PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Urso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Drago might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to James Brown - Living In America. Urso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Big Ten Inch kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rocco Urso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drago
vs
Urso

190 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

BioPharm Nutrition

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocco Urso!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago scores with a body shot.
Urso takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Urso shoots for a double leg takedown but Drago sprawls well. He's pushed Urso's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drago missing with a left hand there. Urso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drago swinging wilding here.
Drago's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Drago duly obliges.

It looks like Rocco Urso has been cut.
Urso tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Urso misses with a body kick.
Drago scores with a jab. Urso acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Urso is rocked!
Urso wants to clinch up but Drago keeps it at a distance.
Drago throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Urso throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drago's waist but Drago gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Urso off to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urso lands with a kick to the temple. Drago shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Urso uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drago.
Drago punishes Urso's body with a nice straight punch.
Urso looks gassed!
Urso tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Urso tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Urso takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drago scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Urso is still on wobbly legs! Can Drago finish him?
Nice body punch from Drago.
Drago shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Urso takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Drago sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Urso bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Drago!