PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathin Q (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Drogo
vs
Q

196 cm
22
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
29
205 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Karl Drogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nathin Q!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Q showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drogo.
Q looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Drogo is fending him off so far but Q persists. Nope, Drogo circles away and we're back to standing.
Q shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Drogo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Drogo tries to clinch there but Q circles away.
Drogo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Drogo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Q, pushing him back against the cage.
Q is trying to pull guard but Drogo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Karl Drogo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathin Q.
Q letting Drogo take a breather here.
Q jumps guard but Drogo stands there with Q around his waist. Q gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Drogo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Q is trying to pull guard but Drogo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo lands a shot to the body.
Q looks gassed!
Q jumps guard but Drogo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Drogo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Drogo works on Q's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Drogo - that landed with a thud.
Drogo lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Q takes a shot to the head.

Drogo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Q on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drogo. Drogo obviously looking to wear him down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drogo slows down the pace here.
Q tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Q fails to pull guard.
Drogo lands a nice uppercut.
Drogo gets through Q's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Q jumps guard but Drogo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Drogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Drogo lands a shoulder strike.
Drogo digs a right hand underneath Q's ribcage. Q let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Drogo presses Q against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Drogo.
Drogo lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Drogo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drogo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drogo scores with a hook to the body.
Drogo scores with a shoulder strike.
Drogo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Drogo pushes Q back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Drogo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drogo scoring well with a low kick there.
Q keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Drogo - that will leave a mark!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Drogo. Q shrugs it off though.
A nice combination there by Drogo.

It looks like Nathin Q has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drogo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Q if he has to take too many more of those.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drogo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Drogo - that will leave a mark!
Drogo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Drogo clinches.
Drogo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Drogo lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Q.
Drogo is working Q over against the cage.
A short uppercut from Drogo.
Nice body punch from Drogo - that landed with a thud.
A knee to the head by Drogo.
A short uppercut from Drogo.
Drogo stalls.
Drogo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Q.
Nice body punch from Drogo.
Drogo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Q's face.

Q is rocked!
Drogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Q in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Q is still on wobbly legs! Can Drogo finish him?
Drogo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Drogo.
Drogo lands with a light punch inside.
Drogo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Drogo seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Drogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathin Q's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Drogo wants to clinch up but Q keeps it at a distance.
Q seems to have recovered his senses.
Drogo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Karl Drogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Q tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karl Drogo is winning the standup battle so far.
Drogo delivers a nice body kick.
Drogo scores with a nice body kick.
Q shoots for a takedown but Drogo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Q takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Drogo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Q is breathing heavily.
A short left from Drogo.

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

Q is rocked!

Drogo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Q is still on wobbly legs! Can Drogo finish him?
Drogo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Q can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Q out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Karl Drogo!
A relieved looking Karl Drogo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.