PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andres Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin Drascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's entrance music is Bob Marley - Positive Vibration. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Drascoe's choice of entrance music: Pull Me Back To Earth. Darwin Drascoe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sanchez
vs
Drascoe

172 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andres Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darwin Drascoe!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Drascoe misses with a few strikes there.

Drascoe gets a clinch.
Sanchez misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanchez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanchez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Drascoe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drascoe swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a wild body kick that Drascoe sees coming a mile off.

Drascoe gets a double leg takedown into Sanchez's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Drascoe slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Drascoe stands and steps away. Sanchez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Drascoe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Drascoe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sanchez quickly recovers to half guard.
Drascoe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Drascoe decides to stand up.
Sanchez looks for a takedown but Drascoe sprawls well.
Sanchez wants to clinch

and Drascoe counters with a single leg into guard. Sanchez didn't expect that.
Drascoe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Darwin Drascoe hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A slapping body kick lands there for Drascoe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drascoe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drascoe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drascoe lands a head kick!
Sanchez tries to clinch but Drascoe moves away

and Drascoe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sanchez's guard.
Drascoe sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Sanchez is working an open guard so Drascoe takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drascoe shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drascoe working the ground and pound effectively.
Drascoe is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Drascoe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Drascoe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drascoe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanchez hang on?
Sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Drascoe scoring with strikes but Sanchez is staying in there.
Sanchez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drascoe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanchez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Drascoe dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin Drascoe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Drascoe clinches up against the cage.

Drascoe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drascoe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drascoe keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez wants to clinch

and Drascoe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Drascoe jumps into guard, dragging Sanchez to the mat.
Drascoe has a closed guard, preventing Sanchez from standing up.

Drascoe pushes Sanchez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez looks for a takedown but Drascoe sprawls well.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sanchez enables Drascoe to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sanchez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but Drascoe slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez wants to stand but Drascoe is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe passes Sanchez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Drascoe is trying to control. Sanchez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Drascoe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Drascoe works his way into side control.
Drascoe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drascoe works to advance to full mount. Sanchez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Drascoe.

It looks like Andres Sanchez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drascoe raining down hammerfists from mount.
Drascoe controlling from mount.
Drascoe working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drascoe is working for a guillotine from mount but Sanchez frees his head quite easily.
Drascoe landing punches.
Drascoe is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Drascoe controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drascoe controlling his opponent.
Drascoe scoring with strikes but Sanchez is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drascoe with shots to the head and body - Sanchez looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin Drascoe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andres Sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sanchez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drascoe counters with a left and a right that stings Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Drascoe is avoiding it.
Andres Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sanchez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Drascoe to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Drascoe advances position into side control!
Drascoe scoring with punches from side control.
Drascoe controls the position.
Sanchez managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Drascoe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drascoe punishing his opponent with strikes.
Drascoe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sanchez's face.
Drascoe is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Drascoe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanchez looks a forlorn figure.
Drascoe controlling from the full mount.

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!
Drascoe cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Drascoe controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Drascoe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A nice elbow there by Drascoe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Drascoe content just to control the position here.
Drascoe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

And that's the end of the fight!
Darwin Drascoe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drascoe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darwin Drascoe!