PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tokyo Drift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Drift
vs
Sloan

167 cm
26
153 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokyo Drift!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Sloan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drift throws out the jab.
Drift shoots for a double leg takedown but Sloan sprawls well. He's pushed Drift's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drift throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sloan moves into the clinch.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Drift blocks with his arms.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drift utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drift.

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

Drift has closed the distance and engaged Sloan in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Drift blocks it.
Sloan looks gassed!
Drift landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drift working Sloan over with knees to the body.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Drift blocks with his arms.
Drift working Sloan over with knees to the body.
Drift tries a knee to the head but Sloan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drift escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Drift or perhaps it was just good defense by Sloan which made him look bad.

Sloan moves into the clinch.
Drift tries to land a knee to the head but Sloan blocks with his arms.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Drift jumps guard.
Sloan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Drift's guard.

Drift manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Sloan clinches up with Drift and pushes him back against the cage.
Sloan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Drift tries a knee to the head but Sloan blocks it.

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

Drift has Sloan up against the cage in a clinch.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drift putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sloan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Drift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Drift lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drift just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sloan's brow.
Drift misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Drift - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Drift has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sloan after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tokyo Drift. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sloan moves into range and clinches up with Drift.
Drift stalling.

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

Drift closes the distance and clinches.
Drift tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sloan avoids it.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Sloan takes an elbow to the temple.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drift blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drift misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sloan.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drift blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sloan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drift lands an elbow that stopped Sloan in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drift.

Drift breaks the clinch.

Drift closes the distance and pushes Sloan back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Drift drags the fight down to the ground.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Drift looking for subs off his back but Sloan has passed one foot through into half guard.
Sloan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Drift moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Drift throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Drift is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tokyo Drift dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sloan closes the distance and clinches.

Drift pulls guard.

Drift escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sloan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sloan stopping the sweep attempt from Drift.
Sloan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drift works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Drift is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Drift is looking for a triangle but Sloan pushes his legs off easily.

Drift looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Drift knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sloan on the ground.
Sloan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drift has a closed guard, preventing Sloan from standing up.
Sloan throwing strikes but missing.
Sloan wanted to stand there but Drift had control of the position.
Sloan throwing strikes from guard but Drift blocks nicely.

Drift is working an open guard so Sloan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sloan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Sloan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drift, pushing him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drift obliges.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Drift using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sloan is breathing heavily.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drift lands a good knee to the midsection. Sloan won't want to take too many of those.
Drift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokyo Drift has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Drift landing knees to the head.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Drift looking to throw knees to the head but Sloan is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Drift.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Drift lands a nice elbow.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.

Drift's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drift fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sloan manages to avoid it.

Drift tries to keep at a distance but Sloan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drift lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift misses with a knee to the head.
Drift lands an elbow inside that Sloan shrugs off.
Drift landing knees to the head.

Drift breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Drift moves into the clinch.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Drift lands an elbow inside that Sloan shrugs off.

Drift breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sloan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Drift unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sloan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drift.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drift blocks it with crossed arms.
Drift goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sloan prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drift lands a damaging elbow.
Drift lands a damaging elbow.
Drift scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Drift pulls guard effortlessly.

Drift pushes Sloan off and scrambles back to his feet.

Sloan moves into range and clinches up with Drift.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Drift blocks it.
Drift tries to land a knee to the head but Sloan blocks with his arms.
Drift landing knees to the head.
Drift unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Drift blocks with his arms.
Drift lands a nice knee to the body.
Drift throws a knee to the head but misses.

Drift pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tokyo Drift dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sloan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Drift gets through Sloan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drift lands a damaging elbow.

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

Sloan has Drift up against the cage in a clinch.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.

Drift breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Drift pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drift lands with an uppercut that bounces Sloan off the cage and back into range.
Drift misses with a few strikes there.
Drift shoots in for a takedown but Sloan shows good takedown defense.
Drift throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Drift drives through and clinches with Sloan against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drift pushes off an throws an elbow but Sloan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drift manages to break the clinch.
Drift throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Drift gets tackled into the cage by Sloan. Sloan maintains the clinch.
Drift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sloan blocks it with crossed arms.
Drift has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.

Drift manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Sloan closes the distance and clinches.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drift blocks it with crossed arms.
Drift misses with an elbow over the top.
Drift lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sloan backwards.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Drift manages to break the clinch.

Sloan clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan avoiding damage as Drift throws knees to the body.

Drift breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Drift clinches up with Sloan and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drift lands an elbow inside that Sloan shrugs off.
Drift landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Drift breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drift tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sloan swivels and escapes.
Sloan avoids the body shot from Drift.
Sloan slips a jab and a cross from Drift.

Sloan drives through and clinches with Drift against the cage.

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

Sloan rushes Drift and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Sloan drives through and clinches with Drift against the cage.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Drift blocks with his arms.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drift lands an elbow inside.
Drift landing knees to the head.
Drift lands a nice elbow.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drift has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drift is pushing Sloan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift has Sloan pushed against the cage.
Drift missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drift landing knees to the body.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Drift blocks it.
Drift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan avoiding damage as Drift throws knees to the body.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Drift is blocking nicely.
Drift tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Drift landing knees to the head.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drift scores with a knee to the head.

Drift breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sloan moves into range and clinches up with Drift.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drift misses with a knee strike.
Leroy Sloan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tokyo Drift is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sloan connects with a knee to the head.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tokyo Drift.
Well Drift has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tokyo Drift!
Tokyo Drift took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 1337 ANZAC for their support in the buildup to the fight.