PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Contini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Drury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Contini's entrance music is -. A fine choice. Drury has chosen The lonely Island - I just had sex as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Contini
vs
Drury

185 cm
22
184 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

183 cm
30
178 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Sublime Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luciano Contini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Drury!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Contini gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Contini.
Contini lands a left hand.
Contini just leaning against Drury, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Drury fails to land.
Drury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Contini lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Contini leaning his opponent against the cage.
Contini scores with a shot to the side of Drury's head.
Contini is stalling here.
Drury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Contini lands a nice uppercut.
Drury struggles to land a body shot inside as Contini controls his hands.
Contini is stalling here.
Contini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drury is trying to push Contini away but Contini has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Drury scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drury tries a body shot but Contini blocks it.
Contini has Drury pressed against the cage.
Drury throws a head punch that misses.

Contini breaks from the clinch.
Contini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drury.
Drury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Contini.
Contini swinging wildly here.
Drury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drury fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mick Drury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Contini throws a hook but Drury blocks it.
Contini lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Contini thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contini stuffs the takedown attempt from Drury. Drury gets slowly back to his feet.
Luciano Contini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Drury.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Contini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drury paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drury staying out of range there.
Drury takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drury shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Contini but Contini pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Contini lands a slapping body shot.
Drury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Contini moves away.
Drury stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Contini.
Drury looks gassed!
Contini connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Contini avoids the body shot from Drury.
Contini on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Contini wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drury shoots in for a takedown but Contini shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Drury on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Contini loads up on a big right hand but Drury slips the punch.
Contini cracks the inside of Drury's front leg.
Contini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contini leaves Drury with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Contini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Contini lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drury tries to bum rush Contini with a series of wild strikes but Contini uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Contini.
Contini avoids the body shot from Drury.
Contini throws a lazy right hand but Drury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Contini is looking to score with low kicks.
Drury waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Contini.
Contini throws a solid leg kick but Drury takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Contini.
Contini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Contini lands with a cross.
Contini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drury missing with a left hand there. Contini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Drury 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drury tries to free his leg and advance position but Contini is retaining full guard.
Contini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drury tries to free his leg and advance position but Contini is retaining full guard.
Drury pushing down on Contini's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Contini regains full guard. Nicely done.
Contini trying to control the position here.
Drury won't allow Contini to sweep him here.
Contini pulls Drury in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Contini keeping moving, preventing Drury from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Contini controlling the position.
Contini looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Luciano Contini has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Contini ducks under a wild hook from Drury.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano Contini dominated that round.
That's time! Contini's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Contini looks to land a body kick but Drury moved away.
Contini misses with a body kick.
Contini displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drury.
Drury fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Drury with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Contini counter with a right hand.
Luciano Contini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Drury.
Drury shoots in but Contini avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Drury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Drury throws an overhand right that lands on Contini's shoulder, as Contini tries to avoid the shot.
Contini throws out a loose jab but Drury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drury thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drury scores with a nice right hand.
Contini scores with a nice strike.
Contini throws a nice outside leg kick.
Drury shoots in and drives through. Contini sprawls well.
Drury shoots for a takedown but Contini saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Contini has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contini manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Contini lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Drury fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Contini.
Drury changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Contini fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Contini loads up on a big right hand but Drury slips the punch.
Luciano Contini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drury stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Contini.
Contini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Contini clinches up against the cage.
Contini blocks a body shot from Drury.

Contini breaks from the clinch.
Contini scores with a punch to the head.
Drury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Contini tries to sprawl but Drury drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Contini wants to control but Drury is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Contini keeping hold of Drury's head, controlling as best he can.
Drury working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Contini's thigh. Contini counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Contini pulls Drury in close to his closed guard and prevents Drury from doing any damage or advancing position.
Drury trying to control the position from guard on top but Contini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drury is pushing down on Contini's leg trying to pass to half guard. Contini is fighting to maintain full guard but Drury has managed to sneak the leg through.
Contini is looking for a sweep. Drury is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Contini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contini tries to roll over but Drury keeps him under control.
Drury looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Drury sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Contini defending well though.
Drury has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Drury wants to work for an arm triangle but Contini is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Drury thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Contini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Contini trying to control but Drury postures up.
Drury thows a huge punch but Contini dodges it nicely.
Contini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Contini is looking to control Drury's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Contini avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drury trying to mount his opponent but Contini defends it.
Drury has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Contini is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Drury scoring with strikes but Contini is staying in there.
Drury unloads with some shots from mount but Contini bucks and avoids them well.
Contini wants to hold on but Drury pushes him away.
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!
Contini is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drury throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Contini because Drury loaded up on that one.
Drury raining down shots from the mount!
Contini wants to hold on but Drury pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luciano Contini will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Drury misses with a wild body shot.
Contini misses with an uppercut. Drury saw that one coming.
Contini throws a leg kick but Drury checks it.
Contini scores with a decent looking hook.

Contini has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Contini's elbow.
Drury looking for a takedown.
Contini lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drury backwards.
Contini manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drury.
Contini lands with a right to the head.
Contini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drury or not.
Drury is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Contini pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drury swings wildly with an uppercut but Contini uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Contini.
Drury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Contini lands an uppercut.
Contini blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Contini.
Contini throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drurys head.
Drury misses with a punch on the inside.
Drury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Contini works on Drury's body with a couple of short punches.
Drury letting Contini take a breather here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Contini for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Luciano Contini has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Contini obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contini scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drury.
Contini working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Contini presses Drury against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Contini is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luciano Contini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Drury.
Contini lands with a left to the head.
Contini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Drury is rocked!
Contini lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drury is still on wobbly legs! Can Contini finish him?
Contini lands a big knee! That's hurt Drury! Oh, he's all over the place! Contini lands another knee that sends Drury to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luciano Contini!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Luciano Contini waved his t-shirt featuring Sublime Supplements's logo in front of the cameras.