PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khal Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes into the arena with Have Heart - Armed With A Mind blaring out of the sound system. Drogo has chosen Blessings - Big Sean FT Drake and Kanye West as his entrance music. Khal Drogo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Charles
vs
Drogo

178 cm
22
170 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

177 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khal Drogo!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Charles rushes Drogo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Charles gets underhooks to prevent Drogo's takedown attempt.
Charles just leaning against Drogo, taking a breather.
Charles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Charles keeps control of Drogo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Charles taking a breather.

Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles throws a combination. Drogo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Khal Drogo has been cut.

Charles moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charles tries to clinch up but Drogo circles away and keeps his distance.
Drogo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Drogo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charles defends it nicely.
Charles was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Drogo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Charles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drogo.
Charles is trying to stand.
Drogo is trying to control the action in half guard but Charles is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Charles wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogo slows the pace down in half guard.
Charles keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drogo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charles keeps working.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Charles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Drogo closes the distance and clinches up with Charles, looking for a takedown. Drogo pushes Charles against the cage but Charles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Danny Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khal Drogo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drogo tries to keep at a distance but Charles has taken the fight into the clinch.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drogo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles moves to clinch but Drogo breaks away

and Drogo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Drogo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Charles is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Drogo presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Charles is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drogo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Charles tries to avoid it but Drogo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Charles to the ground. Charles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Drogo is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drogo fails with the takedown.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Drogo manages to circle out of the way.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danny Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Charles darts in and clinches Drogo up against the cage.

Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drogo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charles counters with a series of strikes. Drogo will be more careful next time no doubt.

That has opened up Khal Drogo's cut even more.

Charles lands a big head kick that sends Drogo tumbling to the mat! Charles takes a step backwards and waves Drogo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Drogo is still on wobbly legs! Can Charles finish him?
Charles wants to clinch.
Drogo feints the counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Charles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khal Drogo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Charles lands a big head kick that sends Drogo tumbling to the mat! Charles takes a step backwards and waves Drogo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Drogo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drogo off to one side.
Drogo seems to have recovered his senses.
Charles tries to clinch there but Drogo circles away.
Drogo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Charles closes the distance and clinches.

Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Charles defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Drogo.
Charles dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drogo. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo misses with a wild body shot.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drogo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drogo throws a counter combo.
Charles stuffs the takedown.
Danny Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khal Drogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo throws a body shot but no joy.
Drogo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Charles is fending him off so far but Drogo persists. Nope, Charles circles away and we're back to standing.

Charles gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Charles breaks from the clinch.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drogo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drogo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Charles defends it well.
Charles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drogo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drogo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Charles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charles tries to clinch there but Drogo circles away.
Drogo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles throws a combination. Drogo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Drogo darts in looking for a takedown but Charles gets double underhooks and turns Drogo into the cage.
Charles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

The cut above Khal Drogo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drogo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Charles.
Charles tries to clinch but Drogo moves out of range.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Drogo.
Charles tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Charles trying to get back to his feet but Drogo is in full control for now.
Drogo throws strikes from the back but Charles rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Charles.
Drogo trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to get back to his feet but Drogo passes into half guard.
Charles wants to get back to his feet.
Charles is refusing to be controlled, as Drogo sits in half guard.
Charles blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drogo.
Drogo controlling the pace.
Drogo drops an elbow to the side of Charles's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Charles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Khal Drogo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Drogo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drogo with the counter takedown but Charles avoids it easily.
Drogo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drogo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles stuffs the takedown.
Charles tries to clinch up but Drogo circles away and keeps his distance.

Charles clinches with his opponent.

Charles manages to break the clinch.
Drogo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Charles is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drogo keeps the fight on the outside.
Drogo feints the counter takedown.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drogo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Charles defends it well.
Danny Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Charles gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drogo wants to take the fight to the mat but Charles manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Charles breaks from the clinch.
Drogo moves out of range of the body kick from Charles.
Drogo tries to counter by closing the distance.

Drogo gets tackled into the cage by Charles. Charles maintains the clinch.
Drogo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Charles gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Danny Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khal Drogo.
Drogo is trying to pull guard but Charles turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Drogo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Charles is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Charles as Drogo shoots in.
Drogo has a takedown stuffed.

Charles has closed the distance and engaged Drogo in a clinch.
Charles holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Charles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Charles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drogo.
Charles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drogo can do to turn this around?
Drogo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Charles fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Drogo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Charles but Charles pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Drogo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left and a right from Charles both land. Nice combination.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.

Charles closes the distance and pushes Drogo back into the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Charles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charles lands a head shot.
Charles works the jab nicely.
Danny Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drogo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drogo off to one side.
Charles lands with a big right hook that stumbles Drogo - he's out on his feet here! Charles follows up with another monster hook that separates Drogo from consciousness! Drogo falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Charles stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Danny Charles!
After the fight, Danny Charles was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.