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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fritz Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fritz Drake has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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194 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fritz Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Waters!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drake counters with a single leg into guard. Waters didn't expect that.
Drake prevents Waters from getting back to his feet.
Drake distracts Waters with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Waters is trying to keep Drake in close.
Drake throwing strikes but missing.
Drake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Drake is in close to Waters's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake chips away with some ground and pound.
Waters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Drake working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Drake loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drake stops Waters from standing up.
Drake stands up over Waters, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Waters wants to stand up but Drake is controlling him.
Waters is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Waters closes the distance and pushes Drake back into the cage.
Drake wants the takedown. Waters is fighting it off but Drake persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Waters's guard against the cage.
Drake is looking to work some ground and pound but Waters has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters trying to control the position.
Drake is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Waters working a defensive guard but Drake manages to pass into side control anyway.
Drake postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Drake working the head with strikes.
Waters is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Waters's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Waters to see if he's OK.
Waters can't do much from the bottom here.
Waters is trying to escape the position but Drake is controlling the position.
Waters is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Drake asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Drake landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Drake lands a decent elbow from side control.
Drake scores with a couple of short elbows.
Waters is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Waters has hold of Drake's hands but Drake slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Waters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drake 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.
Drake seems to be looking for submissions.
Waters looks like he's trying to stand up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fritz Drake dominated that round.
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.
Drake leaves Waters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Waters misses with a double jab
and Drake counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Drake.
Drake is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Drake makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Drake throwing strikes from guard but Waters blocks nicely.
Drake distracts Waters with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fritz Drake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Waters's head.
Drake 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.
Waters not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Waters wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Drake manages to pass to side control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Waters manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Drake working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Waters's head.
Waters wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Drake manages to pass to side control.
Still in half guard, Drake seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Drake lands a nice short elbow.
Drake slips a nice elbow through Waters's hands, connecting with Waters's forehead.
Ground and pound from Drake.
Drake will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Drake stops Waters from getting back to his feet.
Waters wants to get back to full guard.
Waters is looking to get back to is feet but Drake passes into side control.
Drake controls the position from side control.
Waters tries to escape but Drake is in control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters is trying to work for a sweep but Drake has mounted him!
Waters keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Drake is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Waters can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Drake landing shots from mount.
Drake lands a big elbow.
Drake controlling his opponent.
Drake scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Waters?
Waters is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Drake looking to control and managing it successfully.
Waters is breathing heavily.
Waters is in a horrible position here. Drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Waters is still in real trouble! Can Drake finish him?
Drake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Waters is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Drake postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Waters in real trouble here! The ref calls for Waters to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fritz Drake!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
35% |
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