PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 9530 p4p, 549 weight class) and Frank West (ranked 21686 p4p, 588 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Draven
vs
West

175 cm
24
158 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
23
163 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank West!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven ducks under a wild hook from West.
Draven looks to land a left hand but West moved out of range nicely.
Draven throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
Draven walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Draven.
West checks the leg kick.
Draven clobbers West with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Draven tries to land a leg kick but West saw it coming and moves away.
West appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
West connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Draven momentarily.
Draven avoids the body shot from West.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West throws a head kick but Draven moves out of range.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
Draven throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent West stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
West jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Draven avoids a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draven.
Draven attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
West slips a jab from Draven.
Draven cracks West with a right hand to the side of the head.
West throws a hook but Draven blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a head kick.
West swings for the body but Draven moves out of range.
Draven half committed to a counter leg kick.
Draven connects with a leg kick. West looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
West looks to throw the jab but Draven is out of range.
Draven connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good leg kick by West there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
West throws a hook to the side of Draven's head but Draven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West throws a shot from downtown. Draven moves away and avoids it.
Draven throws a leg kick but West sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
West takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
West takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
West ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Draven.
West goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draven throws out a powerful jab.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Draven drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. West doesn't seem bothered though.
Draven tries to work over West's front leg with a kick but West checks it.
West motions for Draven to come forward. West throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Draven looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
West walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Draven checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Draven.
Draven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from West.
Draven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
West blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from West misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West motions for Draven to come forward. West throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Draven looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
West is looking to chop away at Draven's legs.
West bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Draven jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
West takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eric Draven will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West cracks a nice hook into Draven's ribs.
West misses the shot to the body.
Draven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
West looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Draven throws the kick towards the body but West avoids it.
Draven misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Draven on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West throws a body punch but Draven moves out of range.
Draven slips under a jab from West.
Nice body kick there by Draven.
Draven misses with a body kick.
Draven lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven moves away from the strike by West.
Draven tries to land a leg kick but West saw it coming and moves away.
Draven lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
West misses with a body shot
and Draven counters with a good low kick that West was not able to check.
West moves out of range of the strikes.
Draven backing away here, and West unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Draven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Draven defending well as West loads up on a big left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draven.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draven.
West takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Draven moves out of range as West throws a body kick.
Draven throws a quick counter kick to the body but West avoids it.
Draven takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Draven misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
Draven misses with a leg kick.
West throws a jab when Draven was well out of range.
Draven avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Draven throws a shot to the body.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
West misses with a kick to the body.
West misses the jab.
Draven looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
West blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven keeps West at a distance using the push kick.
West misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Draven looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
West moves out of range as Draven throws a body kick.
West scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Draven connects with a solid leg kick.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
Draven checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Draven misses with a low kick.
West tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As West backs away, Draven returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
West tries to score with a low kick but Draven moves his leg out of the way.
Draven on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
West takes one to the chin there.
Draven throws the kick towards the body but West avoids it.
Draven blocks a head kick by West.
West tries to clinch but Draven is having none of it.
Draven on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Eric Draven will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

West takes one on the chin but seems OK.
West tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from West.
West misses with a hook. Draven ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from West misses the target.
Draven throws a leg kick but West moved away.
West takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
West connects with a crisp jab.
Draven throws a leg kick but West sees it coming and moves out of range.
West with a jab.
Draven throws a leg kick but West moved away.
A big left from West misses.
Draven throws a chopping leg kick but West manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draven misses with an attempted mid kick.
Draven tries to land a front kick but West steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A countering left hand to the body from West misses.
West cracks Draven with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Draven slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Draven scores with a body shot.
West is looking to clinch.
As West backs away, Draven returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from West.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from West.
West on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Draven digs a good hook to West's body.
Frank West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draven goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Draven scores with the left hand. West knows he should have avoided that one.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
West walks into a left hand.
Draven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Draven.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Draven.
Draven lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West misses with a right hand
and Draven connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Draven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a looping right.
West cracks Draven with a right hand to the side of the head.
West ducks right into an uppercut from Draven.
Draven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draven throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
West scores with a nice right hand.
West loads up on a big right hand but Draven slips the punch.
West lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
West keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Draven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
Draven scores with a decent looking hook.
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.
West throws an overhand right that lands on Draven's shoulder, as Draven tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Draven throws a low kick but it's checked well by West.
Nice body punch from Draven.
Draven is looking to slow West down with leg kicks.
West throws a right hand that Draven ducks under and follows up with a left that Draven also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eric Draven.
Well Draven has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

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.