PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aerymar Dracarys (ranked 2850 p4p, 2777 weight class) and Leonard Read (ranked 401 p4p, 392 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dracarys
vs
Read

194 cm
25
220
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
213
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Shadow Realm The Island

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aerymar Dracarys!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonard Read!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Read moves into the clinch successfully.
Read gets underhooks to prevent Dracarys's takedown attempt.

Read jumps guard and drags Dracarys to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Read has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dracarys can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Read escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dracarys gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Read has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dracarys can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Read has momentary wrist control but Dracarys slips an elbow through the middle.
Read keeping moving, preventing Dracarys from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dracarys trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Dracarys avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dracarys working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Read's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dracarys chips away with some ground and pound.
Dracarys wants to pass the guard but Read is keeping the position.

Read has his foot on Dracarys's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dracarys works his way back into a safe position though.
Dracarys makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dracarys has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Read has his foot on Dracarys's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dracarys works his way back into a safe position though.
Dracarys scoring with some ground and pound.
Dracarys postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Read escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dracarys gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Read has momentary wrist control but Dracarys slips an elbow through the middle.
Dracarys tries to free his leg and advance position but Read is retaining full guard.

Read is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dracarys chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Read working for a triangle but Dracarys defends it easily.
Dracarys makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dracarys stands up over Read, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dracarys cracks Read with a solid left hand.

Read is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dracarys defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dracarys's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dracarys lands a couple of digs.

Read is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dracarys postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Read isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dracarys stacks Read on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dracarys!
Dracarys cracks Read with a big elbow.
Read tries to buck Dracarys off but Dracarys is having none of it.
Dracarys scoring with punches and elbows.
Dracarys is working Read over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dracarys works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dracarys is putting a hurting on Read here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Read's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dracarys working the ground and pound from side control.
Read is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dracarys off and has taken his back!
Dracarys rolls, trying to escape but Read keeps control of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dracarys rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracarys moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Read tries to free his leg and advance position but Dracarys is retaining full guard.
Read is looking to pass into half guard but Dracarys pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dracarys is in guard.

Read trying to control the position.
Dracarys lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dracarys is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dracarys landing with the ground and pound.

Read is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dracarys is aware though and is defending well.
We've been informed that Read has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Dracarys avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dracarys is in close to Read's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aerymar Dracarys dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dracarys drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Read is looking for a sweep.
Read takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Read manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dracarys trying to control from the bottom.
Dracarys is pressing down on Read's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Read drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dracarys manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Read has Dracarys in his guard.

Read is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dracarys keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Read's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dracarys postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dracarys with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dracarys sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Read doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Dracarys paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Read - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Leonard Read!