PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Fardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by It's A Fight. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Bernardo Fardo enters the cage!

Drake
vs
Fardo

184 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernardo Fardo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fardo.
Drake throws a head kick but Fardo moves out of range.
Fardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fardo is fending him off so far but Drake persists. Nope, Fardo circles away and we're back to standing.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drake.
Some wild striking there from Fardo.
Fardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bernardo Fardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Drake shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Drake controlling the pace for now.
Drake putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Drake controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake lands a big elbow.
Fardo wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Drake unloading with bombs!
Fardo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Drake controlling the position easily from mount.
Drake scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fardo?
Fardo is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two 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.
Drake forces the positional change into back control.
Fardo looks gassed!
Fardo holding both Drake 's hands and preventing any damage.

Fardo is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Fardo tries to bum rush Drake with a series of wild strikes but Drake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Drake closes the distance and clinches.
Drake works on Fardo's body with a couple of short punches.

Drake has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Fardo uses from the top position.
Drake wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fardo wants to stand and escape but instead Drake has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Drake controls from within his opponent's guard.
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.
Fardo is looking to stand up but Drake isn't so interested in that idea.
Drake showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Drake advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Drake decides to stand back up. Drake steps back and let's Fardo get back to his feet.
A combination from Fardo does no damage.
Fardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Fardo does no damage.
Fardo avoids the head kick by Drake.
Fardo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fardo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fardo misses with a few strikes there.

Drake moves into the clinch.
Drake prevents Fardo from breaking the clinch.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Fardo does no damage.
Fardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Drake dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch combination from Fardo misses.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.

Drake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Drake drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fardo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drake is working for takedown but Fardo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fardo wants to break free but Drake has control.
Fardo can't break the clinch.
Fardo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drake prevents Fardo from breaking the clinch.
Drake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Drake moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fardo is trying to break free.
Fardo tries to break the clinch but Drake is controlling the position.

Drake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nathan Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fardo misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Drake or perhaps it was just good defense by Fardo which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fardo tries to keep at a distance but Drake has taken the fight into the clinch.

Drake decides to pull guard.
Drake 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.
Fardo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fardo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Drake's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Drake shoots in for a takedown but Fardo shows good takedown defense.
Fardo throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drake shoots in but no luck this time.
A punch combination from Fardo misses.
Drake scores with a shot to the body.
Fardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Drake tries for a takedown but Fardo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fardo.
Fardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fardo is fending him off so far but Drake persists. Nope, Fardo circles away and we're back to standing.
Drake fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fardo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fardo misses with a series of wild punches.

Drake clinches with his opponent.

Drake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drake tries for a takedown but Fardo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Drake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fardo misses with a double jab.

Drake darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Drake is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake prevents Fardo from standing back up.

Drake is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Fardo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nathan Drake!