PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pispis Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rudy drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). drake has chosen fight music as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Maya
vs
drake

178 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pispis Maya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, rudy drake!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maya throws a shot from downtown. drake moves away and avoids it.

drake closes the distance and clinches.

drake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
drake lands with a slapping head kick.
drake lands with a kick to the ribs.
drake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maya loads up on a big right hand but drake slips the punch.
Pispis Maya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
drake moves forwards but Maya connects with a nice, crisp jab.

It looks like rudy drake has been cut.
drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maya steps into range and cracks drake with a monster punch that buckles his knees! drake flops backwards and Maya dives into his guard looking to finish!

drake is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maya won't allow drake to sweep him here.
drake is still in real trouble! Can Maya finish him?
drake seems to have recovered his senses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if drake can do anything to dispel that myth.
drake throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

drake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
drake throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
drake lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Maya!

drake looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Maya is in a horrible position here. drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Maya squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
drake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Maya squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
drake unloading with bombs!

drake is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Maya is surviving well by controlling drake's body position as best he can.
Maya avoids a series of strikes thrown by drake.
drake looks gassed!
Maya is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
drake thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

drake working for a submission but Maya is keeping him at bay.
drake looking to ground and pound but Maya is blocking nicely.
drake misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
drake thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
drake dominating with strikes here.
Maya's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
drake sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
drake misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
drake thowing shots but they're missing.
drake sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Maya really wants to buck drake off and get back to his feet.
drake dominating with strikes here.
drake unloads with some shots from mount but Maya bucks and avoids them well.
drake punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rudy drake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on rudy drake's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maya misses with a body shot.
Maya drops drake with a big left hand and mounts him. drake is in big trouble!
drake is working to get back to half guard.
drake is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maya wants to stand but drake is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
drake wants to try and get back to his feet.
drake is trying desperately to improve position.
drake is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maya is looking to stand but Maya has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Maya blocks drake's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Maya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for drake on the ground.
drake is in all sorts of trouble here.
drake throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
drake tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Maya is looking to stand but Maya has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
drake is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maya is looking to stand but Maya has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Maya prevents drake from getting the reversal.
Maya wants to stand but drake is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
drake is looking to improve his position but Maya isn't that keen on the idea.
drake has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maya tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
drake flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
drake is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Maya wants to get back to his feet but drake is holding on tight.

That's four 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.
drake tries to reverse the position but Maya maintains control.
Maya tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
drake gets back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
drake tries to roll over but Maya keeps him under control.

drake is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Maya pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pispis Maya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on rudy drake's cut.
That's time! Maya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Maya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maya throws a jab when drake was well out of range.
drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maya throws out the jab.
Maya scores with a jab. drake acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maya drops drake with a big left hand and mounts him. drake is in big trouble!

That has opened up rudy drake's cut even more.
Maya is looking to stand but Maya has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
drake can't escape the position.

Maya is standing up, even though he is in mount.
rudy drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maya grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! drake takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Maya cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pispis Maya!