PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Gentry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francis Drake is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gentry
vs
Drake

176 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
163 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Golden Supplements [O.R.G]

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Gentry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Drake!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gentry moves into the clinch.
Drake can't break the clinch.
Gentry'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.

Drake breaks from the clinch.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gentry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drake fails to land the takedown.
Drake connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Francis Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Gentry circles away.

Gentry rushes Drake and presses him up against the cage.
Gentry tries to circle away but Drake has him pinned against the cage.
Drake being controlled against the cage.
Gentry is working Drake over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Drake jumps guard but Gentry stands there with Drake around his waist. Drake gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gentry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drake goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gentry prevents it.
Matt Gentry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francis Drake.
Drake is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gentry is keeping busy.
Drake is trying to drag Gentry to the mat but Gentry just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gentry tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Gentry leaning his opponent against the cage.
Drake missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drake manages to break the clinch.
Drake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drake keeps the fight on the outside.
Gentry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Drake manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gentry swats away the attempt to clinch by Drake.
Drake will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Drake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Drake dives in and grabs Gentry's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gentry pushes down on Drake's head and hops out.
Gentry tries to clinch but Drake is having none of it.

Drake has managed to clinch.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gentry has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gentry has him pressed against the cage.
Gentry scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drake.
Drake blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gentry fails to land.
Gentry drops down looking for an ankle pick but Drake pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gentry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gentry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Drake circles away.

Gentry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drake wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gentry goes for a takedown in the clinch but Drake prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gentry.

Drake manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries to clinch but Gentry moves out of range.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Gentry pushes him off.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Gentry pushes him off.
Drake tries to clinch up but Gentry circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.

Drake forces Gentry back against the cage and clinches.
Drake is trying to force a seperation but Gentry has the dominant position.
Gentry stalling in the clinch but Drake improves position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentry misses with the head strike.
Gentry taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gentry lands a body shot.
Drake fails with the takedown.
Gentry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Gentry will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drake fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gentry, pushing him back against the cage.
Gentry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drake's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Drake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drake is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gentry to keep the fight standing.

Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gentry fails with the takedown.

Drake gets caught napping as Gentry dives in and scores a takedown. Drake manages to retain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gentry 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.

Drake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gentry advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentry fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gentry throws a strike aimed at the side of Drake's head but Drake avoids it well.
Drake is trying to get back to half guard.
Gentry advances to mount.
Gentry punching from mount but Drake doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Drake is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gentry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gentry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Drake is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Drake tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gentry takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drake wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gentry.
Drake is trying to escape the mount.
Gentry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Drake is desperately trying to improve his position but Gentry has a good base and remains in mount.
Gentry misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocking the ground and pound.
Gentry misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Drake tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gentry looking to ground and pound but Drake is blocking nicely.
Drake is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drake wants to control but Gentry is having none of it.
Gentry tries to control but Drake wriggling away.
Drake tries to lock up and control but Gentry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drake blocking the ground and pound.
Drake is squirming around, avoiding Gentry's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gentry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Drake because Gentry loaded up on that one.
Gentry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gentry misses with a head shot.
Gentry wants to control the pace but Drake is squirming around nicely.
Drake wants to control but Gentry is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poor strikes thrown by Gentry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Gentry dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Gentry throws an off balance right hand
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Gentry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gentry is looking to clinch.
Gentry lands with a nice body punch.
Gentry keeps the fight on the outside.
Francis Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake is looking to clinch but Gentry is avoiding it.
Drake throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gentry's waist but Gentry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drake off to one side.

Drake gets caught napping as Gentry dives in and scores a takedown. Drake manages to retain guard.
Gentry trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gentry advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentry prevents Drake from improving his position.
Drake avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gentry.
Gentry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drake's head.
Gentry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Drake defending well though.
Drake wants to control but Gentry is keeping busy.

Drake actively working from the bottom here.
Drake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drake trying to control from the bottom.
Drake blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gentry.
Gentry uses his free foot to push down on Drake's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Drake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gentry.
Gentry wants to control the pace but Drake is squirming around nicely.
Gentry controlling the position easily from mount.
Drake working to try and regain half guard.
Matt Gentry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gentry lands a nice shot to the head.
Gentry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Gentry has control of Drake's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Drake regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drake can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gentry trying to control but Drake is having none of it.
Drake is working to get back to half guard.
Gentry misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Drake can't escape the position.
Gentry tries to control but Drake wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Drake blocking the ground and pound.
Drake can't escape the position.
Gentry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Drake because Gentry loaded up on that one.
Drake can't escape the position.
Francis Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gentry blocks Drake's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Drake swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Drake flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gentry tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Drake can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Gentry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gentry, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Gentry!