PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Dagani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Retso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Dagani has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dagani
vs
Retso

190 cm
21
277 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
270 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good 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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Dagani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drake Retso!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Retso wants to slow Dagani down by chopping away at his legs.
Dagani swinging wildly here.
Max Dagani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dagani tries to bum rush Retso with a series of wild strikes but Retso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Retso throws a leg kick that misses.
Retso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Dagani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Retso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dagani.
Retso on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Drake Retso has been cut.
Dagani blocks a low kick nicely.

Retso shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Retso was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dagani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Retso is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dagani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Retso lands with some strikes.
Retso has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dagani's face.
Retso cracks Dagani with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Retso.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Retso landing strikes, looking to finish!

Retso looking for a guillotine from mount but Dagani is having none of it.
Dagani keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Dagani defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Retso.
Dagani wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Retso landing strikes from the mount and Dagani is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retso controlling from the full mount.
Dagani is wriggling around trying to escape.
Retso lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Retso trying to control but Dagani is having none of it.
Retso raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Retso sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dagani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Retso scoring with strikes but Dagani is staying in there.
Dagani is squirming around, avoiding Retso's attempts to control the action.
Retso cracks Dagani with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Retso with the ground and pound from mount.
Dagani can't escape the position.
Dagani takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Retso content just to control the position here.
Retso lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dagani is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Retso.

Retso jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Dagani is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Dagani and Retso has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Retso slows the pace down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retso works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dagani tries to bench press Retso off him but Retso keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Retso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drake Retso's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Retso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Max Dagani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Retso throws the kick towards the body but Dagani avoids it.
Dagani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Retso ducks under a wild hook from Dagani.
Dagani throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Dagani.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dagani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Retso.
Nice uppercut lands for Dagani. That snapped Retso's head back.

That has opened up Drake Retso's cut even more.
Dagani dips to his left and cracks Retso with an uppercut!
Dagani cracks Retso with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dagani. Retso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dagani misses with a wild combination.
A shot to de liver by Dagani. Beautiful body shot.
Retso is breathing heavily.
Retso takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dagani is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Dagani lands a left and a right that send Retso crashing to the mat, dazed. Dagani thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

The cut above Drake Retso's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Drake Retso's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Max Dagani!