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Draco slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Draco drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Draco jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Draco keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hallow's head.
Draco seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Draco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Draco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Draco drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Draco seems to have locked his on tight now - Hallow screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Draco, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Maraco Draco!