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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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174 lbs
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177 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee throws a head kick but Drake moves out of range.
Drake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drake keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee gets a takedown into half guard.
Drake wants to control but Lee is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Drake gets back to full guard.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Drake has wrist control.
Drake manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Lee working for a triangle but Drake defends it easily.
Lee trying to keep a closed guard but Drake is proving a slippery customer.
Lee looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Drake puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee is not content to let Drake control the position.
Lee tries to roll over but Drake keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drake shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Drake was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Drake throwing strikes here but Lee is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lee looks gassed!
Drake jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Lee manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Lee prevents Drake from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake laying and praying for a moment but Lee takes advantage and regains half guard.
Lee trying to control here.
Drake wants to pass to mount but Lee is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee trying to control but Drake postures up.
Drake prevents Lee from improving his position.
Lee controlling the position well.
Drake keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake passes to side control.
Drake wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Drake tries for a kimura but Lee is defending well.
Drake landing strikes.
Lee wants to control but Drake postures up.
Drake tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Drake has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Lee!
Lee tries to lock up and control but Drake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
Lee tries to lock up and control but Drake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drake landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Drake landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Drake in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Drake.
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Drake lands a heavy elbow.
Lee wants to control but Drake is having none of it.
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Lee wants to hold on but Drake pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Drake dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee checks a low kick from Drake.
Drake changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Drake working away.
Lee tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Drake wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Drake wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Lee prevents Drake from moving into mount.
Drake working away.
Drake trying to control the position but Lee is working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee gets caught flat footed, as Drake shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lee is trying to control the position but Drake postures up.
Lee wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Drake stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drake slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Drake working away.
Lee being controlled for a moment.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Drake off and has taken his back!
Drake tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Drake tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drake is working hard here to advance position.
Drake tries to lock up and control but Lee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drake is working to get back to half guard.
Drake wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Lee misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lee looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Drake is trying desperately to improve position.
Drake is squirming around, avoiding Lee's attempts to control the action.
Lee content just to control the position here.
Lee breaks from Drake's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Drake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lee controlling from the full mount.
Drake is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lee looking to control but Drake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lee controlling from the full mount.
Lee working Drake over with strikes here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Drake is trying desperately to improve position.
Lee punching from mount but Drake doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Drake dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lee fails with the takedown
and Drake counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Drake seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lee wants to control but Drake is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce Lee just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lee wants to clinch up but Drake keeps it at a distance.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Drake counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee is not content to let Drake control 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.
Lee can't do much from the bottom here.
Lee tries to bench press Drake off him but Drake keeps the position.
Drake is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Lee looks calm but he's in trouble here. Drake gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Lee is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Drake lets go of the hold and Lee can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Drake!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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