PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Woodhouse (ranked 5112 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Drago (ranked 24508 p4p, 0 weight class). Viktor Drago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Woodhouse
vs
Drago

188 cm
25
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bradley Woodhouse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Viktor Drago!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodhouse clobbers Drago with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Drago has a takedown stuffed.
Woodhouse tries to score with a low kick but Drago moves his leg out of the way.
Woodhouse scores with a hook to the body. Drago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drago looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Woodhouse is fending him off so far but Drago persists. Nope, Woodhouse circles away and we're back to standing.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woodhouse paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Woodhouse clobbers Drago with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice cross by Woodhouse.
Drago has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drago there as he acknowledges the shot.
Drago misses with a takedown attempt
and Woodhouse counters with a left to the body.
Bradley Woodhouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viktor Drago.

Woodhouse gets caught flat footed, as Drago shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Woodhouse wants to get back to his feet but Drago passes into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Drago passes the guard and advances to mount!
Drago looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago misses with a head shot.
Woodhouse on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Woodhouse tries to get out of the position.
Drago thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Drago with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Woodhouse holds of for dear life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Woodhouse tries to hold on but Drago pushes him away.
Drago looking to control but Woodhouse is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woodhouse wants to hold on but Drago pushes him away.
Woodhouse is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Drago is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Woodhouse reaches up and holds on to Drago to control the position.
Woodhouse is squirming around, avoiding Drago's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse holds of for dear life.
Woodhouse taking shots to the head.
Drago can't control as he wanted to and Woodhouse manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Drago wants to control but Woodhouse is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

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

Drago decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Drago on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Woodhouse avoids the body shot from Drago.
Drago takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bradley Woodhouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woodhouse scores with a sloppy right hand. Drago should have avoided that one.
Woodhouse lands with a hook. Drago tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Woodhouse jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Woodhouse displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drago.
Woodhouse slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bradley Woodhouse dominated that 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.

Drago shoots in but Woodhouse avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Woodhouse bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drago fails to land the takedown.
Woodhouse cracks Drago with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Drago walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bradley Woodhouse is winning the standup battle so far.
Woodhouse lands a head shot.
Woodhouse moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drago takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Drago moves forwards but Woodhouse connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Woodhouse scores with a hook.
Woodhouse digs a good body shot into Drago's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodhouse scores with a hook to the body. Drago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drago is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Woodhouse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Woodhouse.
Woodhouse scores with a shoulder strike.
Drago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Woodhouse is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bradley Woodhouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viktor Drago.
Drago is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Woodhouse.
Woodhouse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Woodhouse pushes Drago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Woodhouse cracks Drago with a nice body shot.
Woodhouse digs a right hand underneath Drago's ribcage. Drago let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Woodhouse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drago can do to turn this around?
A short body shot lands from Woodhouse as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Woodhouse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woodhouse taking a breather.
Woodhouse is looking to break free of the clinch but Drago has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drago is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Woodhouse to keep the fight standing.
A short left from Woodhouse.
Drago's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Drago is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Woodhouse.
Drago is still on wobbly legs! Can Woodhouse finish him?
Woodhouse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drago backwards.
Woodhouse dips a shoulder and cracks Drago with a mighty uppercut! Drago falls back against the cage and Woodhouse unloads with a barrage of strikes! Drago is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Woodhouse screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bradley Woodhouse!