PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Drezner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drezner comes to the ring accompanied by Cypress Hill - Checkmate. Richard has chosen In Ashes They Shall Reap as his entrance music. Stan Richard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drezner
vs
Richard

175 cm
31
162 lbs
25 - 7 - 3

168 cm
30
168 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Drezner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stan Richard!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drezner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drezner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Drezner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Drezner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Richard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drezner was well out of range. Poor timing from Richard.
Richard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Drezner throws the kick towards the body but Richard avoids it.
Richard misses with a straight left.
Drezner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Richard.

Drezner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Drezner breaks from the clinch.
Drezner throws a chopping leg kick but Richard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Drezner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drezner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richard pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drezner is out of range and Richard settles back down.
Richard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Drezner misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drezner throws a hook but Richard blocks it.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richard.
A lazy left from Drezner finds it's target.
Richard lands with an uppercut that bounces Drezner off the ropes and back into range.
Richard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Richard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Drezner is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Drezner's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Drezner tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Richard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner can't do much from the bottom here.
Drezner stops Richard from passing to mount.
Richard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drezner keeps working.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richard is chipping away with strikes.
Drezner sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Richard controlling the action here.
Drezner wants to improve his position but Richard is controlling well.
Drezner trying to hold on to Richard's head to control him but Richard postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner wants to improve his position but Richard is controlling well.
Drezner is trying to stand.
Drezner wants to improve his position but Richard is controlling well.
Drezner is trying to maintain the position but Richard is very close to passing his half guard.
Richard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drezner's head.
Richard lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Richard 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.
Drezner is looking for a sweep. Richard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard controlling the action here.
Drezner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Richard controlling the action here.
Richard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drezner wants to get back to full guard.
Richard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drezner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Drezner trying to control here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Richard performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Richard swinging wildly here.
Richard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drezner throws a leg kick but Richard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Richard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drezner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drezner thumps Richard with a low kick.
Drezner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Richard misses with a looping left.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Drezner lands a leg kick that knocks Richard off balance momentarily.
Richard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Drezner. That one must have hurt.
Drezner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Richard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drezner.
Richard checks a low kick from Drezner.
Richard throws a hook but Drezner blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Drezner.
Drezner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Richard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drezner looks to land a body kick but Richard moved away.
Richard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drezner.
Richard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drezner tests Richard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drezner thuds a left hand into Richard's body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Drezner fakes the leg kick and cracks Richard in the body.
Richard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drezner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Richard to score with a decent uppercut.

Richard shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Richard showed some decent athleticism there.
Drezner moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Richard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drezner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drezner keeping moving, preventing Richard from controlling successfully.
Drezner seems keen to control Richard's posture.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Richard stopping the sweep attempt from Drezner.
Richard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Richard stopping the sweep attempt from Drezner.
Richard postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drezner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Richard is one step ahead there.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Zak Drezner wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Drezner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zak Drezner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Richard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Richard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Richard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Drezner is fending him off so far but Richard persists. Nope, Drezner circles away and we're back to standing.
Drezner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Richard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Richard checks a low kick from Drezner.
Richard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drezner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drezner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Richard misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Richard blocks a head kick by Drezner.
Richard misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Richard misses with an uppercut. Drezner saw that one coming.
Drezner tries to score with a low kick but Richard moves his leg out of the way.
Drezner misses with a low kick as Richard jumps back.
Drezner throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Drezner.
Drezner takes a swing at Richard's ribcage but misses.
Drezner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drezner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Richard.
Drezner is looking to wear down Richard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Richard misses with a lunging right hand
and Drezner counters with a big head kick but Richard shrugs it off.
Richard tries a head kick but it misses.
Richard moves out of range as Drezner throws a body kick.
Richard throws a sloppy head kick
and Drezner counters with a nice low kick that buckles Richard's knee momentarily.
Richard throws a wild body kick that Drezner sees coming a mile off.
Richard tried to score with a low kick but Drezner checks it.
Drezner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Richard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drezner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drezner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richard.
A slow jab from Drezner misses its intended target.
Zak Drezner is winning the standup battle so far.
Richard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drezner.
Drezner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Richard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drezner ducks under a wild hook from Richard.
Richard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drezner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Richard is looking to slow Drezner down with leg kicks.
Richard misses with a lunging right hand
and Drezner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drezner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Richard counters with a single leg into guard. Drezner didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richard wants to pass the guard but Drezner is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Drezner keeping moving, preventing Richard from controlling successfully.
Drezner 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.
Richard trying to control but Drezner is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Stan Richard.
Drezner misses with a body kick.
Richard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Drezner lands a front kick.
Drezner looks to land a body kick but Richard moved away.
Richard lands a nice looking body shot.
A big left from Richard misses.
Richard lands with a nice body punch.
Richard digs a good body shot into Drezner's ribs.
Drezner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Richard ducks right into an uppercut from Drezner.
Drezner throws a leg kick but Richard moved away.
Drezner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Drezner throws a head kick that Richard semi-blocks.

Richard moves into range and clinches up with Drezner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drezner trying to land knees to the body.
Richard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Drezner breaks the clinch.
Drezner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Richard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drezner blocks a jab.
Drezner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drezner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richard throws a hook but Drezner blocks it.
A jab lands there for Drezner.
Richard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drezner to score with a decent uppercut.
Drezner slips under a jab from Richard.
Jab by Drezner.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Drezner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Richard counters with a two punch combo.
Drezner throws a leg kick that misses.
Richard dips to his left and cracks Drezner with an uppercut!
Richard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drezner's sensitive parts.
Richard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drezner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drezner is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Richard moves out of range as Drezner throws a body kick.
Drezner throws a poor cross that misses
and Richard counters with a nice uppercut.
Richard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Richard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drezner.
Drezner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Drezner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Richard is out of range and Drezner settles back down.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Richard digs a good hook to Drezner's body.
Drezner misses with a body kick.
Drezner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drezner throws a push kick but Richard slaps the foot to one side.
Richard tries for a takedown but Drezner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Drezner defending well as Richard loads up on a big left hand.
Richard tries for a takedown but Drezner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richard motions for Drezner to come forward. Richard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Richard looks to score with a jab to the body but Drezner is just out of range.
Richard avoids the body shot from Drezner.
Drezner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Richard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richard misses with a straight right.
Richard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drezner.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Richard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Drezner lands a jab to the head.
Richard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Richard keeps the fight on the outside.
Drezner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Richard connects with a jab.
Richard thuds a left hand into Drezner's body.
Richard throws a poor cross that misses
and Drezner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drezner moves away from the strike by Richard.
Drezner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Richard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drezner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Richard is rocked!
Drezner lands a slapping body shot.
Richard is still on wobbly legs! Can Drezner finish him?
Richard is breathing heavily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drezner circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Richard to the canvas! Richard doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Drezner keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zak Drezner!
An out of breath Zak Drezner thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.