PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mass Acre (ranked 5554 p4p, 576 weight class) and Vas Dragan (ranked 24281 p4p, 793 weight class). Mass Acre has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Acre
vs
Dragan

210 cm
20
238 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mass Acre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vas Dragan!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dragan shoots in and gets a takedown into Acre's guard.
Dragan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dragan advances position into side control!
Dragan controls the position.
Acre stops Dragan from passing to mount.
Dragan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Acre keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragan working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Acre dodges the ground and pound from Dragan.
Acre is not content to let Dragan control the position.
Acre is being controlled here.
Acre tries to buck Dragan off but Dragan is having none of it.
Dragan trying to control the position but Acre is working away.
Acre struggling a bit here.
Acre is trying to improve his position.

That's two 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.

Dragan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The referee asks Dragan politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dragan prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dragan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Acre keeps working.
Acre seems a little lost for a moment, as Dragan dominates the positioning.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Dragan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Acre wants to get back to his feet but Dragan drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan wants to control but Acre is keeping him busy.
Dragan works to advance to full mount. Acre defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Acre is looking to get to half guard.
Acre is trying to stand up.
Dragan controlling the position easily from mount.

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.
Dragan pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Acre is squirming around, avoiding Dragan's attempts to control the action.
Acre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dragan controlling from the full mount.
Acre is controlling an arm, preventing Dragan from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Acre throws a series of punches but Dragan moves out of range.
Acre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dragan.
Dragan stuffs the takedown.
And Dragan tries to counter it with a takedown but Acre pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dragan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Acre misses with a double jab

and Dragan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Acre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dragan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Acre is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragan has his hands clasped together around Acre's back. He's all about the action.

Acre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Acre is looking for a kimura here.
Acre trying to control from Dragan's half guard. Dragan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Acre wants to stand but Dragan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dragan trying to control the position here.

That's two 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.
Acre trying to control but Dragan is working from the bottom.
Dragan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Acre postures up.
Acre wanted to stand there but Dragan had control of the position.
Acre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Acre throws a head kick that Dragan semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acre throws a head kick that misses

and Dragan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Acre tries to kick Dragan off in order to stand up. Dragan Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Dragan wants to take a breather but Acre manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Dragan.
Dragan content to stall in guard here.

Dragan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Acre looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Acre looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Acre!

Dragan is trying to escape the position but Acre is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Acre slows the pace down in half guard.
Dragan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Acre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Acre's back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dragan working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Acre is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Dragan has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Acre taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vas Dragan!
A very excited looking Vas Dragan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.