PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 1366 p4p, 176 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 1244 p4p, 161 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Draven
vs
Gracie

175 cm
28
158 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

175 cm
30
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 11 - 4 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Draven misses
and Draven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Draven misses with an uppercut.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Draven counters with an inside leg kick.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but Draven moves his leg out of the way.
Draven looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Draven.
Draven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Draven throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Gracie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Draven's head.
Draven throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
and Draven counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Draven getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draven takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gracie slips a straight right by Draven.
Gracie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Draven throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Draven checks a low kick from Gracie.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Draven throws a shot to the body.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Draven jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Draven waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie throws out a counter right but Draven avoids it with no problem.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Draven.
Draven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Draven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Draven sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie thuds a left hand into Draven's body.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Draven catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Draven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but Draven moves his leg out of the way.
Draven throws a big counter combination but Gracie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Draven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven scores with a jab.
A big left from Draven misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Draven. That snapped Gracie's head back.
Draven lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Gracie throws a hook but Draven blocks it.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Draven throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Draven throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Draven seems unphased.
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draven moves away.
Draven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie thumps Draven with a low kick.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
Draven misses with an uppercut
and Gracie counters with a low kick, right behind Draven 's knee.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Draven throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Draven.
Gracie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Draven.
Draven on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
Draven throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie takes one to the chin there.
Draven misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Draven's knee momentarily.
A good leg kick by Draven.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draven.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven misses with a low kick as Gracie jumps back.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie looks to throw a body kick
and Draven counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draven can pounce on him.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but Draven takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
Nice uppercut there from Gracie.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie digs a good hook to Draven's body.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Draven. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Draven doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Draven tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Draven scores with a jab to the jaw.
Draven takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Draven wants to clinch
and Gracie counters with a body kick.

Draven has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Draven swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven working aggressively here.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven lands a body shot.
Gracie misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draven's elbow.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Draven.
Gracie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dravens head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a nice uppercut.
Gracie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Draven misses with a body punch.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draven scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Draven manages to avoid it.
Draven tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Gracie manages to circle out of the way.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Gracie feints a counter leg kick.
Nice shot by Draven.
A nice combination there by Draven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Draven.
Gracie throws a jab when Draven was well out of range.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Draven misses with a low kick as Gracie jumps back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Draven counters with a leg kick.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
Draven throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Gracie counters with a body kick.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Draven tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie scores with a spinning back kick!
Draven scores with a jab to the head.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Draven takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Draven has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Draven checks a leg kick nicely.
Draven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Draven takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Draven loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draven.
Draven looks to clinch
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Draven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draven throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Draven takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Draven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Draven changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Draven.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A shot to the body from Draven misses
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Draven looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie cracks Draven with an open hand slap.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draven.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Draven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. Draven looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice body kick from Gracie.
Draven connects with a right hand. Gracie shakes it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie lands a leg kick that knocks Draven off balance momentarily.
Draven connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Draven. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that second round.
That's time! Draven's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Draven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Draven works the jab nicely.
Draven checks a low kick from Gracie.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Draven checks it well.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draven.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Draven had a free shot at his head there.
Gracie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Draven is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven misses the jab.
Draven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Draven if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie cracks Draven with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Draven on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draven.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draven walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Draven defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Draven avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Draven connects with a crisp jab.
Draven takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Draven had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a low kick, right behind Draven 's knee.
Some bone on bone action there as Draven checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Draven throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Draven on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Draven misses with a combination
and Gracie counters with a nice leg kick.
Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie feints a counter leg kick.
Gracie misses the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie 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.
Draven tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie scores with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Draven. That snapped Gracie's head back.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a big shot that misses.
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Draven looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Draven fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie throws out a leg kick but Draven moves out of range and Gracie only half commits.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draven circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Draven's shoulder, as Draven tries to avoid the shot.
Draven was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Draven clinches with his opponent.
Draven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Draven.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draven's elbow.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Draven lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draven tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Draven rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Gracie stalling in the clinch.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Draven's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Draven has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.