PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Trickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Drover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trickle's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Juvenille, Soulja Slim - Slow Motion. Adam Drover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Trickle
vs
Drover

170 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dick Trickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adam Drover!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drover swats away the attempt to clinch by Trickle.
Trickle has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Trickle stuffs the takedown.
Drover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trickle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drover closes this distance looking for a takedown but Trickle circles away.
Trickle wants to clinch

and Drover holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Trickle landing knees to the head.

It looks like Adam Drover has been cut.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Drover looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drover takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Trickle.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Trickle crunches a lovely knee into Drover's ribcage.
Trickle crunches a lovely knee into Drover's ribcage.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle scores a nice knee to the body.
Trickle managing to block the knees to the body from Drover.
Trickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drover has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Drover is blocking nicely.
Trickle misses with an elbow strike.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Drover is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Trickle.
Drover scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drover lands an elbow just above Trickle 's eye.
Drover throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trickles head.
Trickle scores a nice knee to the body.
Drover tries for a takedown but Trickle manages to get underhooks.
Dick Trickle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Drover.
Drover misses with the head strike.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.

Drover jumps guard and drags Trickle to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Drover is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Trickle stays in close to Drover's body and controls the position.
Trickle wanted to stand there but Drover had control of the position.
Drover really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trickle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Drover manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Drover rushes Trickle and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Trickle.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Drover works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trickle tries to land knees in the clinch but Drover avoids the damage to the body.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drover stalling in the clinch but Trickle improves position.
Drover swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trickle scores with a knee to the head.
Trickle gets underhooks to prevent Drover's takedown attempt.
Drover trying to control the position but instead, Trickle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drover into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drover.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Trickle.
Trickle missing with knees to the body.
Trickle missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Drover - that landed with a thud.
Drover is working Trickle over against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trickle.

Trickle is fighting off a takedown attempt but Drover is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Trickle to the mat. Trickle regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Trickle wants to sweep but no luck.
Trickle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drover stands up and waves to Trickle to follow him.

Trickle forces Drover back against the cage and clinches.
Drover can't find room to land a body shot as Trickle controls the action.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but Drover blocks with his arms.
Drover landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trickle.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Trickle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drover blocks it with crossed arms.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trickle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trickle.
Trickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drover has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drover misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drover lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drover swings wildly with an uppercut but Trickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Trickle smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle tries to clinch
and Drover counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Trickle goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Drover shoots in for a takedown but Trickle shows good takedown defense.
Trickle looks to clinch

and Drover counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Drover wants to get up but he can't break Trickle's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Trickle wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Trickle is looking for a triangle but Drover pushes his legs off easily.
Trickle has a closed guard, preventing Drover from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Trickle had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Drover is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Trickle Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Drover's back instead.

Trickle is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Drover is defending well though. Trickle let's go of the attempt for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Trickle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Drover's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drover has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trickle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Drover wants to stall.
Trickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drover working aggressively here.
Trickle managing to block the knees to the body from Drover.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drover.
Trickle misses with a knee to the head.
Dick Trickle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trickle lands a knee to the body.
Trickle crunches a lovely knee into Drover's ribcage.
Trickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drover working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drover misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.

Drover pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drover.
Trickle looks to clinch

and Drover holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Drover misses with a punch to the body.
Trickle lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Drover blocks it.
Drover lands with a left to the head.
Drover struggles to land a body shot inside as Trickle controls his hands.
Drover stalling in the clinch but Trickle improves position.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drover blocks it with crossed arms.
Drover lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trickle backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Drover.
Trickle landing knees to the body.
Drover tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trickle's elbow.
Trickle prevents Drover from breaking the clinch.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Drover tries to stall but Trickle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drover misses with a punch on the inside.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle scores a nice knee to the body.
Trickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drover has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Drover blocks it.
Drover lands a knee to the body.
Drover tries to throw a body punch but Trickle avoids it by throwing Drover back against the cage.
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Trickle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drover.
Drover throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Drover can't find room to land a body shot as Trickle controls the action.
Trickle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drover's face.
Trickle is pressed up against the cage. Drover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trickle down to the mat. Trickle avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dick Trickle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trickle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Drover counters with a three punch combo that has Trickle backing up. Trickle nods at Drover to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drover tries to clinch there but Trickle circles away.
Drover shoots in and drives through. Trickle sprawls well.
Dick Trickle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Drover.
Trickle tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Drover counters by moving into the clinch.
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drover is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trickle is keeping busy.
Trickle misses with a knee to the head.
Drover looking to slow down the pace here.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trickle tries to land knees in the clinch but Drover avoids the damage to the body.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drover.
Drover lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Drover throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Drover is trying to break free.
Trickle with a knee to the head.
Drover misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trickle.
Drover lands a shot to the body.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.
Drover tries to pull guard but Trickle won't allow it.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Drover is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trickle is keeping busy.
Drover swings wildly with an uppercut but Trickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Trickle keeps control of Drover as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Drover blocks it.
Drover is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Drover works on Trickle's body with a couple of short punches.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Trickle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Drover's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Good work by Drover as he checks the leg kick.
Trickle tries to close the distance and clinch but Drover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drover avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drover fails with a takedown attempt.
Trickle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trickle is looking to clinch.
Trickle tries to clinch up.
Trickle doesn't manage to clinch there - Drover circles away.
Trickle wants to clinch

and Drover moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trickle misses with a knee to the head.
Drover looking to stall.
A body shot lands from Drover.
Drover missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drover misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover dodges an elbow strike from Trickle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drover blocks it with crossed arms.
Drover can't find room to land a body shot as Trickle controls the action.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drover scores a nice knee to the body.
Drover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drover lands a nice shot to the body.
Trickle missing with knees to the body.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Trickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drover crunches a lovely knee into Trickle's ribcage.
Drover lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trickle backwards.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drover throws a punch but it's blocked by Trickle.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drover is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Trickle pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Drover is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Drover can't find room to land a body shot as Trickle controls the action.
Trickle landing knees to the head.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drover trying to land knees to the body.
Trickle missing with knees to the body.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Trickle tries to land knees in the clinch but Drover avoids the damage to the body.
Drover tries to land knees in the clinch but Trickle avoids the damage to the body.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drover managing to block the knees to the body from Trickle.
Drover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Drover blocks it.
A hook to the body from Drover.
Trickle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Drover looking to stall.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drover misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trickle.
Trickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trickle missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Drover avoiding damage as Trickle throws knees to the body.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Drover.
Drover misses with a punch on the inside.
Drover tries a body shot but Trickle blocks it.
Trickle crunches a lovely knee into Drover's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Drover.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trickle lands a knee to the body.
A short left from Drover.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Drover has had enough of the clinch but Trickle keeps him there for the moment.
Drover is trying to break the clinch but Trickle has him pressed against the cage.
Trickle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drover tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Trickle just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dick Trickle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Drover.
Drover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drover misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Trickle.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Trickle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drover struggles to land a body shot inside as Trickle controls his hands.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Trickle stops a takedown attempt from Drover.
Drover stalling in the clinch but Trickle improves position.
Drover takes a knee right on the jaw!
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.
Drover lands an elbow that stopped Trickle in his tracks for a moment.
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Drover avoids a wild elbow strike from Trickle.
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Drover breaks from the clinch.
Drover throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Drover looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Trickle drives through and clinches with Drover against the cage.
Trickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drover tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trickle's elbow.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Trickle misses with a knee strike.
Drover tries to work over Trickle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drover.
Drover misses with a body punch.
Adam Drover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trickle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drover throws a punch but it's blocked by Trickle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trickle tries to land knees in the clinch but Drover avoids the damage to the body.
Drover lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trickle backwards.
Trickle dodges an elbow strike from Drover.
Trickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Drover lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dick Trickle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Trickle trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Trickle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Trickle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Trickle!