PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khal Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amon Amarth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Amarth's choice of entrance music: Anyway. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drogo
vs
Amarth

180 cm
24
201 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

184 cm
18
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

St. Paul's Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khal Drogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amon Amarth!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Amarth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Drogo is fending him off so far but Amarth persists. Nope, Drogo circles away and we're back to standing.

Drogo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Drogo just content to control the position.
Drogo trying to control the action but Amarth is working from the bottom.
Amarth is looking for a sweep.

Drogo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Amarth manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Drogo trying to control here.
Amarth missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Drogo gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Amarth content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Drogo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Amarth is one step ahead there.
Drogo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Amarth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Amarth trying to control but Drogo is working from the bottom.
Amarth scoring with punches to the head and body.
Drogo controls Amarth momentarily but Amarth frees himself.
Amarth postures up in Drogo's guard and throws a big left but Drogo blocks it.
Amarth must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Amarth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drogo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Amarth momentarily.

Drogo gets the takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amarth tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Amarth struggling a bit here.
Drogo working the head with strikes.
Amarth misses with a strike from the bottom.
Drogo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Drogo wants to control but Amarth is keeping him busy.
Drogo is breathing heavily.

Drogo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Drogo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Amarth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drogo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drogo wants to stand but Amarth is controlling his arm.
Amarth sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amarth is trying to maintain the position but Drogo is very close to passing his half guard.
Drogo blocks the strikes from Amarth.
Amarth is trying to maintain the position but Drogo is very close to passing his half guard.
Drogo trying to control the action but Amarth is working from the bottom.
Amarth gets full guard.
Amarth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Drogo postures up.
Amarth doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Amarth misses with a body shot.
Amarth shoots for a takedown but Drogo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Khal Drogo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amon Amarth.
Drogo thows a body shot but no joy.
Drogo scores with a nice right hand.

Amarth gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Amarth working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drogo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amarth wants to sweep but no luck.
Amarth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Drogo with a nice head shot there.
Drogo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Drogo postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Amarth misses with an elbow from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Drogo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Amarth is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Amarth can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Amarth can do anything to dispel that myth.
Amarth tries to strike but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khal Drogo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Amarth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Drogo sprawls well initially but Amarth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Drogo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Drogo has hold of Amarth's hands but Amarth slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Amarth there.
Drogo is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Amarth is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Drogo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Amarth winds up and cracks Drogo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Drogo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Drogo taking some punishment here, with Amarth in his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amarth scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Amarth lands a nice short elbow.
Drogo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Amarth.
Amarth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drogo is trying to get back to full guard.
Amarth landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Amarth working over Drogo with some ground and pound. Drogo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Drogo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Amarth with a flurry of punches that miss.
Amarth working some strikes from top position.
Drogo trying to keep a closed guard but Amarth is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Amarth preventing the sweep.

Drogo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Amarth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Amarth manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Amarth works over Drogo with some ground and pound from guard.
Amarth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drogo is controlling Amarth's posture.
Amarth landing with the ground and pound.
Drogo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drogo wants to stand and escape but Amarth is having none of it.
Amarth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Amarth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amarth chips away with some ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drogo throws a nice head kick!
Drogo shoots in for a double leg but Amarth sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Amarth darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Amarth wants to take a breather but Drogo is having none of it.
Amarth not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Drogo is looking to control Amarth's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Drogo avoid being mounted?
Amarth landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Amarth thows a huge punch but Drogo dodges it nicely.
Drogo has hold of Amarth's hands but Amarth slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Drogo is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Amarth pulls his head out easily.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Amarth connects with a looping right hand.
Drogo tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amarth scores with a nice strike.
Amarth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drogo was well out of range. Poor timing from Amarth.
Amarth thows a left - swing and a miss!
Amarth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Amarth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drogo.
The fighters circling - Amarth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Amarth shoots in but no luck this time.
Drogo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Amarth.
Amarth just misses with a punch to the body.
Drogo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Horrible takedown by Amarth or perhaps it was just good defense by Drogo which made him look bad.

Amarth closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Amarth lands in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amon Amarth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Amarth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Drogo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Drogo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Amarth stands up out of Drogo's guard for a moment - Drogo manages to land a nice upkick.
Drogo seems keen to control Amarth's posture.
Amarth working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Amarth postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Amarth working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Drogo's head.
Amarth works over Drogo with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Amarth is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Amarth postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Amarth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Amarth working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Amarth swings for the body but Drogo moves out of range.
Drogo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drogo stuffs the takedown.
Drogo lands with a nice body kick.
Amarth misses the shot to the body.
Amarth takes one to the side of the head.
Amarth stuffs the takedown.
Amarth doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Drogo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khal Drogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drogo avoids the body shot from Amarth.
Drogo stuffs the takedown.
Khal Drogo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amon Amarth.

Drogo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Amarth throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amarth missing with punches from the bottom.

Drogo is looking for a kimura but Amarth is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Drogo to get the leverage.
Amarth gets back to full guard.

Drogo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drogo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Amarth has a closed guard, preventing Drogo from standing up.
Amarth looking for a sweep. Not yet Amarth, not yet.
Amarth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Amarth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Amarth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Drogo tries to stand but Amarth is controlling from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drogo throws a hook but Amarth blocks it.
Amarth thows a body shot but no joy.
Drogo has his takedown stuffed

and Amarth counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Amarth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Amarth is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Drogo looking for a sweep. Not yet Drogo, not yet.
Amarth passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Amarth working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo can't do much from the bottom here.
Drogo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Amarth connects with a decent elbow.
Drogo can't do much from the bottom here.
Amarth scores with a couple of short elbows.
Drogo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Drogo punching from the bottom.
Drogo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Drogo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amon Amarth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Amarth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amon Amarth!