PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Hander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cowboys From Hell kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Klaus Hander has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Klaus Hander seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hander
vs
Drago

191 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

197 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Klaus Hander!
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, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Drago. No joy for Hander on that attempt.
Hander shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drago pinned against the cage. Drago gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago drops Hander with a left and a right! Oh, Hander is hurt - Drago dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Klaus Hander has been cut.

Drago decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hander to his feet.
Drago scores with a nice head shot.

Hander is rocked!
Drago avoids the head kick by Hander.
Hander fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Hander. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hander walks straight into a right hand from Drago - that's dropped him! Drago jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Hander from any more punishment! Hander complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Drago!