PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fury Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Hei Scully. Fury Drake had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Drake
vs
Hammer

178 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
184 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fury Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake lands a leg kick that knocks Hammer off balance momentarily.

Drake moves into range and clinches up with Hammer.

Drake breaks from the clinch.
Hammer has a takedown stuffed.
Drake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hammer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hammer.
Drake lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.

Drake has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hammer is looking to break free of the clinch but Drake has double underhooks.
Hammer can't break the clinch.

Drake manages to break the clinch.
Drake swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hammer.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.

Drake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Drake is controlling him.
Hammer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Drake.
Drake keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hammer looks winded!
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake lands a nice shot to the body.
Hammer is trying to break free.
Drake lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hammer backwards.
Drake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Drake manages to break the clinch.
Hammer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Drake looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Drake sitting in guard here, content to control.

Drake stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Drake lands a leg kick that knocks Hammer off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drake rushes Hammer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drake lands a body shot in the clinch.
Drake working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake's corner calls for a 1-2. Drake obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Hammer gets tackled into the cage by Drake. Drake maintains the clinch.
Drake has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hook to the body lands for Drake.
A right handed body shot lands from Drake.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake cracks Hammer with a good jab.
Drake lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hammer takes one to the side of the head.
Hammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Drake lands a really nice looking cross but Hammer seems unphased.
Hammer seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Drake shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Hammer is backing up but Drake catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Hammer covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Drake Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fury Drake!
During a confident post fight interview, Fury Drake thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Marco Hammer had this to say: 'I'm very sorry! I'll be back stronger!'.