PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan The Tall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zdravko Dren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dren has chosen GETO BOYS - mind of a lunatic as his entrance music. Duncan The Tall could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zdravko Dren's chin.

The Tall
vs
Dren

198 cm
23
250 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

194 cm
30
260 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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AnonymouS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duncan The Tall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Dren!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dren tries to land a body kick
and The Tall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Tall blocks a head kick by Dren.
Dren tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Tall scores with a hook.
Dren just misses with a punch to the body.
The Tall checks the leg kick.
Dren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Tall.
The Tall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dren chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Some wild striking there from Dren.
Dren has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Tall moves out of range of the strikes.
Dren is looking to slow The Tall down with leg kicks.
Dren throws a jab but it's blocked by The Tall.
Zdravko Dren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dren has The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren lands with a light punch inside.
The Tall is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Dren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dren moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dren misses with a looping right.
The Tall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Tall checks it well.
Dren just misses with a punch to the body.

Dren clinches up against the ropes.
Dren scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dren is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dren tries a body shot but The Tall blocks it.
Dren struggles to land a body shot inside as The Tall controls his hands.
Dren looking to stall.
Dren tries to work over The Tall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dren digs a right hand underneath The Tall's ribcage. The Tall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dren.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dren is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dren controlling the action here for a moment.
The Tall misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dren misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Tall being controlled against the ropes.
The Tall dodges an elbow strike from Dren.
The Tall lands a left hand.
Dren digs a right hand underneath The Tall's ribcage. The Tall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dren is trying to maintain a safe position but The Tall gets an underhook and turns Dren into the ropes.
The Tall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
Dren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dren.

Dren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dren connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed The Tall momentarily.
Dren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for The Tall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Dren has The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from The Tall.
The Tall prevents a body shot from Dren.

The Tall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Tall is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice body kick there by Dren.
The Tall is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Tall dodges the punch combination from Dren.
The Tall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dren lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Tall ducks under a wild hook from Dren.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdravko Dren dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dren scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dren looks to score with a jab to the body but The Tall is just out of range.
The Tall throws a jab when Dren was well out of range.
The Tall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dren. That's going to slow The Tall down.

Dren rushes The Tall and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The Tall wants to get back to striking at distance but Dren won't allow it.
Zdravko Dren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Tall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Tall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dren throws a series of punches but The Tall avoids them all with ease.
The Tall lands a two punch combo.
The Tall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dren.
And Dren responds with a good body kick, but The Tall manages to step out the way in time.
Duncan The Tall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Tall throws a nice looking combination but Dren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dren closes the distance looking to clinch
and The Tall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dren misses with a straight left.
Dren misses with a low kick.
Zdravko Dren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dren goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Tall scores with a hook.
Dren wants to clinch up but The Tall keeps it at a distance.
The Tall throws out a loose jab but Dren uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Dren
and The Tall counters with a nice uppercut.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Tall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Tall was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Dren pushes The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.

The Tall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dren misses with a jab to the body
and The Tall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dren throws a wild body kick that The Tall sees coming a mile off.
Dren wants to slow The Tall down by chopping away at his legs.

Dren pushes The Tall up against the ropes in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Tall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dren.
Dren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dren lands with a short shot to the head.
Dren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Tall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dren scores with a shoulder strike.
Dren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dren tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Tall moves out of range of the body kick.
The Tall swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dren throws a shot from downtown. The Tall moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Tall. Dren does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Tall moves out of range as Dren throws a body kick.
The Tall seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Dren has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dren struggles to land a body shot inside as The Tall controls his hands.
Dren is looking to control The Tall's arms but The Tall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dren has his back to the ropes.
The Tall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dren lands a left hand.
Dren has The Tall pressed against the ropes, preventing The Tall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Tall letting Dren take a breather here.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Dren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dren moves in looking to clinch but The Tall pushes him off.

Dren has closed the distance and engaged The Tall in a clinch.
The Tall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dren fails to land.
Dren lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dren tries to throw a body punch but The Tall avoids it by throwing Dren back against the ropes.
The Tall is trying to break the clinch but Dren has him pressed against the ropes.
The Tall wants to break the clinch but can't.

Dren breaks the clinch.
Dren throws a body shot but no joy.

Dren lands a big head kick that sends The Tall tumbling to the mat! Dren takes a step backwards and waves The Tall back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Dren rushes The Tall and presses him up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdravko Dren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Tall appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

The Tall tries to keep at a distance but Dren has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dren scores with a shoulder strike.
The Tall wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Tall tries to circle away but Dren has him pinned against the ropes.
Dren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dren.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

The Tall is rocked!
Dren stalling in the clinch.
Oh The Tall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dren keeps control of The Tall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Dren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Tall seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Tall wants to stay close but Dren steps back to make room for something. The Tall seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Dren and The Tall drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zdravko Dren! Zdravko Dren retains his heavyweight title!
Zdravko Dren managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, AnonymouS, into his post fight interview.