PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Drake (ranked 445 p4p, 1018 weight class) and Yellow Belt Casey (ranked 54 p4p, 114 weight class). Drake's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lose Yourself. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Casey

175 cm
27
150
16 - 4 - 1

168 cm
26
151
12 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

New Standard
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jake Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yellow Belt Casey!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drake's head.
Casey throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
Casey throws a push kick but Drake slaps the foot to one side.
Drake appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Casey gets caught flat footed, as Drake shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Drake distracts Casey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Casey wants to sweep but no luck.
Drake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Casey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drake throwing strikes but missing.
Drake chips away with some ground and pound.
Drake working some strikes from top position.
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 chips away with some ground and pound.
Drake scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Drake postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake chips away with some ground and pound.
Drake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drake loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake lands a couple of elbows.
Casey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drake.
Drake postures up in Casey's guard and throws a big left but Casey blocks it.
Drake landing with the ground and pound.
Drake distracts Casey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Casey trying to keep a closed guard but Drake is proving a slippery customer.
Drake with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Drake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Casey looking for a sweep. Not yet Casey, not yet.
Casey working a defensive guard here.
Drake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drake tries to free his leg and advance position but Casey is retaining full guard.
Drake throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Casey takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Drake working the ground and pound.
Casey tries to buck Drake off but Drake is having none of it.
Casey is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Drake lands a decent elbow from side control.
Drake is chipping away with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Drake lands an elbow.
Casey defending against the ground and pound.
Casey wants to get back to his feet but Drake drags him back down.
Drake looks up at the clock and then as Casey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Drake smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Casey gets back to half guard.
Drake is thwarting Casey's attempts to control the position.
Drake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake winds up and cracks Casey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drake passes to full mount!
Drake dominating with strikes here.
Casey is in a horrible position here. Drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Drake working the ground and pound effectively.
Drake looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Casey is in a horrible position here. Drake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Casey is rocked!
Drake dominating with strikes here.
Casey is still in real trouble! Can Drake finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake avoids the attempt from Casey to control.
Casey seems to have recovered his senses.
The referee warns Casey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Drake with the ground and pound from mount.
Drake punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Casey's face.
Drake drops a big elbow. That's hurt Casey! More shots from Drake and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Drake!
Jake Drake thanked the fans post fight for their support.