PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ilnur Ilias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilias comes to the cage accompanied by Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death 2. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ilias
vs
Draven

165 cm
26
130 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
27
143 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilnur Ilias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven delivers a nice body kick.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with an inside leg kick.
Ilias takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Ilnur Ilias has been cut.
Ilias uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Ilias throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ilias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Draven buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ilias throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draven.
Draven connects with a high kick.
Draven scores with a head kick.

Ilias is rocked!
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with an outside leg kick.
Oh Ilias is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draven connects with a leg kick. Ilias looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ilias seems to have got his legs back now.
A punch combination from Draven misses.
Ilias lands a nice shot to the body.
Ilias is breathing heavily.
Ilias takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Draven.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draven.
Donk. Draven catches Ilias right on the button with a cross.
Draven lands with a slapping head kick.

Ilnur Ilias's cut is getting worse.
Ilias misses with a combination
and Draven counters with a good, hard body kick but Ilias shrugs it off.
A solid body kick from Draven.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilias on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Draven scores with a shot to the body.
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Draven scores with a head kick. Ilias tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A head kick from Draven lands but Ilias takes it in his stride.
A jab from Ilias misses.
Nice shot by Draven.
Draven throws a front kick that sends Ilias stumbling back into the cage.
Ilias will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ilias takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick from Draven lands but Ilias takes it in his stride.
Ilias sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Draven keeps Ilias at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draven connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ilias throws a combination that misses

and Draven counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Draven breaks from the clinch.

Draven takes the fight into the clinch.
Ilias letting Draven take a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Draven lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Draven thows a body kick. Ilias tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ilias crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Draven - the referee stops the clock and Ilias gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Draven. Ilias manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ilias ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draven moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Draven.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with an outside leg kick.
Draven will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Draven lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ilias takes a step back to recover.
Ilias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Draven moves out of range as Ilias strikes.
Draven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Draven fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ilias is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilias misses with the combination.
Draven pushes Ilias away with a front kick.
Draven throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ilias counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ilias misses with the combination.
Draven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ilias throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draven.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with a good, hard body kick but Ilias shrugs it off.
Ilias misses with a right hand
enabling Draven to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Draven, right into the meat.
Nice jab there from Draven.
A nice leg kick lands there from Draven.
Draven lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ilias looks to land a combination but Draven avoids it well.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Draven lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilias misses with a hook. Draven ducked under it nicely.
Draven scores with a kick to the midsection.
Draven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ilias.
Ilias misses with a series of wild punches.
Draven lands a head kick!
Draven has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ilias swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Draven counters with a low kick, right behind Ilias 's knee.
Draven throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ilias.
Ilias scores with a hook to the body. Draven takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Draven moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ilias takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Ilias scores with a one two! Draven had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ilias has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Draven.
Ilias fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Draven throws a nice head kick!
Ilias lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draven circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ilnur Ilias's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Draven moves into the clinch successfully.
Draven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Draven.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven cracks the inside of Ilias's front leg.
Draven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ilias steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Draven. That one must have hurt.
Ilias tries to bum rush Draven with a series of wild strikes but Draven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ilias takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Draven throws a head kick but Ilias moves out of range.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Ilias lands the left hand.
Ilias works the jab nicely.
Draven avoids a punch combination nicely.
Draven dodges the punch combination from Ilias.
Draven fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ilias looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draven just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilias sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ilias avoids the head kick by Draven.
Ilias thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ilias misses with the combination.
Ilias throws a hook but Draven avoids it easily.
Ilias throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven counters with a slapping leg kick.
Draven throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ilias's head.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draven stuns Ilias with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ilias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ilias gets tackled into the cage by Draven. Draven maintains the clinch.

Draven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ilias misses with a double jab.
Ilias throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draven counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Draven scores with a head kick. Ilias tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ilias misses with a double jab
and Draven counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ilias's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilias misses with a double jab
and Draven finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Draven's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ilias under the eye.
Draven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Draven scores with a head kick.
Ilias shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Draven eats them both and turns towards Ilias to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ilias takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ilias.
Ilias misses with a double jab
and Draven counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ilias throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draven makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ilias misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ilias on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draven. Draven obviously looking to wear him down.
Ilias misses with a double jab
and Draven counters with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Draven, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Draven gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but Ilias blocks with his arms.
Draven blocking some punches.

Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ilias swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Draven counters by clinching up.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ilias is trying to break the clinch but Draven is controlling him.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ilias misses with a two punch combination.
Ilias swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Draven makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Draven.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ilias crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Draven - the referee stops the clock and Ilias gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Draven. Ilias manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Draven takes the fight into the clinch.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ilnur Ilias is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Draven.
Ilias throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with a good low kick that Ilias was not able to check.
Ilias falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draven finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Ilias moves out of range easily.
Ilias throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draven.
Draven throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ilias throws a lazy uppercut
and Draven counters with a low kick, right behind Ilias 's knee.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ilias really felt that one!
Ilias throws a right hand that Draven ducks under and follows up with a left that Draven also avoids with ease.
Draven lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Draven throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Ilias swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Draven counters with a slapping leg kick.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ilias.
Draven lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ilnur Ilias's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Draven clinches up with Ilias and pushes him back against the cage.

Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ilias takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Draven scores with a kick to the body.
Ilias throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ilias misses with a combination
and Draven counters with an outside leg kick.
Draven connects with a high kick.
Draven bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ilias misses with a combination
and Draven counters with a solid body kick.
Ilias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ilias connects with the punch.
Ilias misses with a combination
and Draven counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ilias is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ilnur Ilias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ilias tries to bum rush Draven with a series of wild strikes but Draven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilias falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draven counters with a nice body kick.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
Ilias looks to land a combination but Draven avoids it well.
Draven scores with a kick to the body.
Ilias misses with a series of wild punches.
Draven looks to land a combination but Ilias avoids it well.
Ilias connects with a crisp jab.
Draven avoids a punch combination nicely.
Draven goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ilias throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Draven lands a head kick!
Ilias will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Draven throws a head kick that Ilias semi-blocks.
Draven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ilias jabs at Draven's body.
Ilias throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ilias really felt that one!
Draven throws a big shot that misses.
Ilias will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ilias falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draven counters with a thumping low kick.

Draven darts in and clinches Ilias up against the cage.

Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ilias 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.
Ilias throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Ilias has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Draven.
Draven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ilias misses with a few strikes there.
Ilias misses with a double jab
and Draven counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilias wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ilias on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slow jab from Ilias misses its intended target.
Draven scores with a kick to the body.
Ilias throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with a thumping low kick.
Draven turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Ilias throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven lands a high kick!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Draven. Ilias shrugs it off though.
A punch combination from Ilias misses.
Draven throws a good cross that connects.
Some wild striking there from Ilias.
Draven delivers a nice body kick.
Ilias looks to land a combination but Draven avoids it well.

Draven clinches up with Ilias and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven with a knee to the head.

Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Ilias. Those never looked like landing.
Draven uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ilias has time to react.
Ilias scores with the left hand. Draven knows he should have avoided that one.
Draven rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ilias moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ilias swinging wildly here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Draven.
Draven scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ilias.
Ilias throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draven counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Draven throws a head kick that half lands.
Draven misses with a looping left.
Ilnur Ilias has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No joy there for Ilias, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Draven delivers a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Draven has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 26:30

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