PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Temujin Namkhai (ranked 3521 p4p, 5314 weight class) and Tommy Draconis (ranked 367 p4p, 464 weight class). Tommy Draconis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Namkhai
vs
Draconis

196 cm
19
279
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
285
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Temujin Namkhai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Draconis!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draconis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Draconis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Tommy Draconis has been cut.
Namkhai tries to clinch up.

Namkhai gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Draconis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Draconis wants to pass the guard but Namkhai is keeping the position.
Namkhai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Namkhai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Draconis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draconis wants to pass the guard but Namkhai is keeping the position.
Namkhai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Draconis throws a big elbow that misses.
Draconis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Draconis with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draconis wants to pass the guard but Namkhai is keeping the position.
Draconis throws a big right hand that misses.
Draconis throws a big right hand that misses.
Draconis throwing strikes from guard but Namkhai blocks nicely.
Draconis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Draconis works his foot free and advances to mount.
Draconis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Draconis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Namkhai because Draconis loaded up on that one.
Draconis landing strikes from the mount and Namkhai is in trouble!
Draconis looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draconis working Namkhai over with strikes here.
Draconis landing strikes from the mount and Namkhai is in trouble!
Draconis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draconis cracks Namkhai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Draconis thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Draconis throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Draconis looking to ground and pound but Namkhai is blocking nicely.
Draconis unloads with some shots from mount but Namkhai bucks and avoids them well.
Draconis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Namkhai's face.
Namkhai on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Namkhai tries to get out of the position.
Namkhai manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Namkhai, under a barage of strikes from Draconis.
Namkhai has hold of Draconis's hands but Draconis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Draconis working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draconis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draconis thows a huge punch but Namkhai dodges it nicely.
Draconis is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Draconis looking to ground and pound but Namkhai is blocking nicely.
Draconis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Draconis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Draconis working for a guillotine from mount but Namkhai is in no mood to give up.
Namkhai blocking the ground and pound.
Draconis with shots to the head and body - Namkhai looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Draconis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draconis throwing strikes but Namkhai recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Namkhai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Namkhai is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draconis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Draconis is trying to work for a kimura but Namkhai is defending well.
Draconis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Draconis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Namkhai has managed to free his arm - good work.
Draconis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Draconis is working for a submission of some sort.
Draconis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Draconis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Draconis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Draconis shoots in but Namkhai avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Draconis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Namkhai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Draconis closes the distance and clinches up with Namkhai, looking for a takedown. Draconis pushes Namkhai against the cage but Namkhai circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Temujin Namkhai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Draconis.
Namkhai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Draconis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Draconis fails with a takedown attempt.
A quick step to the side and Namkhai tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Namkhai.

Draconis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Namkhai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Draconis.
Draconis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Namkhai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Draconis.
Draconis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Namkhai on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Namkhai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Draconis.
Draconis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Draconis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Draconis uses his free foot to push down on Namkhai's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Namkhai.
Draconis is landing with some decent strikes but Namkhai is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draconis lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draconis looking to finish with strikes here!
Draconis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Namkhai's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draconis landing strikes from the mount.
Draconis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Draconis lands a big elbow.
Draconis looking to finish with strikes here!
BOOM! Draconis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Draconis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Namkhai?
Draconis unloading with bombs!

Namkhai is rocked!
Draconis loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Namkhai scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Draconis land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Draconis stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Draconis!
A relieved looking Tommy Draconis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.