PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Draven
vs
Robertson

180 cm
22
169 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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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 8 - 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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Robertson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Draven looking to throw knees to the head but Robertson is blocking nicely.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Robertson has Draven pressed against the cage.
Robertson lands an elbow that stopped Draven in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Eric Draven has been cut.
Robertson misses with an elbow over the top.
Robertson throws an elbow that misses.
Robertson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Robertson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Draven avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Robertson.
Robertson lands a body punch.
Robertson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Robertson lands a hook that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Robertson misses with an elbow strike.
Draven is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Draven throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Robertson can't find room to land a body shot as Draven controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson blocks an uppercut.
Robertson trying to land knees to the body.
Robertson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Draven lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Robertson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Draven avoids the elbow strike from Robertson, against the cage.
Draven pressing his opponent against the cage.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robertson stalling.
Robertson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draven blocks it with crossed arms.
Robertson lands an elbow just above Draven 's eye.
Draven looking to slow down the pace here.
Draven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Draven tries a body shot but Robertson blocks it.
Draven struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Robertson.
Draven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Robertson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Robertson missing with knees to the body.
Robertson throws an elbow but it misses.
Draven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robertson blocking some punches.
Robertson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Robertson misses with an elbow over the top.
Draven tries a knee to the head but Robertson blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
Nice elbow from Robertson.
Draven managing to block the knees to the body from Robertson.
Draven blocks an elbow strike from Robertson.
Draven pushes Robertson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven avoiding damage as Robertson throws knees to the body.
Draven pushes off an throws an elbow but Robertson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven misses with some punches.
Robertson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Robertson throws an elbow that misses.
Robertson is working Draven over against the cage.
Draven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draven misses with some punches.
Draven lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Robertson.
Draven on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Draven trying to stall but Robertson improves his position.
Draven pushes Robertson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Robertson.
Draven wants to stall.
Robertson tries a knee to the head but Draven blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Draven lands an elbow just above Robertson 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draven managing to block the knees to the body from Robertson.
Draven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robertson throws an elbow but misses.
Robertson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robertson blocks the elbow strike.
Draven is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson 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.
Robertson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but George Robertson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Draven's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Draven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
George Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draven misses with a kick to the body
and Robertson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Draven throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Robertson counters with an inside leg kick.
Draven misses with a looping left.
Robertson connects with an inside leg kick.
Robertson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Draven checks a leg kick nicely.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Robertson.
Robertson misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Robertson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven throws a chopping leg kick but Robertson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Robertson throws a jab but it's blocked by Draven.
Draven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robertson tries to clinch but Draven moves out of range.
Draven tries a head kick but it misses.
Robertson thumps Draven with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Draven misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a poor cross that misses
and Robertson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robertson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Draven momentarily.

Eric Draven's cut is getting worse.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Robertson throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven lands with a right hand.
Robertson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Draven.
Robertson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Robertson lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven misses with a left hand
and Draven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Robertson scoring well with a low kick there.
Robertson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Draven chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Robertson can pounce on him.
Draven throws a leg kick that is checked
and Robertson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Robertson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Robertson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Robertson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Draven can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draven is bucking up trying to escape but Robertson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Draven is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Robertson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Robertson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Robertson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Robertson looking to control but Draven is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Robertson prevents Draven from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson working Draven over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Robertson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Draven's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Draven takes one to the side of the head.
Robertson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Draven in his tracks.
Draven displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Robertson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Draven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robertson ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Draven looks to score with a jab to the body but Robertson is just out of range.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Draven moves out of range.
Draven lands a nice looking body shot.
Draven attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Robertson cracks Draven with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson dives in and grabs Draven's left leg, looking for a takedown. Draven pushes down on Robertson's head and hops out.
Draven looks to score with a jab to the body but Robertson is just out of range.
Draven lands a leg kick that knocks Robertson off balance momentarily.
Draven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robertson throws out the jab.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Draven avoids them all with ease.
Draven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robertson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Draven misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson throws a hook to the side of Draven's head but Draven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robertson looks to clinch
and Draven counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Robertson connects with a right hand. Draven shakes it off.
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.
Draven slaps away a takedown attempt from Robertson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Robertson takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
A cross from Robertson lands.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Robertson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Draven looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Draven is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Eric Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robertson prevents Draven from standing back up.
Draven wants to improve his position but Robertson is controlling well.
Robertson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Draven actively working from the bottom here.
Draven keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
George Robertson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robertson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. George Robertson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Robertson scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robertson shoots in for a takedown but Draven shows good takedown defense.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Robertson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Robertson 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Robertson!