PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kromog The Terror Of The Island (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

The Terror Of The Island
vs
Driver

194 cm
29
215 lbs
17 - 3 - 1

183 cm
31
215 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
RAGS of a RONIN

Project Mayhem
Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kromog The Terror Of The Island!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ed Driver!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Terror Of The Island avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like The Terror Of The Island wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Terror Of The Island displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Driver throws out the jab.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a body shot.
Driver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Terror Of The Island.
Kromog The Terror Of The Island seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Driver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Terror Of The Island swings for the body but Driver moves out of range.
Driver lands an overhand right.
Driver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The Terror Of The Island defending well as Driver loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from The Terror Of The Island on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Terror Of The Island thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Driver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island lands with an overhand left.
The Terror Of The Island lands a nice hook to Driver's body. Driver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Terror Of The Island stuns Driver with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Driver misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver takes one to the chin there.
The Terror Of The Island ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Terror Of The Island takes a swing at Driver's ribcage but misses.

The Terror Of The Island pushes Driver up against the cage in a clinch.
Driver looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Driver is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Driver wants to get back to striking at distance but The Terror Of The Island won't allow it.
Driver takes a shot to the head.
The Terror Of The Island looking to slow down the pace here.
I was talking to The Terror Of The Island's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Driver on the inside.
The Terror Of The Island lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Driver breaks the clinch.
The Terror Of The Island cracks Driver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Driver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Driver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Driver throws a body punch but The Terror Of The Island moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Terror Of The Island throws a body shot but no joy.
Driver throws out a counter right but The Terror Of The Island avoids it with no problem.
The Terror Of The Island thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Driver.
Driver misses with a body punch
and Driver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Driver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Terror Of The Island moves away from the strike by Driver.
A telegraphed right hand from The Terror Of The Island misses the target.
The Terror Of The Island misses with an uppercut
and Driver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Terror Of The Island lands a nice shot that snaps Driver's head back.
The Terror Of The Island fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Driver manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Driver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Terror Of The Island. Driver does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Driver releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Driver throws a hook to the side of The Terror Of The Island's head but The Terror Of The Island sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Driver throws an overhand right that lands on The Terror Of The Island's shoulder, as The Terror Of The Island tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Driver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Driver lands with a nice body punch.
Driver scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Terror Of The Island in his tracks.
The Terror Of The Island misses the jab.
The Terror Of The Island tries to move into range but Driver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Terror Of The Island ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
Driver pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Terror Of The Island is out of range and Driver settles back down.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
The Terror Of The Island swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Driver throws an overhand right that lands on The Terror Of The Island's shoulder, as The Terror Of The Island tries to avoid the shot.
The Terror Of The Island uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Driver has time to react.
The Terror Of The Island bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Terror Of The Island scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Driver misses with an uppercut
and The Terror Of The Island makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Driver dips to his left and cracks The Terror Of The Island with an uppercut!
Driver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Terror Of The Island bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Terror Of The Island is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Driver misses with a looping right.
Driver lands with an uppercut that bounces The Terror Of The Island off the cage and back into range.
Driver scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Terror Of The Island staying out of range there.

The Terror Of The Island pushes Driver up against the cage in a clinch.
The Terror Of The Island swings wildly with an uppercut but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Driver prevents a body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
Driver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Driver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Driver lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Terror Of The Island backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ed Driver will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Driver gets tackled into the cage by The Terror Of The Island. The Terror Of The Island maintains the clinch.
Driver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Driver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Driver swings wildly with an uppercut but The Terror Of The Island uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Terror Of The Island fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Driver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Driver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver working aggressively here.
Driver throws a punch but it's blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
Driver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Terror Of The Island slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a short punch on the inside.
Driver has a couple of punches blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
Driver letting The Terror Of The Island take a breather here.
The Terror Of The Island softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island swings wildly with an uppercut but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Driver.
The Terror Of The Island throws a head punch that misses.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Driver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Driver blocking some punches.
Driver has a couple of punches blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Driver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Driver lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Terror Of The Island backwards.
Driver lands a shoulder strike.
The Terror Of The Island working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from The Terror Of The Island fails to land.
Driver lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Driver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Terror Of The Island up against the cage.
The Terror Of The Island fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Driver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driver lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Terror Of The Island throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Terror Of The Island throws a poor cross that misses
and Driver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Driver scores with a jab to the body.
Driver looks to score with a jab to the body but The Terror Of The Island is just out of range.
The Terror Of The Island pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Terror Of The Island connects with a single shot there.
Driver lands a slapping body shot.
Driver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Driver avoids the body shot from The Terror Of The Island.
Driver is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Driver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Terror Of The Island just misses with a punch to the body.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a lunging right hand
and Driver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island looks to land a left hand but Driver moved out of range nicely.
Driver throws an overhand right that lands on The Terror Of The Island's shoulder, as The Terror Of The Island tries to avoid the shot.
The Terror Of The Island throwing a counter right hand but Driver manages to avoid it.
The Terror Of The Island takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Driver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Terror Of The Island throws a body shot but no joy.
The Terror Of The Island throws a lazy uppercut
and Driver counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Driver.
Ed Driver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Terror Of The Island lands with a cross.
A jab from Driver does it's job there.
The Terror Of The Island lands a jab to Driver's midsection.
The Terror Of The Island tries to clinch but Driver moves out of range.

Driver lands a big right hand that sends The Terror Of The Island crashing to the mat! Driver stays standing though and waves The Terror Of The Island back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Terror Of The Island walks into a left hand.

The Terror Of The Island is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Terror Of The Island ducks under a wild hook from Driver.
Nice defenses there by Driver.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a wild body shot.
Driver swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island loads up on a big right hand but Driver slips the punch.
The Terror Of The Island checks a leg kick.
Driver scores with a sloppy right hand. The Terror Of The Island should have avoided that one.
The Terror Of The Island misses the shot to the body.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a right hand
and Driver counters with a nice uppercut.
Driver swings widly with a right hand
and The Terror Of The Island counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Terror Of The Island throws an off balance right hand
and Driver counters with a right hand to the body.
The Terror Of The Island has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Driver lands with a straight right. The Terror Of The Island didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Driver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Driver looks to land a combination but The Terror Of The Island avoids it well.
Driver throws a lazy uppercut
and The Terror Of The Island counters with a stiff right hand.
The Terror Of The Island lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Driver looks to throw the jab but The Terror Of The Island is out of range.
The Terror Of The Island swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Terror Of The Island throws a left and a right that both miss
and Driver counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The Terror Of The Island ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Terror Of The Island lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Driver at a distance.
Driver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed The Terror Of The Island momentarily.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Driver swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Terror Of The Island walks into a straight right hand from Driver.
The crowd cheers as Driver lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Terror Of The Island doesn't seem phased though.
Oh The Terror Of The Island is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Terror Of The Island tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Driver was well out of range. Poor timing from The Terror Of The Island.
Driver on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Terror Of The Island seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver lands with a nice body punch.
The Terror Of The Island rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Driver to counter with a crisp jab.
Driver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Terror Of The Island.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a looping right.
The Terror Of The Island misses with a right hand

and Driver counters with a nice right hand that sends The Terror Of The Island toppling to the canvas! The Terror Of The Island scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Driver finish him?!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Driver throws the left hand but The Terror Of The Island avoids the punch easily.
The Terror Of The Island wants to clinch but Driver slips to the side
and Driver scores with a counter punch that sends The Terror Of The Island to the canvas! Driver smells blood - he's punishing The Terror Of The Island with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! The Terror Of The Island has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Driver!
Ed Driver is the new light heavyweight champion!
Ed Driver very nearly forgot to thank Aspire Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.