PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragan Draksic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henrique comes into the arena with Disturbed - Down with the Sickness blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Henrique
vs
Draksic

170 cm
26
198 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
202 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragan Draksic!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Draksic pushes Henrique up against the cage in a clinch.
Draksic avoids a wild elbow strike from Henrique.
Draksic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Draksic lands a nice knee to the body.
Henrique definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Draksic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henrique has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Draksic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Draksic lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Fabio Henrique has been cut.
Draksic stalls.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Draksic lands with a left to the head.
Draksic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Draksic is struggling to control the position.
Draksic's coach down at Soul Supremacy - UK was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Draksic's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Draksic lands an elbow just above Henrique 's eye.
Draksic lands an elbow inside that Henrique shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draksic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henrique is working for takedown but Draksic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Still in the clinch, Draksic scores with a nice short uppercut.

Henrique is rocked!
Draksic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Henrique is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Henrique is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Draksic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Draksic lands an elbow inside that Henrique shrugs off.
Henrique seems to have got his legs back now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draksic.
Draksic working Henrique over with knees to the body.
Henrique is breathing heavily.
Draksic prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Henrique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draksic cracks Henrique with a nice body shot.
Draksic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Draksic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Draksic.
Draksic lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Henrique to his knees! Draksic keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragan Draksic!