PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Moss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Drysdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Moss
vs
Drysdale

153 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

178 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Eugene Moss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Drysdale!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drysdale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moss circles away quickly and effectively.
Moss seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Moss.

Drysdale has managed to clinch.
Moss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moss jumps guard but Drysdale stands there with Moss around his waist. Moss gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Moss jumps guard but Drysdale stands there with Moss around his waist. Moss gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugene Moss. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moss trying to stall but Drysdale improves his position.

Moss drags the fight down to the ground.
Drysdale throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moss works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drysdale loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drysdale controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Drysdale would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Drysdale wants to control from the top but Moss keeps moving.
Drysdale stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moss swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Moss has his hands on Drysdale's head, controlling the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Drysdale fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
No luck for Drysdale with that takedown attempt.
Drysdale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Drysdale shoots for a takedown but Moss saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Drysdale forces Moss back against the cage and clinches.
Moss has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Drysdale after a bit of a struggle.
Moss could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Drysdale has Moss pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Moss manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Drysdale.
Moss gets underhooks to prevent Drysdale's takedown attempt.
Moss misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss stalls.
Drysdale taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Moss is trying to break the clinch but Drysdale is controlling him.
Moss tries to break free but Drysdale pushes him back against the cage.
Drysdale has Moss pressed against the cage, preventing Moss from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drysdale goes for a takedown in the clinch but Moss prevents it.
Moss tries to pull guard but Drysdale won't allow it.

Moss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Drysdale clinches with his opponent.
Moss jumps guard but Drysdale stands there with Moss around his waist. Moss gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drysdale is trying to stall.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bradley Drysdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drysdale throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moss's waist but Moss gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drysdale off to one side.

Drysdale darts in and clinches Moss up against the cage.
Moss is struggling to control the position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Moss tries to break free but Drysdale pushes him back against the cage.
Moss is looking to control Drysdale's arms but Drysdale gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moss has his back to the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Moss tries to pull guard but Drysdale won't allow it.

Drysdale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Drysdale takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bradley Drysdale dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Drysdale shoots in but Moss avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Drysdale drives through and clinches with Moss against the cage.

Drysdale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eugene Moss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drysdale shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moss but Moss pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Moss half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drysdale looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Eugene Moss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Drysdale.
Sloppy strikes from Drysdale. Those never looked like landing.
Moss seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drysdale rushes Moss and presses him up against the cage.
Moss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drysdale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drysdale keeps control of Moss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Drysdale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moss stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moss wants it to stay on the feet.
Drysdale throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moss's waist but Moss gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drysdale off to one side.
Moss appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Drysdale is breathing heavily.
Moss stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moss wants it to stay on the feet.
Drysdale shoots in looking for a takedown but Moss manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Drysdale's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Moss throws a counter high kick but Drysdale was just alert enough to avoid it.
Moss shoots in looking for a takedown but Drysdale manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Moss's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Moss misses with a takedown attempt - Drysdale sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Drysdale counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Drysdale is defended easily by Moss.
Drysdale stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drysdale wants it to stay on the feet.
Moss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moss tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Drysdale misses

and Moss counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Moss looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drysdale with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moss slips a nice elbow through Drysdale's hands, connecting with Drysdale's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Drysdale is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moss scores with a couple of nice shots.
Moss has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drysdale avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moss.
Moss working the head and body with strikes.

Moss is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Moss landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss lands with a punch from half guard.
Drysdale taking some punishment here, with Moss in his half guard.

Moss decides to return to a standing position.
Drysdale shoots in looking for a takedown. Moss tries to sprawl out of it but Drysdale keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Moss manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Moss throws a sloppy head kick and Drysdale moves out of range easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Drysdale rushes Moss and presses him up against the cage.

Moss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugene Moss dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Drysdale throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drysdale.
Drysdale fails with the takedown.
Drysdale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drysdale gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Moss counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Eugene Moss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Drysdale.
Drysdale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drysdale preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drysdale bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Moss's guard.

Moss bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Drysdale's guard.

Moss throwing strikes from guard but Drysdale blocks nicely.

Drysdale is looking for a triangle here but Moss uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Moss connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Drysdale some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Moss is trying to get an arm triangle but Drysdale is defending well.

Moss is trying to get an arm triangle but Drysdale is defending well.
A control attempt from Drysdale but he's now mounted!
Drysdale wants to hold on but Moss pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drysdale is trying to reverse the position but instead Moss has taken his back - oops!

Drysdale tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Moss has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Drysdale is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eugene Moss!