|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 3367 p4p, 22128 weight class) and Joe Smith (ranked 323 p4p, 529 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ordinary Average Guy - Joe Walsh kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 175 cm
38
158
25 - 13 - 2 |
|
166 cm
28
150
8 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven wants to clinch.
Draven misses with a wild combination.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Draven. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Draven clinches up against the cage.
Draven just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draven lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Draven lands with a right to the head.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven misses with a body kick.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
Draven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Draven up against the cage.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eric Draven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven moves into the clinch.
Draven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven throws a lazy head kick
and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Draven's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Draven manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Draven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Draven pulls his leg out and moves away.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Smith avoids the head kick by Draven.
Smith gets tackled into the cage by Draven. Draven maintains the clinch.
Draven throws an elbow that misses.
Draven using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith wants to take the fight to the mat but Draven manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Smith throws a counter combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
Draven tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Draven tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Draven shakes him off and moves away.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Smith tries to land a front kick but Draven steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Draven does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith tries to counter with a clinch but Draven shakes him off and moves away.
Draven throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Draven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Draven, which made it look bad.
Draven moves into the clinch.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith is working for takedown but Draven is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Draven is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Draven moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Draven rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Draven rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Draven tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draven forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Draven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Draven looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith tries to stall but Draven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smith has Draven pressed against the cage.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith slows down the pace here.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Draven throws an elbow that misses.
Draven is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Draven into the cage.
Draven slowing the pace effectively.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven won't allow it.
Draven throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Draven stalling the fight.
Draven prevents a takedown attempt there.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Draven taking a breather.
Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Eric Draven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Draven backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Draven manages to avoid it all.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draven throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Draven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Draven's ribs.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Draven moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right hand that Draven ducks under and follows up with a left that Draven also avoids with ease.
As Smith tries to get set, Draven tries to push him back and clinch up but Smith manages to avoid the attempt.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draven rather than just go for the knockout.
Draven throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Smith's head.
Draven moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith being controlled against the cage.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Draven fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Draven throws a body shot but no joy.
Draven clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Draven is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Draven.
Draven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Draven counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Draven misses with a double jab
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draven tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven takes the fight into the clinch.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Draven is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Draven controlling the action here for a moment.
Draven manages to break the clinch.
Draven is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith moves out of range as Draven throws a body kick.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Draven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draven wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draven counters with a body kick.
Joe Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Draven wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Draven does no damage.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draven pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Eric Draven has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith tries to pull guard but Draven won't allow it.
Smith drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smith.
Draven prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith thumps Draven with a low kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Draven tries to clinch
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Draven has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eric Draven.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Draven, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING for their support in the buildup to the fight.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
49% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
