PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bully Burks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Travis Porter - All the Way Turnt Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Burks

183 cm
20
174 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Alpha-Omega

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bully Burks!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burks closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Drake gets full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Drake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Burks gets to his feet - Drake follows without any prompting.
Burks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Burks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burks misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Burks.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burks.
Burks misses with a wild combination.
Burks throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burks.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Burks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burks throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Burks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burks tries to bum rush Drake with a series of wild strikes but Drake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burks misses with a wild combination.
Burks swinging wilding here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burks darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burks misses with a head kick.
Burks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burks looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Burks.
Burks will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Drake decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Drake thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burks's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Drake connects with a nice short shot to Burks's temple.
Burks taking some punishment here, with Drake in his half guard.
Drake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Drake connects with a nice short shot to Burks's temple.
Drake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drake not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Drake is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Drake is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Drake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drake thows a huge punch but Burks dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake stops Burks from getting back to his feet.
Drake has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drake passes to side control.
Drake in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Burks is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Drake has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Burks takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Drake is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Burks looks calm but he's in trouble here. Drake gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Burks is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Drake lets go of the hold and Burks can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Drake!