PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trumi Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flip Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trumi Drake has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Drake
vs
Thomas

180 cm
25
167 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trumi Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Flip Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake looks to clinch
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab.

Drake instigates a clinch.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thomas's brow.
Thomas tries to break the clinch but Drake is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thomas's defenses.

Thomas jumps guard.
Thomas lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Drake!
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
It looks like Thomas might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Drake tries to buck Thomas off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas 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 on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Drake tries to get out of the position.

Flip Thomas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Drake tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Drake moves to clinch but Thomas breaks away
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Drake wants to clinch but Thomas slips to the side
and Thomas counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Drake clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drake.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thomas is trying to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake has Thomas pushed against the cage.
Drake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 Trumi Drake will probably get the nod.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drake moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Drake closes the distance looking to clinch

and Thomas counters by clinching up.
Thomas dodges an elbow strike from Drake.
Drake scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drake.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Drake.
Thomas tries to break free but Drake pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Drake throws an elbow but misses.
Drake is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Drake landing knees to the body.
Drake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drake displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thomas up against the cage.
Drake lands a nice elbow.
Drake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Thomas avoids the damage to the body.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Drake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Drake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drake landing knees to the body.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Drake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drake obliges.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Drake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Drake.
Drake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Drake is controlling him.
Drake is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drake lands an elbow just above Thomas 's eye.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drake working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Drake lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drake.
Drake scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake stalling against the cage.
Drake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thomas takes an elbow to the temple.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but Thomas blocks with his arms.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drake will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thomas up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trumi Drake dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake works over Thomas's head and body with a nice combination.
Drake is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drake misses with a low kick.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Drake tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drake wants to clinch but Thomas slips to the side
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trumi Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake wants to clinch but Thomas slips to the side
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drake looks to clinch
and Thomas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drake thinking.
Drake tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
Drake wants to clinch
and Thomas counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake tries to clinch
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trumi Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Drake tries to clinch up
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake closes the distance but Thomas moves to the side
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flip Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Drake wants to clinch.
Trumi Drake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drake tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trumi Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drake, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trumi Drake!