PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emery Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emery Bryant has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bryant
vs
Drago

213 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

195 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emery Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bryant loads up on a big right hand but Drago slips the punch.
Drago connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bryant's hands.
Drago cracks Bryant with a good jab.

Drago gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Drago is pushing Bryant up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Drago lands with a light punch inside.
Bryant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bryant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drago.

Bryant pulls Drago into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bryant looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Drago's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bryant manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Drago has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Drago wants to improve his position but instead Bryant has moved into half guard.
Bryant is thwarting Drago's attempts to control the position.

Bryant is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bryant is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drago defends it well.

Bryant is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bryant working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago is holding on to half guard well.

Bryant seems to be working for a kimura but Drago defends the submission attempt.

Bryant is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drago defends it well.
Bryant throwing shots but Drago is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Drago is trying to get back to full guard.
Drago is trying to control but can't.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bryant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drago.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.

Drago clinches.
Drago lands a body shot.
Bryant is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drago lands a shoulder strike.
Drago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drago gets through Bryant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bryant takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Bryant is rocked!
Bryant is aggressively charging in as Drago backs up avoiding any damage. Drago tosses out a jab and Bryant runs right into it face first! Bryant is out cold! Drago dropped down on all fours and is barking in Bryant's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Drago!