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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Oglek Tomar (ranked 20710 p4p, 625 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 9651 p4p, 597 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 lbs
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152 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oglek Tomar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomar swinging wildly here.
Tomar scores with a nice right hand.
A low kick from Draven misses
and Tomar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tomar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draven.
Draven lands with a shot to the body.
Draven lands the left hand.
Draven pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Tomar.
Draven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Draven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tomar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tomar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Draven scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tomar slips a jab from Draven.
An attempted straight right counter from Tomar misses the target.
Tomar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomar.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Draven walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tomar checks it well.
Tomar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Draven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tomar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draven 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 Tomar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tomar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tomar is looking to counter punch.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomar throws a leg kick
and Draven counters with a low kick, right behind Tomar 's knee.
Jab from Draven.
Tomar lands a nice hook to Draven's body. Draven takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tomar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draven can pounce on him.
Tomar just misses with a punch to the body.
Draven tries a low kick but Tomar avoids it.
Draven lands with a hook. Tomar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Draven misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tomar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tomar moves away from the strike by Draven.
Tomar is looking to counter with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Draven.
Draven throws a lazy body kick
and Tomar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tomar connects with a leg kick. Draven looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draven waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tomar.
Tomar misses with a leg kick.
Draven drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Draven misses with a kick to the body.
Draven takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tomar walks forward, straight into a front kick from Draven.
Draven throws a quick inside leg kick.
Draven takes a swing at Tomar's ribcage but misses.
Tomar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Draven ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tomar ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Draven is looking to slow Tomar down with leg kicks.
Tomar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Draven's sensitive parts.
Tomar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tomar connects with a body shot that sends Draven's belly button to the back.
Tomar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tomar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tomar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tomar ducks right into an uppercut from Draven.
Tomar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Draven throws a leg kick but Tomar moved away.
Draven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tomar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tomar walks into a stiff left hand from Draven.
Tomar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tomar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draven.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Draven throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tomar counters with a low kick, right behind Draven 's knee.
Tomar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Draven. Tomar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Draven's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tomar under the eye.
Tomar walks into a straight right hand from Draven.
Jab, jab by Draven - just one landing.
Tomar misses with a low kick.
And Draven responds with a good body kick, but Tomar manages to step out the way in time.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Tomar.
Draven swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draven.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tomar scores with a hook.
Tomar connects with a nice looking jab.
Draven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draven keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Draven throws a leg kick
and Tomar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Draven's knee momentarily.
Tomar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tomar looks to land a body kick but Draven moved away.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tomar.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tomar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Draven looks to land a left hand but Tomar moved out of range nicely.
Tomar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Draven misses the target.
As Draven backs away, Tomar returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tomar tries to score with a low kick but Draven moves his leg out of the way.
Draven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Draven throws a leg kick but Tomar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Draven goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tomar misses with an uppercut.
Draven lands a glancing blow to the side of Tomar's head.
Draven throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tomar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Draven throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Tomar misses its intended target.
Tomar lands a nice looking body kick.
Draven throws a leg kick
and Tomar counters with a solid body kick.
Tomar misses the jab.
Draven throws out a counter right but Tomar avoids it with no problem.
Tomar throws an overhand right that lands on Draven's shoulder, as Draven tries to avoid the shot.
Draven swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Draven looks to land a body kick but Tomar moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomar 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Draven throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tomar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Draven bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Draven blocks a low kick nicely.
Draven lands with a good body shot.
Draven takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Draven scores with the left hand. Tomar knows he should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Tomar.
Draven on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Draven scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Draven misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Tomar to counter with a crisp jab.
Draven throws out a loose jab but Tomar uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tomar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tomar walks into a straight right hand from Draven.
Draven throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tomar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tomar misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Draven misses with a leg kick
and Tomar counters with a low kick, right behind Draven 's knee.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Tomar.
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.
Tomar avoids a kick to the body.
Tomar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Draven checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draven takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some bone on bone action there as Tomar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tomar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tomar dodges the punch combination from Draven.
Tomar digs a good hook to Draven's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomar moves out of range as Draven throws a body kick.
Draven tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tomar is able to avoid easily.
Draven buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tomar missing with a left hand there. Draven was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Draven is trying to counter with his kicks.
Draven scores with a push kick.
Draven throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Draven throws a right hand that misses
and Tomar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Draven is looking to score with low kicks.
Tomar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Draven is out of range and Tomar settles back down.
Tomar tries a low kick but Draven avoids it.
Tomar misses with a wild body shot.
Draven is looking to score with low kicks.
Draven connects with a nice looking jab.
Draven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oglek Tomar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tomar.
Draven throws a front kick aimed at Tomar's knee but Tomar avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tomar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Draven.
Draven pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tomar is out of range and Draven settles back down.
Draven digs a good hook to Tomar's body.
Draven lands a nice shot to the body.
Draven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Draven attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Draven pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tomar is out of range and Draven settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomar blocks the body kick.
Draven keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Draven misses with a low kick as Tomar jumps back.
Draven shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven scores with a leg kick.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tomar connects with a nice looking jab.
Tomar looks to score with a jab to the body but Draven is just out of range.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Tomar checks a leg kick nicely.
Tomar throws a leg kick which misses Draven's front leg but catches the back leg as Draven tries to avoid it.
Draven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Draven waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tomar.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tomar, right into the meat.
A big right from Tomar misses.
Draven jabs at Tomar's body.
Draven on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Draven throws a body shot but no joy.
Draven lands with a straight right. Tomar didn't see that one coming.
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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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