PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Dray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sook Madik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dray comes to the cage accompanied by Champion. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Dray
vs
Madik

178 cm
21
209 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

210 cm
21
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Dray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sook Madik!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Madik. No joy for Dray on that attempt.

Dray 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.

Madik is looking for a triangle but Dray pushes his legs off easily.
Dray tries to free his leg and advance position but Madik is retaining full guard.
Dray forces his way into half guard.

Dray is looking for a kimura but Madik is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dray to get the leverage.

Madik is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dray pulls his head out easily.

Dray is working for a submission of some sort.

Dray is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Madik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Dray is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dray is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madik has managed to free his arm - good work.

Madik looking for submissions off his back.
Madik moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Madik is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Madik looks winded!

Dray drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dray jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dray is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Dray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Dray drops back looking for a leg! Madik is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Madik manages to kick Dray off! Dray jumps back into Madik's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dray stopping the sweep attempt from Madik.
Dray pushes down on Madik's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Madik looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dray is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Dray is trying to work for a kimura but Madik is defending well.

Madik is defending against the submission attempts here by Dray.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Madik looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dray is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madik has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dray seems to be working for a kimura but Madik defends the submission attempt.

Dray is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Madik looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Madik is looking for a sweep. Dray is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Dray is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Madik sees it coming and defends easily.

Dray is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Dray is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madik is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dray pulls his head out easily.

Madik looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Dray is working for a kimura but Madik is defending it quite comfortably.

Dray is looking for a kimura here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dray is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dray slaps away a takedown attempt from Madik, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dray has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madik shoots and misses

and Dray counters with a single leg into guard. Madik didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dray drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dray jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Madik has his foot on Dray's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dray works his way back into a safe position though.
Madik is breathing heavily.
Dray forces his way into half guard.

Dray is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madik has managed to free his arm - good work.

Madik is defending against the submission attempts here by Dray.

Madik looking for submissions off his back.

Dray is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Madik actively working from the bottom here.

Dray is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dray wants to pass to mount but Madik is defending the position.
Madik tries to get to full guard but Dray has control of the leg.

Madik looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Dray is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madik has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dray tries to pass to full mount but Madik defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Madik doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dray.

Dray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Madik defends it well.

Dray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Madik doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dray.

Dray seems to be looking for submissions.

Madik actively working from the bottom here.

Dray wants to work for an arm triangle but Madik is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madik is defending against the submission attempts here by Dray.

Madik looking for submissions off his back.

Madik is defending against the submission attempts here by Dray.

Madik looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Madik is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dray pulls his head out easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Madik defends it well.

Dray is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Madik with a poor takedown

so Dray counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dray works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Madik is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dray pulls his head out easily.

Dray is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Dray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Madik defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dray is working for a kimura but Madik is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dray wants to work for an arm triangle but Madik is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dray seems to be looking for submissions.

Madik looking for submissions off his back.

Dray looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Dray is working for a kimura but Madik is defending it quite comfortably.

Dray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Madik doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Madik actively working from the bottom here.

Dray is looking for a kimura but Madik is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dray to get the leverage.

Dray is working for a kimura but Madik is defending it quite comfortably.

Dray in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Madik tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dray!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Dray!
Ricky Dray really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.