PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Draven
vs
Martinez

173 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

164 cm
18
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pedro Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Draven.
Draven keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Draven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draven throws a head kick that Martinez semi-blocks.
Draven cracks Martinez with an open hand slap.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Draven.
Draven takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Draven throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.
Martinez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
Draven misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Draven keeps the fight on the outside.

Draven forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches.
Draven has Martinez pressed against the cage, preventing Martinez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Draven leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Draven blocks with his arms.

Draven breaks the clinch.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Draven.
Horrible takedown by Martinez or perhaps it was just good defense by Draven which made him look bad.
Draven looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Martinez throws a head kick but Draven moves out of range.
Draven slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Draven circles away easily
and Draven counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Martinez.
Martinez closes the distance but Draven moves to the side
and Draven counters with a good low kick that Martinez was not able to check.
Draven lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.

Draven closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez has his takedown stuffed
and Draven counters with a nice body kick.
Martinez looks gassed!
Draven avoids the body shot from Martinez.

Draven darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.
Martinez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Draven smiles and moves away.
Martinez works Draven's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt
and Draven counters with a thumping low kick.
Martinez throws a sloppy head kick
and Draven counters with a solid body kick.
Draven throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Martinez's head.
Martinez tries to clinch

and Draven counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Draven.

Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martinez tries to clinch
and Draven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Draven works the jab nicely.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Draven goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Martinez shoots in looking for a takedown but Draven manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Martinez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries a head kick but it misses.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Draven circles away easily

and Draven counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draven's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Draven has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Draven drops back looking for a leg! Martinez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Martinez manages to kick Draven off! Draven jumps back into Martinez's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Draven stands up and waves to Martinez to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A head kick from Draven lands but Martinez takes it in his stride.

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

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Draven lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martinez's sensitive parts.
Martinez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Draven's waist but Draven gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martinez off to one side.
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt
and Draven counters with a nice kick to the body.
Martinez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Draven sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Martinez somewhat.
Draven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Eric Draven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Draven lands with a kick to the ribs.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Martinez tries to clinch but Draven moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Martinez shoots in looking for a takedown but Draven manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Martinez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Martinez.
Draven lands with a kick to the temple. Martinez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A cross from Draven lands.
Martinez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Draven counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Draven lands but Martinez takes it in his stride.
Draven lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martinez's sensitive parts.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez misses with a head kick.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven lands a head kick. Martinez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draven throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Draven counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to clinch
and Draven counters with a low kick, right behind Martinez 's knee.
Martinez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crunch! Draven slams his shin into Martinez's torso.
Draven throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Draven sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Draven tries a head kick but it misses.
Martinez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Martinez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Draven.
Draven thumps Martinez with a low kick.
Pedro Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martinez doesn't seem bothered though.
Draven lands a high kick!

Draven clinches up against the cage.
Martinez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Draven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches up with Draven, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes Draven against the cage but Draven circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Draven lands a head kick. Martinez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A head kick from Draven lands but Martinez takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Draven.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Draven circles away easily
and Draven counters with a nice body kick.
Martinez tries to clinch but Draven moves away
and Draven counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Draven avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Draven pushes him off.
Martinez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Draven counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Draven.
Martinez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Draven moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a nice head kick!
Draven checks the leg kick nicely there.
Draven throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Draven misses with a looping right.
Nice takedown defense from Draven. No joy for Martinez on that attempt.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Martinez.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Draven sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Draven connects with a looping right hand.
Draven lands with a kick to the temple. Martinez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Martinez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Draven is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Martinez.
Martinez jabs at Draven's body.

That's two 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.
Martinez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Draven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick misses from Draven.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.
Draven scores with a jab. Martinez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Draven.
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt
and Draven counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Draven throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Draven defends it nicely.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Draven.
Martinez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draven rather than just go for the knockout.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draven circles away quickly and effectively.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Draven manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Draven.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez moves out of range of the body kick from Draven.
Draven is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head kick misses from Martinez.
Martinez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Draven but Draven pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Draven stuffs the takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Draven moves into the clinch successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Draven has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!