PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Georges Meese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Draven has chosen Dead Souls as his entrance music. Georges Meese is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Meese
vs
Draven

180 cm
26
160 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

180 cm
32
153 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Georges Meese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meese.
Meese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Meese.
Meese avoids the head kick by Draven.
Draven dodges the punch combination from Meese.
Meese throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meese lands a two punch combo.
Meese rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draven moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Draven throws a leg kick which misses Meese's front leg but catches the back leg as Meese tries to avoid it.
Meese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meese 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.
A shot to the liver by Meese. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draven. Draven obviously looking to wear him down.
Draven tries to bum rush Meese with a series of wild strikes but Meese uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meese's jab looks to have found its range, popping Draven under the eye.
Meese lunges at Draven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Draven's hand.

Draven is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Meese.
Draven is still on wobbly legs! Can Meese finish him?
Nice body kick from Draven.
Draven throws a head kick but Meese moves out of range.
Draven seems to have recovered his senses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Draven, right into the meat.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Draven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meese.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meese blocks a head kick by Draven.
Some wild striking there from Meese.
Meese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draven is trying to counter with his kicks.
Meese scores with a body shot.
Draven lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've been informed that Draven has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Draven gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Meese is trying to break the clinch but Draven is controlling him.
Meese has had enough of the clinch but Draven keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draven misses with some punches.
Meese dodges an elbow strike from Draven.
A body shot lands from Draven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Draven.
Draven misses with some punches.
Draven throws a punch but it's blocked by Meese.
Meese wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Draven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meese dodges an elbow strike from Draven.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Draven.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meese.
Draven pushes Meese back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.

Meese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meese throws the left hand but Draven avoids the punch easily.
Meese steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Draven. That one must have hurt.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Draven lands with a kick to the temple. Meese shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Meese looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Georges Meese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draven lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Meese misses with a straight right.
Meese 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.

Draven gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Draven.
Draven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Draven gets through Meese's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Meese is rocked!
Draven throws a punch but it's blocked by Meese.
Meese wants to break free but Draven has control.
Meese wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Draven has him pressed against the cage.
Meese has had enough of the clinch but Draven keeps him there for the moment.

Meese manages to break the clinch.
Draven walks into a stiff left hand from Meese.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meese paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meese throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meese throws a body punch but Draven moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Draven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meese.
Draven is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Draven scores with a jab to the body.
Meese on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Draven scoring well with a low kick there.
Draven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meese is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Draven fails to land with a series of punches.

Draven fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meese, pushing him back against the cage.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Meese controls the action.
Draven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draven prevents Meese from breaking the clinch.
Draven creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Draven throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meese throws a hook but Draven blocks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Draven.
Meese throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Meese, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Draven unleashes a big counter combination but Meese bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Meese looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Draven lands with a nice body kick.
Draven is looking to slow Meese down with leg kicks.
Draven cracks the inside of Meese's front leg.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Draven.
Meese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Draven slips a jab from Meese.
Draven slips a jab from Meese.
Nice defenses there by Draven.

Draven rushes Meese and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Draven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Draven tries to work over Meese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meeses head.
Draven tries to throw a body punch but Meese avoids it by throwing Draven back against the cage.
Draven digs a right hand underneath Meese's ribcage. Meese let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draven working aggressively here.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meese.
Draven softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Draven lands a hook that snaps the head of Meese backwards.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Meese controls the action.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven cracks Meese with a nice body shot.
Draven tries a body shot but Meese blocks it.
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draven tries to work over Meese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven working aggressively here.
A short left from Draven.

Meese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Draven tries to bum rush Meese with a series of wild strikes but Meese uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meese went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Meese looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Draven.
Draven slips a jab and a cross from Meese.
Draven only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick from Draven lands but Meese takes it in his stride.
Draven slips a jab and a cross from Meese.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Meese missing with a left hand there. Draven was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Draven explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Draven throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big right from Meese misses.
Draven lands a nice looking kick to the body. Meese takes a step back to recover.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Draven digs a good body shot into Meese's ribs.
Draven staying out of range there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Draven.

Draven closes the distance and pushes Meese back into the cage.
A hook to the body from Draven.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
Draven is working Meese over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Draven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Draven misses with some punches.
Draven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meese blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meese blocking some punches.
Draven swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Meese breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven connects with a solid leg kick.
Meese misses with a wild body shot.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Draven scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Draven.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Meese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draven lands a head kick. Meese smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draven throws an overhand right that lands on Meese's shoulder, as Meese tries to avoid the shot.
Draven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Draven.
Meese blocks a head kick by Draven.
Meese with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Meese doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Draven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meese.
Draven flicks out a counter leg kick but Meese steps away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven scores with a nice body kick.
Meese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draven.
Draven scores with a kick to the body.
Draven lands with a slapping head 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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Meese is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Draven Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Meese is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eric Draven!
Our winner, Eric Draven, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.