PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Castravet (ranked 2970 p4p, 2190 weight class) and Martin Drop (ranked 94 p4p, 85 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Castravet
vs
Drop

190 cm
23
230
5 - 7 - 0

199 cm
22
278
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrei Castravet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Drop!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castravet.
Drop throws a body punch but Castravet moves out of range.
Castravet scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Castravet looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Castravet's corner calls for a 1-2. Castravet obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Castravet moves into the clinch.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.

Castravet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drop misses with a low kick.
Castravet was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Drop connects with the punch.
Drop throws a leg kick that misses.
Drop throws a hook to the side of Castravet's head but Castravet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castravet.
Drop dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drop throws a leg kick that is checked
and Castravet makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castravet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Drop clinches.
Castravet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Castravet lands a nice shot to the body.
Castravet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drop missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castravet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castravet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Castravet breaks from the clinch.
Drop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castravet.

Drop drives through and clinches with Castravet against the cage.
Drop misses with an elbow over the top.
Castravet can't break the clinch.
Drop tries a knee to the head but Castravet blocks it.
Drop blocks an uppercut.
Castravet tries a body shot but Drop blocks it.
Drop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castravet is defending well for now.
Castravet works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drop has a couple of punches blocked by Castravet.
Castravet throws a punch but it's blocked by Drop.
Castravet tries to work over Drop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drop blocks an uppercut.
Castravet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Castravet lands a left hand.
A short right from Castravet on the inside.
Castravet avoiding damage as Drop throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Castravet is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castravet is struggling to control the position.
Castravet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castravet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Castravet avoiding damage as Drop throws knees to the body.
Castravet is trying to force a seperation but Drop has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drop.
Castravet is trying to push Drop away but Drop has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Drop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but Castravet blocks with his arms.
A short left from Drop.
Castravet trying to land knees to the body.
Castravet tries to circle away but Drop has him pinned against the cage.
Drop misses with a knee strike.
Castravet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castravet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castravet blocks it with crossed arms.
Drop looks winded!
Castravet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drop.
Castravet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Drop is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castravet is trying to push Drop away but Drop has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice body punch from Drop - that landed with a thud.
A knee to the head by Drop.
Castravet lands a hook that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castravet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Castravet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drop blocks a body shot from Castravet.
Drop looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castravet blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drop.

Castravet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin Drop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Drop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Drop takes the fight into the clinch.
Castravet misses with some punches.
Drop unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castravet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castravet tries a body shot but Drop blocks it.
Drop utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Drop scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drop landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castravet.
Castravet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Drop unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castravet blocks it with crossed arms.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castravet blocks it with crossed arms.
Drop lands a nice uppercut.

Castravet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Castravet moves into the clinch successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Castravet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drop blocks a body shot from Castravet.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Castravet is blocking nicely.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castravet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castravet scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drop missing with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Drop dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Drop rushes Castravet and presses him up against the cage.
Drop misses with the head strike.
Drop connects with a knee to the head.
Drop misses with a knee strike.
Castravet blocks an uppercut.
Castravet tries a body shot but Drop blocks it.

Castravet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drop scoring well with a low kick there.
Drop looks to land a left hand but Castravet moved out of range nicely.
Drop has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drop missing with a left hand there. Castravet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castravet connects with a body shot that sends Drop's belly button to the back.

Drop closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castravet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castravet lands an uppercut.
Drop utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drop is breathing heavily.
Castravet tries a body shot but Drop blocks it.
Castravet controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castravet looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Castravet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castravet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Castravet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Martin Drop seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Castravet - that landed with a thud.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Castravet is blocking nicely.

Castravet breaks from the clinch.
Andrei Castravet is winning the standup battle so far.
Castravet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drop is looking to clinch.
Drop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castravet wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Castravet darts in and clinches Drop up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Drop.
Castravet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Castravet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drop landing knees to the body.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but Castravet blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Drop clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castravet stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Castravet wants to get back to striking at distance but Drop won't allow it.
Castravet misses with a knee to the head.
Castravet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drop misses with a knee strike.
Drop can't find room to land a body shot as Castravet controls the action.
Castravet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Castravet manages to break the clinch.
Martin Drop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by Drop.
Castravet throws a jab when Drop was well out of range.

Drop instigates a clinch.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Castravet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Castravet cracks a nice hook into Drop's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castravet throws a body punch but Drop moves out of range.

Castravet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Castravet lands with a right to the head.
Castravet wants to get back to striking at distance but Drop won't allow it.

Castravet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Drop moves into range and clinches up with Castravet.
Castravet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drop tries a knee to the head but Castravet blocks it.
Castravet throws a punch but it's blocked by Drop.
Drop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Castravet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Castravet blocks a head kick by Drop.
Nice straight punches there by Castravet. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Castravet.
Drop misses with a hook
and Castravet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drop wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castravet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drop circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castravet checks a low kick from Drop.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Castravet.
A punch lands to the side of Drop 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Drop wants to clinch up but Castravet keeps it at a distance.
Drop throws a leg kick that misses.

Castravet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drop, pushing him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Castravet.
Castravet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.

Castravet breaks the clinch.

Drop gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Castravet manages to break the clinch.

Castravet moves into range and clinches up with Drop.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castravet avoids it.
Castravet blocks an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Andrei Castravet will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Drop takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Drop closes the distance and pushes Castravet back into the cage.
Castravet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castravet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castravet tries to break the clinch but Drop is controlling the position.

Castravet breaks from the clinch.
Castravet looks to score with a jab to the body but Drop is just out of range.

Drop moves into range and clinches up with Castravet.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Castravet is blocking nicely.
Drop lands a knee to the head.
Castravet lands a right hand.
Castravet misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Drop on the inside.
Drop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Castravet tries a body shot but Drop blocks it.
Castravet lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Castravet misses with a punch on the inside.
Castravet blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castravet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Castravet has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castravet blocks it with crossed arms.

Castravet breaks the clinch.
Castravet lands with a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Castravet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drop tries to close the distance and clinch but Castravet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Castravet misses the target.
Castravet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drop was well out of range. Poor timing from Castravet.
Drop tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Drop throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Drop throws a right and a left that Castravet avoids nicely.
Drop throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Castravet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drop wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castravet connects with a jab.
Castravet rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Drop has taken the fight to the clinch.
Castravet lands a nice shot to the body.
Drop missing with knees to the body.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but Castravet blocks with his arms.
Castravet is trying to maintain a safe position but Drop gets an underhook and turns Castravet into the cage.
Drop keeps control of Castravet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Castravet blocks an uppercut.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drop tries to land knees in the clinch but Castravet avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Castravet.

Castravet manages to break the clinch.
Castravet lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop misses with a leg kick

and Castravet counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Castravet.
Castravet is looking to break free of the clinch but Drop has double underhooks.
Castravet misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Castravet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castravet. Drop does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Drop tries to counter it with a takedown but Castravet pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Castravet looks to score with a jab to the body but Drop is just out of range.
Drop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castravet checks a leg kick nicely.
Drop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Castravet.
Castravet needs to keep his hands up - Drop had a free shot at his head there.
Drop pushes Castravet away with a front kick.
Castravet lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drop connects with a high kick.
Castravet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drop moves away.
Castravet takes a swing at Drop's ribcage but misses.
Drop throws a wild body kick that Castravet sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drop has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Castravet is trying to force a seperation but Drop has the dominant position.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castravet is trying to break the clinch but Drop has him pressed against the cage.
Castravet working hard to break the clinch.

Castravet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Drop moves into the clinch.
Castravet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Drop.
Castravet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castravet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Castravet scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drop blocking some punches.
Drop keeps control of Castravet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castravet misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andrei Castravet.
I think Castravet has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Castravet!