PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khal Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diamond Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Drogo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tribes song. Hardwood has chosen Diamond Eyes by Deftones as his entrance music. Diamond Hardwood is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Drogo
vs
Hardwood

189 cm
19
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Arcticus
Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Khal Drogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diamond Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Drogo - just one landing.
Drogo misses with a looping left.
Drogo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardwood.
Hardwood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drogo throws a shot from downtown. Hardwood moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Hardwood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hardwood tests Drogo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drogo closes the distance and clinches up with Hardwood, looking for a takedown. Drogo pushes Hardwood against the cage but Hardwood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Drogo throws a right hand that misses
and Hardwood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Khal Drogo has been cut.
Hardwood lands with a good body shot.
Drogo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardwood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drogo misses with a lunging right hand
and Hardwood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardwood misses with a body shot.
Hardwood misses with an uppercut. Drogo saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drogo throws an overhand right that lands on Hardwood's shoulder, as Hardwood tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood throws a nice looking combination but Drogo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch lands to the side of Hardwood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Drogo throws a lazy uppercut
and Drogo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drogo moves to clinch but Hardwood breaks away
and Hardwood counters with a right hand to the body.
Hardwood tries to work over Drogo's front leg with a kick but Drogo checks it.
Drogo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Drogo closes the distance and clinches.
Drogo has Hardwood pushed against the cage.
Drogo wants to take the fight to the mat but Hardwood manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Drogo.

Hardwood is fighting off a takedown attempt but Drogo is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hardwood to the mat. Hardwood regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood trying to keep a closed guard but Drogo is proving a slippery customer.
Drogo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hardwood swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Drogo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Drogo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hardwood's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drogo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Drogo works his way into side control.
Hardwood is letting Drogo control him for a moment.

Drogo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hardwood is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hardwood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hardwood prevents Drogo from moving into mount.
A lull in the action here.
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 Khal Drogo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Khal Drogo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hardwood throws a sloppy head kick and Drogo moves out of range easily.
Hardwood jabs Drogo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drogo looks to land a left hand but Hardwood moved out of range nicely.
Hardwood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drogo checks the leg kick.
Drogo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Hardwood to counter with a crisp jab.

Drogo darts in and clinches Hardwood up against the cage.
Drogo misses with a punch to the body.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Drogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drogo has a couple of punches blocked by Hardwood.
Drogo trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwood looking to stall.
A short left from Drogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardwood.
Drogo can't find room to land a body shot as Hardwood controls the action.
Hardwood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardwood looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Hardwood.
Drogo missing with knees to the body.
Drogo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drogo has a couple of punches blocked by Hardwood.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Drogo wants a takedown.

Drogo is trying to trip Hardwood. He has hold of a leg but Hardwood is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Drogo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hardwood controls Drogo momentarily but Drogo frees himself.
Drogo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogo slips nicely into half guard.
Hardwood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drogo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drogo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Drogo passes to side control.
Drogo is looking to take a break and control but Hardwood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood wants to control but Drogo postures up.
Drogo slows the pace down.

Drogo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hardwood has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hardwood is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Drogo has hold of Hardwood's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Hardwood tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Drogo cranks the arm and Hardwood screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Hardwood, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Khal Drogo!
An out of breath Khal Drogo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.