PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolfo Fernando (ranked 1646 p4p, 257 weight class) and Markus Drotske (ranked 2236 p4p, 334 weight class). Adolfo Fernando is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Fernando
vs
Drotske

207 cm
26
219 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
216 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adolfo Fernando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Markus Drotske!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drotske clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Drotske fails to land.
Drotske tries to work over Fernando's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drotske swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drotske pushes Fernando back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drotske lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fernando scores with a shoulder strike.
Our sources have told us that Fernando has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Drotske is trying to pull guard but Fernando has him pressed against the cage.
Fernando blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drotske scores with a shot to the side of Fernando's head.
Drotske throws a punch but it's blocked by Fernando.
A shot in the inside from Drotske.
Drotske takes a shot to the head.
Drotske misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fernando blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drotske blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drotske tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drotske tries to pull guard but Fernando holds him up against the cage and eventually Drotske drops back down to his feet.
Fernando really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A right hand to the body from Drotske.
Drotske working aggressively here.
Drotske tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drotske can't find room to land a body shot as Fernando controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drotske.

Fernando breaks from the clinch.
Adolfo Fernando is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fernando uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drotske.
Drotske has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Drotske misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fernando.
Drotske is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fernando keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernando takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice jab there from Drotske.

Drotske takes the fight into the clinch.
Drotske lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fernando.
Drotske taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Drotske pushes Fernando back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drotske.
Drotske softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drotske throws a punch but it's blocked by Fernando.

Fernando manages to break the clinch.
Drotske on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Drotske clinches with his opponent.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drotske tries to close the distance and clinch but Fernando swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drotske thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Drotske misses the target.
Drotske ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernando moves away.
Fernando swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fernando moves out of range as Drotske strikes.
Fernando half committed to a counter leg kick.
Fernando on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drotske.
Drotske throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fernando counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drotske tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fernando was well out of range. Poor timing from Drotske.
Fernando bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fernando misses the shot to the body.
Drotske misses with a wild body shot.
Drotske slips a straight right by Fernando.

Drotske moves into range and clinches up with Fernando.
Fernando gets through Drotske's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drotske.
Fernando is leaning against Drotske and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drotske fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fernando wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drotske tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fernando blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drotske is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fernando.
Drotske stalling in the clinch.
Drotske fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drotske jumps guard but Fernando stands there with Drotske around his waist. Drotske gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adolfo Fernando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Markus Drotske.
Drotske fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Drotske dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fernando staying out of range there.
Drotske is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fernando throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Drotske 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.
Fernando looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Drotske misses with a straight right.
Drotske has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fernando.
Drotske fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fernando looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fernando ducks under a wild hook from Drotske.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drotske keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fernando.
Drotske lands a glancing blow to the side of Fernando's head.
Fernando lands a leg kick that knocks Drotske off balance momentarily.
Drotske looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernando is just out of range.
Drotske connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drotske lands an overhand right.
Drotske misses with a straight right.
Drotske throws a body shot but no joy.
Drotske moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drotske. Fernando does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Fernando wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Drotske tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fernando was well out of range. Poor timing from Drotske.
Drotske with a nice cross.
Fernando takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Fernando is rocked!
Markus Drotske seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drotske knocks out Fernando with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Drotske before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Drotske picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Markus Drotske!
Markus Drotske thanked the fans post fight for their support.