PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Amadeus Venturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chester Drawers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Venturo
vs
Drawers

177 cm
21
147 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

169 cm
19
146 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Amadeus Venturo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chester Drawers!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venturo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drawers.
Venturo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've been told by Venturo's head coaches at Zen Balance Monastery that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Drawers lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Drawers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Venturo. That did some damage!
Drawers lands a really nice looking cross but Venturo seems unphased.
Venturo looks to land a right hand but Drawers moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Drawers on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Drawers's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Venturo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Drawers scrambles back to his feet.
Drawers moves out of range of the strikes.
Venturo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chester Drawers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Venturo finds it's way through Drawers's defenses.
Drawers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Venturo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Venturo misses with a straight left.
Venturo misses with a straight left.
Despite the aggression on Drawers's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Drawers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Venturo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Venturo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Venturo wants to slow Drawers down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drawers feints and then cracks Venturo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Venturo down.
Venturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Drawers, right into the meat.
Venturo misses with a left hand
and Drawers finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Venturo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Venturo misses with a series of wild punches.
Drawers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Venturo's calf.
Venturo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Drawers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drawers lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Drawers.
Venturo misses with a straight left.
Drawers lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Venturo looks to score with a jab to the body but Drawers is just out of range.
Drawers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Venturo. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drawers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice uppercut there from Drawers.
Drawers feints and then cracks Venturo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Venturo down.
Venturo tries to move into range but Drawers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Venturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drawers is out of range and Venturo settles back down.
Drawers slips a straight right by Venturo.
Drawers lands a high kick!
Drawers lands a jab to Venturo's midsection.

Drawers forces Venturo back against the cage and clinches.
Drawers leaning against his opponent.
Venturo blocking some punches.
Drawers misses with a short punch on the inside.

Drawers breaks from the clinch.
Venturo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drawers.
Venturo throws a looping overhand right but Drawers ducks down to avoid it.
Venturo connects with a body shot that sends Drawers's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drawers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Venturo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drawers misses with a head kick.
Venturo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drawers connects with a nice looking jab.
Drawers walks into a left hand.
Drawers lands a jab.

Venturo is rocked!
Venturo throws a lazy uppercut
and Drawers counters with a nice leg kick.
Oh Venturo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Drawers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Venturo's sensitive parts.
Venturo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Venturo throws a nice looking combination but Drawers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Venturo seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Venturo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drawers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Drawers finds it's target.
Drawers lunges at Venturo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Venturo's hand.
Venturo swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drawers lands a slapping body shot.
Venturo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drawers connects with a body shot.
Venturo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drawers is looking to slow Venturo down with leg kicks.
Drawers lands a leg kick that knocks Venturo off balance momentarily.
Drawers looks to land a right hand but Venturo moved out of range.
Venturo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drawers.
Nice body punch from Drawers.
Drawers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Venturo.
Venturo jabs at Drawers's body.
Venturo thuds his right hand into Drawers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drawers lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Venturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Venturo connects with a jab.

Drawers forces Venturo back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chester Drawers dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Drawers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Venturo throws a shot from downtown. Drawers moves away and avoids it.
Venturo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Venturo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Drawers closes the distance and clinches.
Drawers works on Venturo's body with a couple of short punches.
Drawers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drawers tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Venturo just stands there and leans against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drawers.
A frustrated look appears on Venturo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Drawers lands a hook that snaps the head of Venturo backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drawers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Venturo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Venturo has had enough of the clinch but Drawers keeps him there for the moment.
Drawers scores with a shot to the side of Venturo's head.
Drawers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venturo is trying to break free.
A hook to the body from Drawers.
A short left from Drawers.
Venturo is trying to force a seperation but Drawers has the dominant position.
Drawers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drawers struggles to land a body shot inside as Venturo controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drawers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drawers leaning against his opponent.
The referee calls for Drawers to work.
Venturo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drawers tries to pull guard but Venturo won't allow it.

Drawers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drawers scores with a body shot.
Drawers blocks a head kick by Venturo.
Venturo connects with a jab.
Drawers throws a nice inside leg kick.

Drawers takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drawers jumps guard but Venturo stands there with Drawers around his waist. Drawers gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Amadeus Venturo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chester Drawers.
Drawers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Drawers.
Drawers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Venturo backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drawers.
Venturo wants to break the clinch but can't.

Drawers jumps guard and drags Venturo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drawers looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Venturo is defending well. Drawers quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Venturo has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Drawers celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chester Drawers!
Chester Drawers spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.