PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doomsday Drost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Gilmour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drost comes to the cage accompanied by Kilpi - Sielut Iskee Tulta. Gilmour has chosen i Get Knocked Down, But i Get Up Again as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drost
vs
Gilmour

205 cm
27
280 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

212 cm
25
269 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Doomsday Drost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Gilmour!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drost cracks Gilmour with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gilmour looks to score with a jab to the body but Drost is just out of range.

Drost clinches.

Gilmour breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drost looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gilmour throws a jab when Drost was well out of range.
Gilmour throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drost's head.

It looks like Doomsday Drost has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drost tries to clinch but Gilmour moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drost. Gilmour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gilmour lands a leg kick that knocks Drost off balance momentarily.
Gilmour thumps Drost with a low kick.
Gilmour is looking to score with low kicks.
David Gilmour is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drost scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gilmour is not content to let Drost control the position.
Drost thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drost prevents Gilmour from improving his position.
Gilmour avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drost.
Gilmour regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Drost.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drost throwing strikes from guard but Gilmour blocks nicely.
Drost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gilmour utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drost throwing strikes from guard but Gilmour blocks nicely.
Drost loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drost looking to pass the guard.
Drost loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drost preventing the sweep.
Drost loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drost is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gilmour looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Drost trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Drost has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gilmour is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour controlling Drost's posture.
Drost with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drost landing some decent shots from guard.
Drost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drost loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gilmour working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drost.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gilmour holds on and takes a little breather.
Drost wants to control from the top but Gilmour keeps moving.
Gilmour trying to keep a closed guard but Drost is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drost throws a strike but Gilmour rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gilmour trying to control the position from guard on top but Drost is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Drost holds on and takes a little breather.
Gilmour trying to control the position from guard on top but Drost is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gilmour pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Drost is keeping the position for now.
Drost wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
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 Doomsday Drost will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Doomsday Drost's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gilmour throws a lazy uppercut
and Drost counters with a nice uppercut.
Drost closes the distance and clinches up with Gilmour, looking for a takedown. Drost pushes Gilmour against the cage but Gilmour circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gilmour feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Drost's calf.
Drost ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drost keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
David Gilmour seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gilmour.
Gilmour stuffs the takedown attempt from Drost. Drost gets slowly back to his feet.
Drost loads up on a big right hand but Gilmour slips the punch.
Drost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmour misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gilmour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gilmour circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drost fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doomsday Drost. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Drost closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gilmour keeping control of the position.
Doomsday Drost overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gilmour is trying to get back to full guard.
Gilmour trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drost works his way into side control.
Gilmour is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Drost off and has taken his back!
Drost is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Drost avoids the strikes from Gilmour.
Drost trying to control the hands but Gilmour won't let him.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gilmour looking for the RNC.
Drost trying to control the position but Gilmour manages to sink in the hooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drost can't escape the position.
Gilmour wants to control the position but Drost frees himself and scrambles - Gilmour manages to regain control in side control.
Drost stops Gilmour from passing to mount.
Drost is looking to reverse the position.
Gilmour tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gilmour is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Drost is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drost stops Gilmour from passing to mount.
Drost can't do much from the bottom here.
Gilmour trying to control the action but Drost is working from the bottom.
Drost is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Gilmour will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Doomsday Drost's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gilmour just misses with a punch to the body.

Drost closes the distance and pushes Gilmour back into the cage.
Gilmour misses with a punch to the body.
Gilmour lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Gilmour.
Drost prevents a body shot from Gilmour.
Gilmour looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gilmour tries to throw a body punch but Drost avoids it by throwing Gilmour back against the cage.

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

Drost rushes Gilmour and presses him up against the cage.
Gilmour misses with a punch on the inside.
Gilmour wants to get back to striking at distance but Drost won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gilmour creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drost blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Gilmour.
Gilmour wants to get back to striking at distance but Drost won't allow it.
Gilmour struggles to land a body shot inside as Drost controls his hands.
Drost blocks a body shot from Gilmour.
Gilmour misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gilmour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gilmour lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drost backwards.
Gilmour misses with a punch on the inside.
Drost tries for a takedown. No joy.

Gilmour's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drost wants to clinch.
Gilmour is looking to chop away at Drost's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gilmour scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drost. Gilmour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drost throws a shot from downtown. Gilmour moves away and avoids it.
Drost checks a leg kick nicely.
Drost tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gilmour counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drost fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour lands a jab to the nose.
Drost jabs at Gilmour's body.
Gilmour displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drost.
Drost digs a good hook to Gilmour's body.
Drost is looking to clinch.
Gilmour throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gilmour throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gilmour throws an overhand right that lands on Drost's shoulder, as Drost tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour fails to land with a series of punches.
Drost tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gilmour counters with a nice low kick that buckles Drost's knee momentarily.
Gilmour misses with a hook.
Drost looks to score with a jab to the body but Gilmour is just out of range.
Drost on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gilmour tries to keep at a distance but Drost has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drost drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gilmour gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doomsday Drost. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gilmour goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Gilmour comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gilmour has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... David Gilmour!
A very excited looking David Gilmour made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.