PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Plitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Drake
vs
Plitt

186 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

192 cm
22
224 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Plitt!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plitt misses with a looping right.
Drake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Plitt misses with an uppercut.
Plitt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Plitt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Plitt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Drake throws a poor cross that misses
and Plitt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Plitt.
Plitt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Plitt is just out of range.

Plitt clinches up against the cage.
Drake has Plitt pushed against the cage.

Plitt breaks from the clinch.
Plitt slips under a jab from Drake.
A big right from Plitt misses.
Drake lands with a cross.
Plitt moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Drake has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Plitt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
Plitt blocking some punches.
Plitt blocking some punches.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Plitt.
Plitt controlling the action here for a moment.
Plitt pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Plitt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake working aggressively here.
Plitt swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.

Plitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
Vladimir Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Plitt misses.
A little feinted left hand from Drake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Plitt throws a lazy uppercut
letting Drake counter with a right hand.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Plitt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Drake has closed the distance and engaged Plitt in a clinch.
Drake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Plitt is defending well for now.
A short right from Plitt.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drake lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Plitt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Plitt.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Plitt.
Plitt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Plitt lands a shot to the body.
Plitt has Drake pressed against the cage.
Plitt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.

Plitt manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a hook but Plitt avoids it easily.
Plitt throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
Plitt throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Drake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Drake throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Plitt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drake under the eye.
Plitt swinging wildly here.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Plitt.
An attempted straight right counter from Drake misses the target.
Plitt tests Drake's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Vladimir Drake has been cut.
Drake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Plitt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drake connects with a leg kick. Plitt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Plitt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake thumps Plitt with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands with a nice combination. Plitt backs away looking to recover.
Plitt tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Plitt missing with a left hand there. Drake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drake throws a lazy right hand but Plitt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice body kick there by Drake.
Drake walks into a stiff left hand from Plitt.

Drake is rocked!
Plitt might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Plitt measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Drake! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Greg Plitt!
Greg Plitt decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.