PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powers comes to the cage accompanied by Californication. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Powers
vs
Draven

184 cm
23
168 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
169 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Fast

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Draven. Powers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Powers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Draven digs a good hook to Powers's body.
Draven lands a leg kick that knocks Powers off balance momentarily.
Draven throws a leg kick but Powers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Powers lands a head kick. Draven smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draven buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Draven stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Draven throws a head kick but Powers moves out of range.
Powers keeps the fight on the outside.
Powers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Draven pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Powers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Draven avoids it really well and circles away.
Draven misses with a looping left.
Draven blocks a head kick by Powers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Draven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Powers misses with a body shot.
Powers tried to score with a low kick but Draven checks it.
Powers slips a straight right by Draven.
Draven takes a swing at Powers's ribcage but misses.
Powers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draven takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Jimmy Powers has been cut.
Powers misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Powers lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Draven has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Draven and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Powers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Powers throws a low kick but Draven avoids it.

Draven takes the fight into the clinch.
Powers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Draven tries to work over Powers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draven.
Draven lands a shoulder strike.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven lands a hook that snaps the head of Powers backwards.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Powers has had enough of the clinch but Draven keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from Draven.

Powers is rocked!
Powers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Draven gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oh Powers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Powers is trying to break free.
Draven gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Powers.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Powers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draven creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Powers's defenses.
Draven gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Draven throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Draven creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Powers with a big uppercut! Powers tries to clinch up but Draven pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Powers to the mat! Powers covers up and Draven unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eric Draven!
A relieved looking Eric Draven thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.