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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phi Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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169 lbs
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155 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Phi Cho!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cho rushes Draven and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Draven.
Draven tries to work over Cho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven tries to land knees in the clinch but Cho avoids the damage to the body.
Draven is looking to control Cho's arms but Cho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Draven has his back to the cage.
Cho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
Cho lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Draven.
Cho tries to stall but Draven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Draven managing to block the knees to the body from Cho.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Draven.
Cho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phi Cho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cho misses with a combination
and Draven counters with a right hand to the body.
Cho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cho is trying to drag Draven to the mat but Draven just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Draven misses with a punch to the body.
Cho gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Cho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Draven tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Draven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cho postures up and lands a big shot to Draven's brow.
Draven has his foot on Cho's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cho works his way back into a safe position though.
Cho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cho postures up.
Draven is pulling down on Cho's head to control his posture.
Cho trying to control but Draven is working from the bottom.
Draven pushes Cho off and scrambles back to his feet.
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.
Cho forces Draven back against the cage and clinches.
Cho wants a takedown.
Draven lands a knee to the body.
Cho missing with knees to the body.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Draven throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cho misses with a knee strike.
Cho looks gassed!
Draven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chos head.
Draven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Draven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cho's elbow.
Cho missing with knees to the body.
Draven tries a body shot but Cho blocks it.
A hook to the body from Draven.
Cho can't get the takedown.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phi Cho.
Cho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Draven lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Draven.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Come on Draven - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cho tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Draven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Draven as the two fighters clinch.
Cho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
Draven creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cho's defenses.
Draven lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cho or not.
Draven scores with a nice hook to the head.
Draven landing knees to the body.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cho.
Cho drives through and clinches with Draven against the cage.
Draven tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cho avoids it.
Cho looking to slow down the pace here.
Cho avoids a wild elbow strike from Draven.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
Draven misses with a punch to the body.
Cho letting Draven take a breather here.
Cho tries to land knees in the clinch but Draven avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho lands a nice shot to the body.
Cho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draven blocks it with crossed arms.
Draven lands a hook that snaps the head of Cho backwards.
A short right from Draven.
Cho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draven blocks it with crossed arms.
Cho trying to control the position but instead, Draven has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cho into the cage.
Cho is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Draven can't fight it off and eventually Cho manages to take the fight to the floor. Draven looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cho is standing up over Draven. Draven looks to escape but Cho dives into side control.
Draven struggling a bit here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cho loads up on a big right hand but Draven slips the punch.
Cho throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draven counters with a stiff right hand.
Cho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Draven counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cho shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Draven manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Cho stays in close to Draven's body and controls the position.
Draven trying to control the position.
Draven wants to get back to his feet but Cho is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cho tries to free his leg and advance position but Draven is retaining full guard.
Draven trying to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cho tries to free his leg and advance position but Draven is retaining full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Eric Draven just wasn't active enough.
Draven scores with a head kick.
Cho rushes Draven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Draven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cho prevents a body shot from Draven.
Draven throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.
Cho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Draven prevents it.
Cho is working for takedown but Draven is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cho is trying to trip Draven. He has hold of a leg but Draven is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Cho persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven wants to get back to his feet but Cho passes into half guard.
Cho sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cho stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Draven takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A shot to the body from Cho misses
and Draven counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Draven gets tackled into the cage by Cho. Cho maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Cho gets a clinch.
Draven prevents Cho from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Cho.
Cho 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 Phi Cho.
Cho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice elbow from Draven.
Cho gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Cho controlling the action here.
Cho wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draven keeps working.
Draven wants to improve his position but Cho is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho is taking a breather. Draven says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Draven is refusing to be controlled, as Cho sits in half guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Phi Cho hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cho takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cho.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cho turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phi Cho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Cho fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draven, pushing him back against the cage.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Draven lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Cho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cho stalling in the clinch.
Draven is working Cho over against the cage.
Draven is pressed up against the cage. Cho has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Draven down to the mat. Draven avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cho darts in and clinches Draven up against the cage.
Cho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draven's face.
Cho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Draven prevents it.
Cho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cho has Draven pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Draven manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phi Cho.
Draven lands a body punch.
Draven makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Draven is leaning against Cho and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Eric Draven has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cho takes a shot to the head.
Draven taking a breather.
Cho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
Draven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chos head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cho blocking some punches.
Draven lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cho managing to block the knees to the body from Draven.
Draven gets underhooks to prevent Cho's takedown attempt.
Cho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Draven lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cho.
Draven lands an elbow inside that Cho shrugs off.
Draven scores with a shoulder strike.
Cho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draven.
Still in the clinch, Draven scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cho avoiding damage as Draven throws knees to the body.
Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cho misses with a left hand
and Draven makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draven closes the distance and pushes Cho back into the cage.
Draven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cho gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Draven wants to sweep here but Cho controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Draven keeping full guard, as Cho tries to pass.
Phi Cho has got the better of the ground game so far.
Draven is trying to keep Cho in close.
Cho wants to control from the top but Draven keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Eric Draven just wasn't active enough.
Cho throws a good cross that connects.
Cho pushes Draven up against the cage in a clinch.
Cho prevents a body shot from Draven.
A short uppercut from Cho.
A right handed body shot lands from Cho.
Draven misses with a body punch.
Cho avoids a wild elbow strike from Draven.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Draven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cho lands a body punch.
Cho tries to land a knee to the head but Draven blocks with his arms.
Cho has Draven pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Draven manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cho is pushing Draven up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cho can't get the takedown.
Draven scores with a shot to the side of Cho's head.
Cho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven struggles to land a body shot inside as Cho controls his hands.
Cho is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draven is defending well for now.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draven stalling.
Draven lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Draven missing with knees to the body.
Cho stalling in the clinch but Draven improves position.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Cho controls the action.
Draven lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cho backwards.
Draven avoiding damage as Cho throws knees to the body.
Cho has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Draven uses from the top position.
Cho pulls Draven in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cho is trying to control the position but Draven postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Draven has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
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energy
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