PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gago Dragan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Arnould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane Arnould looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Dragan
vs
Arnould

190 cm
19
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
244 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Granite 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 Las Vegas, Gago Dragan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Arnould!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dragan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dragan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Arnould controls Dragan momentarily but Dragan frees himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dragan is stalling in the full guard.
Dragan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dragan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dragan preventing the sweep.
Dragan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dragan thows a big elbow that misses.
Arnould trying to control the position.
Arnould should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dragan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dragan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dragan chips away with some ground and pound.
Dragan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dragan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dragan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dragan throwing strikes from guard but Arnould blocks nicely.
Dragan postures up.
Arnould looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragan cracks Arnould with a solid left hand.
Dragan postures up and lands a big shot to Arnould's brow.
Dragan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dragan connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan distracts Arnould with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Arnould can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dragan controls the pace.
Dragan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Arnould for as long as he can get away with.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gago Dragan.

Dragan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Arnould looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dragan slows the pace down.
Dragan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dragan is putting a hurting on Arnould here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dragan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Arnould will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan working the body and head with strikes.
Dragan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Arnould will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dragan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Arnould to see if he's OK.
Dragan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Arnould some visible discomfort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragan controlling from side mount.
Dragan landing strikes.
Dragan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Dragan in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gago Dragan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dragan gets a takedown into half guard.
Dragan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dragan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dragan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dragan content to control rather than advance.
Dragan lands strikes from half guard.
Dragan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Arnould is breathing heavily.
Dragan 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.
Dragan wants to pass to mount but Arnould is defending the position.
Arnould taking some punishment here, with Dragan in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragan is controlling the pace.
Dragan lands strikes from half guard.
Dragan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gago Dragan.

Dragan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Arnould is trying to defend but Dragan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dragan trying to control the pace.
Arnould is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dragan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dragan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Arnould is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dragan scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan controlling the pace.
Dragan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dragan slips a nice elbow through Arnould's hands, connecting with Arnould's forehead.
Dragan 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.
Still in half guard, Dragan seems content to control.
Dragan slips a nice elbow through Arnould's hands, connecting with Arnould's forehead.
Dragan sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gago Dragan wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Dragan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dragan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Arnould is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dragan connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragan is chipping away with strikes.
Dragan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dragan advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragan controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gago Dragan dominated that second round.
That's time! Dragan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Arnould gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dragan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dragan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Arnould is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dragan works over Arnould with some ground and pound from guard.
Dragan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dragan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Arnould takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dragan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Arnould is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Gago Dragan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Arnould fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Dragan gets a takedown into half guard.
Dragan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dragan uses his free foot to push down on Arnould's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Arnould.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragan with shots to the head and body - Arnould looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dragan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dragan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dragan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dragan scoring with strikes but Arnould is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragan lands with some strikes.
Dragan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dragan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arnould hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dragan controlling his opponent.
Dragan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Arnould taking shots to the head.
Dragan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dragan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Arnould looks a forlorn figure.
Arnould in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gago Dragan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Dragan.
Dragan content just to control the position here.
Dragan with shots to the head and body - Arnould looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dragan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dragan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kane Arnould has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gago Dragan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dragan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gago Dragan!