PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axel Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago comes to the cage accompanied by Megadeth - Crush 'Em. Mitchell has chosen Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drago
vs
Mitchell

199 cm
24
270 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

205 cm
28
285 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Axel Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drago tries to clinch up but Mitchell circles away and keeps his distance.

Drago moves into the clinch successfully.
A bit of stalling here from Drago.

Drago breaks the clinch.
Drago moves in looking to clinch but Mitchell pushes him off.
Mitchell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mitchell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drago moves away.

Drago forces Mitchell back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Drago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.
Mitchell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mitchell misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drago.

Mitchell tries to keep at a distance but Drago has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mitchell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drago has Mitchell pressed against the cage, preventing Mitchell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Drago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mitchell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drago.
Drago just misses with a punch to the body.
Drago loads up on a big right hand but Mitchell slips the punch.

Drago takes the fight into the clinch.
Drago is working Mitchell over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Drago to work.
Drago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mitchell tries to keep at a distance but Drago has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drago lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell working hard to break the clinch.
Drago is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Drago for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Drago keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mitchell's efforts to push away.

Mitchell breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Drago clinches.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mitchell catches Drago with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell throws a body punch but Drago moves out of range.
Drago misses with a combination
and Mitchell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mitchell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Drago rather than just go for the knockout.

Drago drives through and clinches with Mitchell against the cage.
Drago stalling against the cage.

Drago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drago moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Drago.

Drago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drago thuds his right hand into Mitchell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Drago gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mitchell wants to break the clinch but can't.

Drago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mitchell gets tackled into the cage by Drago. Drago maintains the clinch.
Drago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drago lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.

Drago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch but Mitchell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axel Drago dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drago misses with a two punch combination.
Mitchell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mitchell slips a jab from Drago.
Mitchell keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Mitchell misses.
Mitchell looks to throw the jab but Drago is out of range.
Drago displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mitchell throws out the jab.
Tony Mitchell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mitchell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drago.

Drago instigates a clinch.
Drago struggles to land a body shot inside as Mitchell controls his hands.
Mitchell is trying to break free.
Mitchell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drago lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell working hard to break the clinch.

Drago manages to break the clinch.
Drago swings for the body but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell misses with a double jab.
Drago shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mitchell scores with a nice strike.
Mitchell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drago manages to avoid it.
Mitchell misses the jab.
Drago swinging wildly here.
Mitchell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drago cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mitchell lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitchell misses with a double jab.
Drago throws a lazy uppercut
and Mitchell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Drago.
Mitchell throws a series of strikes that have Drago backpedaling.
Mitchell throws a hook to the side of Drago's head but Drago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mitchell moves away.
Mitchell looks to land a right hand but Drago moved out of range.

Drago has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch but Drago keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Drago has him pressed against the cage.

Mitchell manages to break the clinch.
Drago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mitchell.
Mitchell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mitchell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drago thuds his right hand into Mitchell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mitchell misses with a hook to the body
and Drago counters with a huge left! Mitchell is in big trouble! He's backing up but Drago isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Mitchell from any more damage. A dominating finish by Drago!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axel Drago!
After the fight, Axel Drago was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.