PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dastan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Sulphur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Drake
vs
Sulphur

185 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 New York, Dastan Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Sulphur!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Drake is defended easily by Sulphur.
Drake moves away from the strike by Sulphur.
Drake looks for a takedown but Sulphur sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dastan Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice jab there from Sulphur.
Sulphur throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Drake fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Drake enables Sulphur to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Drake manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Drake is pulling down on Sulphur's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sulphur chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sulphur trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sulphur throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake wants to sweep here but Sulphur controlling him for the moment.
Sulphur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sulphur throws a strike but Drake rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sulphur can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sulphur has his hands on Drake's head, controlling the position.
Drake scoring with some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sulphur is on top in guard.
Sulphur throwing strikes from guard but Drake blocks nicely.
Drake utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake keeping moving, preventing Sulphur from controlling successfully.
Sulphur trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sulphur is in close to Drake's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sulphur is looking to work some ground and pound but Drake has wrist control.
Drake is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Drake has control of Sulphur's left arm, preventing Sulphur from doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sulphur won't allow Drake to sweep him here.
Sulphur looking to pass the guard.
Sulphur scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake trying to keep a closed guard but Sulphur is proving a slippery customer.
Sulphur working some strikes from top position.
Sulphur trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sulphur throws a big right hand that misses.
Sulphur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sulphur is fighting to break Drake's control of his arms but Drake is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sulphur throwing strikes from guard but Drake blocks nicely.
Drake utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sulphur keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Drake's head.
Sulphur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Drake preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sulphur is in close to Drake's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sulphur throws a big right hand that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sulphur is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Drake has a closed guard, preventing Sulphur from standing up.
Drake looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sulphur is one step ahead there.
Sulphur throws an elbow that misses. Drake uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sulphur's guard. Nice move by Drake!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake trying to control but Sulphur is working from the bottom.
Sulphur is looking to stand up but Drake isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Sulphur dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sulphur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drake was well out of range. Poor timing from Sulphur.
Sulphur scores with a body shot.
Sulphur's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drake under the eye.
Sulphur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Sulphur looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Sulphur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Drake shoots in for a takedown but Sulphur shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circling - Sulphur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sulphur misses with a looping right.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Sulphur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sulphur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sulphur scores with a hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Drake is defended easily by Sulphur.
Sulphur looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sulphur looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sulphur throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Drake or perhaps it was just good defense by Sulphur which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dastan Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sulphur scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Drake shoots for a double leg takedown but Sulphur sprawls well. He's pushed Drake's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drake walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A slow jab from Sulphur misses its intended target.
Drake moves out of range as Sulphur strikes.
Sulphur defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Drake.
Drake lands with a hook. Sulphur tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Sulphur misses.
Sulphur scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drake shoots in but no luck this time.
Sulphur displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drake.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Sulphur throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Sulphur misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sulphur throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sulphur.
Sulphur shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Drake as he jumps to the side.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sulphur throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
Sulphur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Sulphur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Sulphur catches Drake right on the button with a cross.

Sulphur closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Drake quickly recovers to half guard.
Sulphur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drake keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake is looking to improve his position.
Drake is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sulphur scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sulphur thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drake's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulphur not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Drake tries to get to full guard but Sulphur has control of the leg.
Sulphur is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sulphur scoring with strikes but Drake is staying in there.
Sulphur 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.
Sulphur throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Drake because Sulphur loaded up on that one.
Sulphur has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Drake's face.
Sulphur sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sulphur connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poor strikes thrown by Sulphur there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sulphur putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Drake avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sulphur.
Sulphur thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sulphur raining down hammerfists from mount.

Drake is rocked!
Sulphur fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Drake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sulphur loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Drake scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sulphur land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sulphur stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lorenzo Sulphur!
A victorious Lorenzo Sulphur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.