PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darwin Drascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drascoe comes into the arena with Pull Me Back To Earth blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drascoe
vs
Chen

191 cm
23
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

183 cm
28
165 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darwin Drascoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jin Chen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drascoe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Drascoe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Sloppy strikes from Chen. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Chen does no damage.
Drascoe shoots in looking for a takedown but Chen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Drascoe's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Chen lands a head kick!
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drascoe moves in looking to clinch but Chen pushes him off.
Chen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drascoe circles away quickly and effectively.
Drascoe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Drascoe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chen blocks the body kick.
Chen throws a right hand that Drascoe ducks under and follows up with a left that Drascoe also avoids with ease.
Chen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Drascoe moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drascoe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Drascoe looking to pass the guard.
Drascoe prevents Chen from getting back to his feet.
Drascoe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chen wants to stand and escape but Drascoe is having none of it.

Chen scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drascoe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Drascoe duly obliges.
Drascoe shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chen, right into the meat.
Chen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Chen counters with a head kick. That will keep Drascoe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drascoe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drascoe has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darwin Drascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drascoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chen as he jumps to the side.
Chen fails to land with a series of punches.
Drascoe tries to clinch there but Chen circles away.
Drascoe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jin Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drascoe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe dodges the punch combination from Chen.
Drascoe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen.

Drascoe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Drascoe showed some decent athleticism there.
Drascoe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Drascoe trying to control from half guard but Chen is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Drascoe is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Darwin Drascoe has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Drascoe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drascoe circles away quickly and effectively.
Chen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drascoe.
Chen throws a series of punches but Drascoe moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jin Chen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drascoe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Drascoe lands an overhand right.
Drascoe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chen swinging wildly here.
Drascoe misses with a low kick as Chen jumps back.
Drascoe looks to land a body kick but Chen moved away.
Drascoe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chen looks to land a combination but Drascoe avoids it well.
Jin Chen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice jab there from Chen.
Sloppy strikes from Chen. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Chen does no damage.

Drascoe drives through with a takedown into Chen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Drascoe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drascoe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Drascoe from controlling successfully.
Drascoe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drascoe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drascoe wants to stand and escape but instead Chen has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chen wants to get up but he can't break Drascoe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Chen stopping the sweep attempt from Drascoe.
Drascoe is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen wants to get up but he can't break Drascoe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Drascoe trying to keep a closed guard but Chen is proving a slippery customer.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Drascoe bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chen's guard.
Chen wants to stand up but Drascoe is controlling him.

Chen has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Drascoe off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Chen throws a nice looking combination but Drascoe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chen throws a head kick but Drascoe moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Drascoe.
Drascoe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Drascoe is trying to ground and pound but Chen uses the momentary lack of control by Drascoe to regain half guard.
Drascoe is stalling here. Chen is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Drascoe seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Chen has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Chen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Drascoe to his feet.
Drascoe tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Drascoe somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen throws a sloppy head kick and Drascoe moves out of range easily.
Chen throws a head kick that misses.
Chen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drascoe.
Drascoe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drascoe throws a nice looking combination but Chen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chen misses with a combination
and Drascoe counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drascoe swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen throws a head kick but Drascoe moves out of range.
Drascoe misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin Drascoe dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Drascoe drives through and clinches with Chen against the cage.

Chen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drascoe works over Chen's head and body with a nice combination.
Chen lands a jab-cross combination.
Chen throws a combination that misses

and Drascoe counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Drascoe stands up and we're back to a striking position.
No joy there for Drascoe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Drascoe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Chen quickly recovers to half guard.
Drascoe prevents Chen from standing back up.
Chen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drascoe thows a huge punch but Chen dodges it nicely.
Chen tries to kick Drascoe off in order to stand up. Drascoe Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe scoring with punches from side control.
Drascoe working the strikes but Chen uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drascoe throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Chen to regain full guard.

Chen has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Drascoe off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Chen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Drascoe lands with a slapping head kick.

Chen is rocked!
Chen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chen is still on wobbly legs! Can Drascoe finish him?
Drascoe moves away from the strike by Chen.
Chen looks to land a right hand but Drascoe moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drascoe misses with a head kick.

Chen tries to sprawl but Drascoe drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Chen wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Drascoe in particular looking to stall.

Chen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Drascoe throws a head kick but Chen moves out of range.
Chen seems to have recovered his senses.
Darwin Drascoe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drascoe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Darwin Drascoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chen works over Drascoe's head and body with a nice combination.
Chen throws a head kick but Drascoe moves out of range.
Drascoe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chen counters with a three punch combo that has Drascoe backing up. Drascoe nods at Chen to acknowledge the strikes.
Drascoe has a takedown stuffed.
Some wild striking there from Drascoe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe misses with a left hand
and Chen counters with an outside leg kick.

Drascoe drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chen wants to get back to his feet but Drascoe drags him back down.
Drascoe looking to control but instead Chen has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Drascoe wants to take a breather but Chen is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drascoe decides to stand up.
Chen throws a series of punches but Drascoe moves out of range.
Drascoe misses with a wild body shot.
Drascoe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Drascoe.
Chen blocks a head kick by Drascoe.
Drascoe misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darwin Drascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chen swinging wildly here.
Drascoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin Drascoe clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Drascoe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drascoe tries to clinch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chen lands with a right hand.
Chen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Drascoe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drascoe shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drascoe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drascoe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chen throws a right hand that Drascoe ducks under and follows up with a left that Drascoe also avoids with ease.
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chen misses with a double jab

and Drascoe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Drascoe.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chen is keeping the position for now.
Drascoe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Drascoe from controlling successfully.
Drascoe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chen is keeping the position for now.
Drascoe tries to stand but Chen is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Darwin Drascoe wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Drascoe misses with a double jab.
Drascoe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
A head kick misses from Chen.
Drascoe tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Drascoe somewhat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chen!
Chen stuffs the takedown attempt from Drascoe. Drascoe gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darwin Drascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Drascoe tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen connects with a body shot that sends Drascoe's belly button to the back.
Chen connects with a leg kick. Drascoe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chen misses with a series of wild punches.

Drascoe gets a takedown into half guard.
Chen is trying to stand.
Drascoe trying to control the action but Chen is working from the bottom.

Chen manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe shoots for a takedown but Chen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Drascoe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drascoe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drascoe tries to clinch up.
Chen stuffs the takedown attempt from Drascoe. Drascoe gets slowly back to his feet.
Drascoe misses with the combination.
Drascoe misses with a takedown attempt - Chen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for Chen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Darwin Drascoe will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Chen swinging wildly here.
Drascoe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chen's waist but Chen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drascoe off to one side.
Drascoe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Drascoe has Chen up against the cage in a clinch.

Chen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drascoe defending well as Chen loads up on a big left hand.
Drascoe tries to clinch but Chen moves out of range.
No joy there for Chen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chen connects with a crisp jab.
Drascoe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Drascoe avoids the head kick by Chen.
Chen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe staying out of range there.
Drascoe shoots in for a takedown but Chen shows good takedown defense.

Drascoe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Drascoe throws an elbow that misses. Chen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Drascoe's guard. Nice move by Chen!

Chen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Drascoe shoots in for a takedown but Chen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darwin Drascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drascoe tries to bum rush Chen with a series of wild strikes but Chen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chen lands with a straight right. Drascoe didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drascoe. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drascoe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Drascoe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chen fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drascoe circles away quickly and effectively.
Drascoe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drascoe slips a jab and a cross from Chen.
Drascoe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Drascoe throws a sloppy head kick and Chen moves out of range easily.
Drascoe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chen scoring well with a low kick there.
Chen throws a series of punches but Drascoe moves out of range.
Drascoe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Chen avoids it really well and circles away.
Chen misses with a double jab.
Drascoe throws a combination that misses
and Chen counters with a thumping low kick.
Chen throws a sloppy head kick and Drascoe moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe doesn't manage to clinch there - Chen circles away.
Drascoe looks for a takedown but Chen sprawls well.
Chen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drascoe.
Chen tries to bum rush Drascoe with a series of wild strikes but Drascoe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drascoe.
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drascoe misses with a wild combination.
Drascoe misses with a few strikes there.
Chen scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice sprawl there from Chen as Drascoe shoots in.
Chen throws a right hand that Drascoe ducks under and follows up with a left that Drascoe also avoids with ease.
Chen delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Chen. Those never looked like landing.
Drascoe throws a combination that misses
and Chen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Drascoe shoots in for a double leg but Chen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chen connects with a high kick.
Drascoe fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Chen throws a series of punches but Drascoe moves out of range.
Darwin Drascoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drascoe shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Chen defends it nicely.
Chen throws a right and a left that Drascoe avoids nicely.
Jin Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen throws a series of punches but Drascoe avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jin Chen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Drascoe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 48:47
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 48:47
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 48:47

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