PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quade Drarzak (ranked 4386 p4p, 6282 weight class) and Gavril Lukov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lukov has chosen Take_it_Back_v2 as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drarzak
vs
Lukov

178 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
161
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

White Gorilla
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quade Drarzak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gavril Lukov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lukov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lukov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lukov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lukov.
Lukov throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Quade Drarzak has been cut.
Drarzak lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drarzak swings for the body but Lukov moves out of range.
Lukov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice shot lands for Lukov.
Drarzak misses with a few strikes there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drarzak wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drarzak scores with a nice right hand.
A cross from Lukov lands.
Drarzak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lukov moves away.
Drarzak on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Drarzak throws the left hand but Lukov avoids the punch easily.
Drarzak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lukov's hands.
Drarzak throws a sloppy body shot
letting Lukov counter with a right hand.
Drarzak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drarzak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drarzak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drarzak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lukov. Lukov obviously looking to wear him down.
Drarzak looks to score with a jab to the body but Lukov is just out of range.
Quade Drarzak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Drarzak misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Drarzak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lukov's head backwards.
Drarzak just misses with a punch to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drarzak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lukov tries to move into range but Drarzak moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lukov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Drarzak takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drarzak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lukov manages to avoid it.
Lukov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd cheers as Lukov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drarzak doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Drarzak misses.
Lukov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lukov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drarzak looks to land a left hand but Lukov moved out of range nicely.
Drarzak is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lukov lands a high kick!
Lukov looks winded!
Lukov staying out of range there.
Lukov lands a glancing blow to the side of Drarzak's head.
Drarzak looks to score with a jab to the body but Lukov is just out of range.
Drarzak lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Drarzak cracks Lukov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lukov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lukov lands with a kick to the temple. Drarzak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Drarzak walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lukov.
Drarzak swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lukov counters with a head kick.
Drarzak lands a jab-cross combination.
Lukov moves away from the strike by Drarzak.
Drarzak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drarzak throws an overhand right that lands on Lukov's shoulder, as Lukov tries to avoid the shot.
Drarzak tests Lukov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drarzak rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lukov counters with an inside leg kick.
Drarzak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lukov manages to avoid it.
Drarzak throws a series of punches but Lukov moves out of range.
Lukov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lukov ducks under a wild hook from Drarzak.
Drarzak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lukov manages to avoid it.
Drarzak throws a right hand that Lukov ducks under and follows up with a left that Lukov also avoids with ease.
Drarzak takes a swing at Lukov's ribcage but misses.
Lukov keeps Drarzak at a distance using the push kick.
Lukov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drarzak misses with an uppercut. Lukov saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lukov lands a jab.
Lukov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Drarzak if he has to take too many more of those.
Lukov connects with a looping right hand.
Lukov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drarzak.
Lukov throws out a counter right but Drarzak avoids it with no problem.
Lukov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drarzak.
Drarzak throws out a loose jab but Lukov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drarzak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Drarzak connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lukov momentarily.
Drarzak looks to land a left hand but Lukov moved out of range nicely.
Lukov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drarzak's head.
Drarzak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lukov.
Lukov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lukov moves out of range as Drarzak strikes.
Lukov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Drarzak on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Drarzak misses its intended target.
Lukov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lukov scores with a head kick.
Drarzak throws out a powerful jab.
Drarzak throws an overhand right that lands on Lukov's shoulder, as Lukov tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lukov lands with an uppercut that bounces Drarzak off the cage and back into range.
Lukov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drarzak circles away quickly and effectively.
Lukov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Drarzak lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lukov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drarzak misses with a hook.
Drarzak is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drarzak fails to land with a series of punches.
Drarzak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Drarzak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Drarzak does no damage.
Drarzak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lukov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lukov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lukov there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Drarzak crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lukov - the referee stops the clock and Drarzak gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lukov. Drarzak manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lukov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lukov slips a straight right by Drarzak.
Lukov goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Drarzak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quade Drarzak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quade Drarzak's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drarzak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drarzak throws out a loose jab but Lukov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lukov replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Drarzak blocks it well.
Drarzak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lukov.
A jab from Lukov does it's job there.
Drarzak will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Drarzak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lukov was well out of range. Poor timing from Drarzak.
No joy there for Drarzak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drarzak looks to land a left hand but Lukov moved out of range nicely.
Drarzak gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Drarzak throws a series of punches but Lukov avoids them all with ease.
Drarzak scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab lands there for Lukov.
Good leg kick by Lukov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drarzak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lukov might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Drarzak has got the better of the exchanges.
Drarzak looks to score with a jab to the body but Lukov is just out of range.
Lukov lands with a slapping head kick.

Drarzak is rocked!
Lukov lands a big head kick that sends Drarzak to the canvas! Lukov follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gavril Lukov!
Gavril Lukov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.