PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Solid Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Draganov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Draganov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Cranberries - Zombies kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Snake
vs
Draganov

183 cm
20
186 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Solid Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Draganov!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snake moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Snake goes for a double leg but Draganov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Draganov continues to drive forward.
Draganov misses with an uppercut.
Ivan Draganov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draganov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Draganov cracks Snake with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Draganov drops his hands momentarily and Snake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Snake slips a jab and a cross from Draganov.
Snake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draganov circles away quickly and effectively.
Snake moves out of range of the strikes.
Snake tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Draganov manages to circle out of the way.
Draganov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been hearing reports that Snake has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Snake misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snake fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snake manages to avoid it.
Draganov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Snake in his tracks.
Snake misses with a hook. Draganov ducked under it nicely.
Draganov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Snake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draganov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snake.
As Draganov tries to get set, Snake tries to push him back and clinch up but Draganov manages to avoid the attempt.
Draganov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Draganov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Draganov throws a right hand that Snake ducks under and follows up with a left that Snake also avoids with ease.
Draganov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Draganov defending well as Snake loads up on a big left hand.
Draganov misses the shot to the body.
Snake seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov moves out of range of the strikes.
Snake slips a jab from Draganov.
A big left from Draganov misses.
Snake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snake cracks Draganov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Snake slips under a jab from Draganov.

Snake throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Draganov was covering up waiting for the punch and Snake finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Snake postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Snake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Draganov being controlled here, momentarily.
Snake 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.
Draganov wants to stand up but Snake is controlling him.
Snake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Snake seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Snake stops Draganov from standing up.
Draganov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Draganov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Snake sitting in guard here, content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Draganov scores with a hook to the body. Snake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Draganov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snake.
Draganov misses with a looping left.
Snake cracks Draganov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Draganov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Draganov misses with a looping left.
Snake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Draganov misses with a looping left.
Snake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Snake dodges the punch combination from Draganov.
Snake tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Draganov manages to circle out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Draganov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Snake walks into a straight right hand from Draganov.
Snake tries to score a power double leg takedown but Draganov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Snake somewhat.
Snake misses with a series of wild punches.
Draganov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draganov just misses with a punch to the body.
Draganov looks to land a right hand but Snake moved out of range.
Snake throws a right hand that Draganov ducks under and follows up with a left that Draganov also avoids with ease.
Snake misses with an uppercut.
Draganov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov throws the left hand but Snake avoids the punch easily.
Draganov avoids the body shot from Snake.
Draganov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Draganov looks to throw the jab but Snake is out of range.
Draganov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Draganov's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Draganov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Draganov 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.
Snake throws a right and a left that Draganov avoids nicely.
Draganov throws out a powerful jab.
Draganov misses with a looping right.

Snake darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snake has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draganov is desperately trying to improve his position but Snake has a good base and remains in mount.
Snake with shots to the head and body - Draganov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Snake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Snake lands a nice shot to the head.
Snake controlling the position easily from mount.
Draganov wants to control but Snake is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snake throws some wild stikes that Draganov manages to avoid easily.
Draganov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Draganov blocking the ground and pound.
Snake breaks from Draganov's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Snake tries to control but Draganov wriggling away.
Snake lands a big elbow.
Snake throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Draganov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Snake tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Draganov tries to reverse the position but Snake maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snake unloads with some shots from mount but Draganov bucks and avoids them well.
Snake with the ground and pound from mount.
Snake lands with some strikes.
Snake throws some wild stikes that Draganov manages to avoid easily.
Snake looking to ground and pound but Draganov is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draganov wants to control but Snake is having none of it.
Draganov wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Snake.
Snake cracks Draganov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solid Snake dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Snake slips a jab from Draganov.

Snake shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Draganov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Draganov is not content to let Snake control the position.
Snake misses with the ground and pound.
Draganov is not content to let Snake control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snake working the ground and pound but Draganov is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov defending against the ground and pound.
Snake throws a strike aimed at the side of Draganov's head but Draganov avoids it well.
Solid Snake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Snake creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Snake throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Draganov wants to control but Snake postures up.
Snake in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Draganov defending against the ground and pound.
An elbow from Snake crashes against the mat.
Snake working away.
Snake throws an elbow but Draganov slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Snake looks up at the clock and then as Draganov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Snake smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Snake controlling from side mount.
Snake throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Check out the look on Snake's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Draganov is looking to regain half guard here but Snake keeps moving and retains side control.
The strikes coming from Snake are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snake moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Draganov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Snake wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Draganov defending against the ground and pound.
Snake wants to control but Draganov is keeping him busy.
Snake is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Draganov will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Draganov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Snake wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Snake lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four 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.
Snake is looking to take a break and control but Draganov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Snake throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Draganov works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Draganov trying to control but Snake postures up.
Snake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Draganov won't allow Snake to pass to mount.
Draganov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Snake.

And that's the end of the fight!
Solid Snake showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Snake has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Solid Snake!