PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phuc Tran (ranked 3521 p4p, 3972 weight class) and Len Drew (ranked 324 p4p, 346 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tran
vs
Drew

163 cm
25
148
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
148
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phuc Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Len Drew!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drew connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tran was well out of range. Poor timing from Drew.
Tran tries to counter by clinching up but Drew breaks away and moves out of range.
Tran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drew paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tran tries to clinch

and Drew counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Drew looking to sit in guard and control but Tran gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Drew wants to sweep here but Tran controlling him for the moment.
Tran might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Drew pulls Tran in close to his closed guard and prevents Tran from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drew keeping full guard, as Tran tries to pass.
Drew looking for a sweep. Not yet Drew, not yet.
Tran wants to control from the top but Drew keeps moving.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drew looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tran has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tran postures up.
Tran trying to control the position from guard on top but Drew is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drew looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Drew is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Drew looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Drew trying to mount his opponent but Tran defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drew works his way into side control.
Tran is not content to let Drew control the position.
Drew connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tran some visible discomfort.
Drew is chipping away with strikes.
Tran is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Drew scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tran definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Drew seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Drew passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tran!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drew lands a heavy elbow.
Drew postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tran looks a forlorn figure.
Drew is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tran gets back to half guard.
Tran is not content to let Drew control the position.
Drew moves into full mount! Tran won't be happy about that!
Tran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drew punishing his opponent with strikes.
Drew has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tran's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drew with a couple of short strikes.
Tran working to try and regain half guard.
Drew postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tran looks a forlorn figure.
Drew has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drew scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drew is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tran can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Drew landing strikes from the mount.
Drew is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Drew in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Len Drew dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Drew misses with a series of wild punches.
Tran throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Drew counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Drew trying to control the position from guard on top but Tran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drew passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Drew working the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drew controls the position.
Tran manages to work his way to half guard, despite Drew's best efforts.
Drew frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drew raining down hammerfists from mount.
Drew cracks Tran with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tran is looking to improve his position but Drew isn't that keen on the idea.
Drew with the ground and pound from mount.
Tran is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tran is trying to escape the mount.
Drew landing punches.
Drew lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drew landing punches.
Drew landing strikes, looking to finish!
Drew connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tran is bucking up trying to escape but Drew cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Tran is rocked!
Drew landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Tran is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drew looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Tran covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Len Drew!
Our winner, Len Drew, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.