PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Kingdad (ranked 3326 p4p, 3083 weight class) and Drake Danger (ranked 217 p4p, 207 weight class). Drake Danger is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kingdad
vs
Danger

171 cm
25
149
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dragon Kingdad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Drake Danger!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingdad misses the jab.
Kingdad slips a straight right by Danger.

Kingdad closes the distance and clinches.
Danger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Danger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger lands with a right to the head.
Kingdad is pushing Danger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Danger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kingdad has Danger pressed against the cage, preventing Danger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kingdad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kingdad slowing the pace effectively.
Danger lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingdad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kingdad lands a hook that snaps the head of Danger backwards.

Danger breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Kingdad misses its intended target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Danger misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingdad lands with a light punch inside.
Kingdad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danger's elbow.
Come on Kingdad - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kingdad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kingdad blocking some punches.
Kingdad pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kingdad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingdad.
A head punch on the inside from Kingdad fails to land.
Danger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Danger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingdad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danger blocks a body shot from Kingdad.
Danger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kingdad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger is looking to break free of the clinch but Kingdad has double underhooks.
Danger tries to break free but Kingdad pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Danger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danger.
Danger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Danger misses with some punches.
Kingdad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Danger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danger moves in looking to clinch but Kingdad pushes him off.
Kingdad fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Danger on the side of the head.
Danger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Danger cracks Kingdad with an open hand slap.
Danger ducks under a wild hook from Kingdad.
Danger throws an overhand right that lands on Kingdad's shoulder, as Kingdad tries to avoid the shot.
Danger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kingdad.

Danger gets tackled into the cage by Kingdad. Kingdad maintains the clinch.
Kingdad wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger can't break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Kingdad.
Kingdad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kingdad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kingdad definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Danger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kingdad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danger is looking to break free of the clinch but Kingdad has double underhooks.
Danger can't break the clinch.
Kingdad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danger's elbow.
Danger wants to break free but Kingdad has control.
Kingdad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danger's elbow.
Kingdad blocking some punches.
Kingdad is struggling to control the position.
Kingdad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kingdad prevents Danger from breaking the clinch.
Kingdad displaying some good clinch control by pressing Danger up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Danger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danger throws a punch but it's blocked by Kingdad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Danger.
Danger has a couple of punches blocked by Kingdad.

Danger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kingdad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingdad throws a jab when Danger was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Danger.
Kingdad throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kingdad tries to work over Danger's front leg with a kick but Danger checks it.
Danger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That kick from Kingdad tenderised Danger's leg. Danger is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Kingdad throws a jab but it's blocked by Danger.
Danger moves out of range as Kingdad strikes.
Kingdad scores with a nice right hand.

Danger is rocked!
Danger drops his hands momentarily. Kingdad doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Danger staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Danger doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dragon Kingdad!