PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yay Yay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drago
vs
Yay

208 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

203 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yay Yay!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago misses with a low kick.

Yay drives through and clinches with Drago against the cage.

Yay manages to pull guard.

Yay looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yay not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Drago trying to control but Yay is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drago stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drago knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yay on the ground.
Yay keeping moving, preventing Drago from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yay looking for a sweep. Not yet Yay, not yet.

Yay is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yay pulls Drago in close to his closed guard and prevents Drago from doing any damage or advancing position.
Yay controls Drago momentarily but Drago frees himself.
Drago passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Yay manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Yay gets full guard.
Yay lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Drago!
Yay takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yay lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Drago hang on?
Yay tries to control but Drago wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago is trying desperately to improve position.
Yay looking to finish Drago with some ground and pound. This is bad for Drago!
Yay tries to control but Drago wriggling away.
Yay unloads with some shots from mount but Drago bucks and avoids them well.
Drago is squirming around, avoiding Yay's attempts to control the action.
Yay landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Yay connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Drago is breathing heavily.
Drago is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drago is working hard here to advance position.
Drago takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Yay stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Yay tries a head kick but it misses.

Yay clinches.
Yay tries to score a body lock takedown but Drago shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Yay breaks the clinch.
Drago scores with a hook to the body. Yay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yay Yay dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drago doesn't manage to clinch there - Yay circles away.
Yay fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Drago avoids it really well and circles away.
Drago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yay.
Horrible takedown by Drago or perhaps it was just good defense by Yay which made him look bad.
Yay is trying hard to land a takedown here. Drago sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yay misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Drago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ivan Drago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drago fails to land the takedown.
Yay throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drago's waist but Drago gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yay off to one side.
Ivan Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yay Yay.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yay lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Drago dodges the punch combination from Yay.
Yay misses with the combination.
Yay shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Drago defends it nicely.
Yay tries to clinch there but Drago circles away.
Yay shoots in and drives through. Drago sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago moves in looking to clinch but Yay pushes him off.

Yay has closed the distance and engaged Drago in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Yay.

Yay jumps guard.

Yay is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Drago stopping the sweep attempt from Yay.
Yay trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago trying to control but Yay is working from the bottom.
Drago has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yay manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Drago manages to get himself to full guard.
Drago on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Drago tries to get out of the position.
Yay chips away with some ground and pound.

Yay stands up from Drago's guard - Yay perhaps looking for a knockout.
Drago misses with a leg kick
and Yay counters with a nice body kick.

Yay closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Yay jumps guard and drags Drago to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Yay tries to strike from the bottom.
Yay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yay is adopting a defensive guard.

Yay looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Yay looking for a guillotine here but Drago defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yay Yay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yay misses with a head kick.

Drago clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Drago prevents the takedown attempt.
Yay is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Yay pulls guard successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yay working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Yay is proving hard to escape from.
Yay is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yay is keen to just control but Drago is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yay lands with a punch from half guard.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Yay. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Yay controlling the pace.
Yay Yay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yay works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yay lands a big shot there that rocks Drago but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yay landing strikes from the mount and Drago is in trouble!
Yay controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yay trying to control but Drago is having none of it.

Yay is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Drago is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yay Yay!