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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 322 p4p, 42 weight class) and Osiris Egyptian (ranked 331 p4p, 43 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osiris Egyptian!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven is looking for a counter combo.
Egyptian dips to his left and cracks Draven with an uppercut!
Egyptian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Draven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Egyptian.
Egyptian connects with an inside leg kick.
Egyptian moves into the clinch.
Egyptian working aggressively here.
Egyptian lands a shot to the body.
Egyptian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Egyptian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven is trying to push Egyptian away but Egyptian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Draven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egyptian takes a shot to the head.
Egyptian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've been informed that Egyptian 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 scores with a shot to the side of Egyptian's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egyptian leaning his opponent against the cage.
Draven letting Egyptian take a breather here.
Egyptian scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven lands a shot to the body.
Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Egyptian throws a series of punches but Draven avoids them all with ease.
Egyptian just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDraven.
Egyptian throws a lazy head kick
and Draven counters with a stiff right hand.
Egyptian tried to score with a low kick but Draven checks it.
Draven appears to be looking for a big counter.
Egyptian forces Draven back against the cage and clinches.
Draven breaks from the clinch.
Egyptian misses with a right hand
and Draven counters with a nice uppercut.
Egyptian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Draven lands with a thumping leg kick.
Draven lands the left hand.
Egyptian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Egyptian.
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!
Egyptian closes the distance and pushes Draven back into the cage.
Draven makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Draven misses with some punches.
Draven throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Egyptian has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Draven lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian working aggressively here.
Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draven staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Egyptian misses its intended target.
Egyptian moves away from the strike by Draven.
Draven scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Draven misses with a hook. Egyptian ducked under it nicely.
Despite the aggression on Egyptian's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Draven misses with a hook.
Draven tries to work over Egyptian's front leg with a kick but Egyptian checks it.
Egyptian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dravens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Draven dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egyptian. That did some damage!
A shot to the liver by Egyptian. Beautiful body shot.
Draven misses with an uppercut
and Egyptian counters with a nice low kick that buckles Draven's knee momentarily.
Draven changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draven throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
Draven definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Egyptian throws a shot from downtown. Draven moves away and avoids it.
Draven scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Egyptian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Egyptian throws the left hand but Draven avoids the punch easily.
Draven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Egyptian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draven.
Draven has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Egyptian finds it's way round the side to connect with Draven's head.
Egyptian slips under a jab from Draven.
Egyptian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Egyptian misses with an uppercut.
Draven slips a jab from Egyptian.
Egyptian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draven takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Egyptian lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Draven throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Egyptian moves out of range as Draven strikes.
Egyptian connects with the punch.
Draven pivots, looking for a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range and Draven settles back down.
Draven is looking to chop away at Egyptian's legs.
Egyptian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Draven misses with a wild body shot.
Egyptian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A leg kick checked by Egyptian.
Egyptian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Egyptian swinging wildly here.
A little feinted left hand from Draven on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven misses with a looping right.
Egyptian throws a jab when Draven was well out of range.
Draven walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osiris Egyptian dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Egyptian closes the distance and clinches.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Egyptian is trying to maintain a safe position but Draven gets an underhook and turns Egyptian into the cage.
Draven is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a knee strike.
Egyptian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draven is defending well for now.
Draven working aggressively here.
Draven lands an uppercut.
Egyptian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Draven is trying to break the clinch but Egyptian is controlling him.
Draven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egyptian's elbow.
Nice body punch from Draven.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Egyptian has him pressed against the cage.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian blocking some punches.
Osiris Egyptian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Egyptian pushes Draven back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draven softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Draven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egyptian's elbow.
Egyptian tries a knee to the head but Draven blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Draven - that landed with a thud.
Egyptian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Draven up against the cage.
Egyptian trying to control the position but instead, Draven has worked for underhooks and has pushed Egyptian into the cage.
Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Egyptian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Draven.
Draven feints and then cracks Egyptian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Egyptian down.
A bone on bone clash there as Egyptian blocks the leg kick.
Draven slips under a jab from Egyptian.
Egyptian 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.
Egyptian throws a poor cross that misses
and Draven counters with a series of strikes. Egyptian will be more careful next time no doubt.
Draven punishes Egyptian's body with a nice straight punch.
Draven connects with a solid leg kick.
Egyptian misses with a straight right.
Egyptian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Draven's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egyptian moves forwards but Draven connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That kick from Draven tenderised Egyptian's leg. Egyptian is trying to keep his angry face on.
Egyptian lands with a thumping leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Egyptian.
Egyptian connects with a crisp jab.
Draven throws a quick inside leg kick.
Egyptian blocks a jab.
Egyptian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Egyptian throws a head kick but Draven moves out of range.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Egyptian misses with a wild combination.
Egyptian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Egyptian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draven.
Egyptian with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
That kick from Draven tenderised Egyptian's leg. Egyptian is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by Egyptian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Egyptian.
Egyptian blocks a jab.
Draven throws a leg kick but Egyptian checks it.
Egyptian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Egyptian throws a body shot but no joy.
Draven throws a right hand that misses
letting Egyptian counter with a right hand.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Draven.
Draven bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Egyptian's head backwards.
Egyptian tries to clinch up.
Egyptian thuds his right hand into Draven's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Egyptian misses.
Draven scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian throws a right hand that Draven ducks under and follows up with a left that Draven also avoids with ease.
Draven cracks Egyptian with an open hand slap.
Draven connects with a body shot that sends Egyptian's belly button to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Draven tries to land a leg kick but Egyptian saw it coming and moves away.
Egyptian is looking for the big counter here.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Draven wants to slow Egyptian down by chopping away at his legs.
Draven looks to score with a jab to the body but Egyptian is just out of range.
Draven swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Draven digs a good body shot into Egyptian's ribs.
Draven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Egyptian clinches with his opponent.
Egyptian has Draven pressed against the cage, preventing Draven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draven lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egyptian misses with some punches.
A short right from Draven.
Egyptian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draven.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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 moves out of range of the strikes.
Draven throws a head kick that misses
and Egyptian counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice jab there from Draven.
Egyptian throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Draven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Eric Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Draven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Egyptian's calf.
Egyptian 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.
Egyptian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Draven scores with a nice right hand.
Egyptian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Draven's calf.
Egyptian lands a jab.
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 front kick aimed at Egyptian's knee but Egyptian avoids it well.
Egyptian thinks about the counter body kick.
Egyptian lands a glancing blow to the side of Draven's head.
Egyptian lands with an overhand left.
Egyptian tries to bum rush Draven with a series of wild strikes but Draven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Draven shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Draven looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian cracks the inside of Draven's front leg.
Egyptian throws a low kick, looking for Draven's leg but Draven calmly moves out of range.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Draven throws a series of punches but Egyptian avoids them all with ease.
Draven throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Egyptian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Draven throws a nice inside leg kick.
Draven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Egyptian's calf.
Egyptian lands a nice looking body shot.
Draven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
Draven moves out of range as Egyptian throws a body kick.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Draven lands a glancing blow to the side of Egyptian's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Draven misses the target.
Egyptian will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
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!
Egyptian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draven.
Draven loads up on a big right hand but Egyptian slips the punch.
Egyptian scores with a punch to the head.
Egyptian sizes up Draven with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Egyptian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice uppercut there from Draven.
Draven takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Egyptian tries to work over Draven's front leg with a kick but Draven checks it.
Egyptian scores with a kick to the midsection.
Draven misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick from Egyptian lands but Draven takes it in his stride.
Egyptian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Draven catches Egyptian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Egyptian misses with an uppercut.
Egyptian with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian avoids the head kick by Draven.
Nice shot lands for Egyptian.
Draven connects with a single shot there.
Nice defenses there by Draven.
Egyptian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Egyptian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Draven.
Egyptian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Draven throws a right and a left that Egyptian avoids nicely.
Egyptian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Egyptian moves in looking to clinch but Draven pushes him off.
Draven scores with a jab.
Egyptian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egyptian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Egyptian thuds his right hand into Draven's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Draven throws a nice looking combination but Egyptian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Egyptian misses with a body shot.
Draven cracks Egyptian with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian misses with a two punch combination.
Egyptian throws a quick inside leg kick.
Draven moves away from the strike by Egyptian.
Draven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Egyptian.
Egyptian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Draven throws a hook but Egyptian blocks it.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
Egyptian throws a body punch but Draven moves out of range.
Egyptian dodges the punch combination from Draven.
Egyptian tries to clinch up.
Draven throws a looping overhand right but Egyptian ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Egyptian saw that one coming.
Draven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Egyptian throws out the jab.
Draven darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Osiris Egyptian.
I think Egyptian has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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