PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 2057 p4p, 257 weight class) and Yuri Voronov (ranked 1631 p4p, 211 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Draven
vs
Voronov

180 cm
24
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
180 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yuri Voronov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Voronov counters with a nice uppercut.
Draven throws a head kick that misses.
Draven misses with a shot to the body
and Voronov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Voronov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Draven seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Voronov swats away the attempt to clinch by Draven.
Draven takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Draven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voronov tries to clinch up but Draven circles away and keeps his distance.
Draven connects with a jab.

Voronov rushes Draven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voronov misses with some punches.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Voronov controls the action.
Voronov lands a nice uppercut.
Draven blocks an uppercut.
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 head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronov.
Voronov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voronov throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven blocking some punches.
Draven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draven presses Voronov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Voronov lands a shoulder strike.
Voronov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voronov misses with a punch on the inside.
Draven misses with the head strike.
A short right from Voronov on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
Voronov blocking some punches.
Voronov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Draven lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Draven tries to work over Voronov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven tries to work over Voronov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Voronov lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voronov misses with a punch on the inside.
Voronov throws a head punch that misses.
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draven misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draven.
Draven misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Voronov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Voronov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Draven seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Voronov can turn it around.
Draven blocks an uppercut.
Draven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Draven jumps guard.
Voronov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Draven is proving hard to escape from.
Voronov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Draven not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Draven throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Voronov escapes and throws Draven's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Draven wants to control but Voronov postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Voronov decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Draven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Draven scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Yuri Voronov has been cut.
Draven goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Draven cracks Voronov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Draven thows a leg kick but Voronov checks it
and Voronov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draven misses with a head kick.

Voronov closes the distance and clinches.
Voronov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voronov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Draven backwards.

Draven is rocked!
Draven blocks an uppercut.
Oh Draven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Voronov misses with the head strike.
Draven seems to have got his legs back now.
Voronov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voronov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draven throws a punch but it's blocked by Voronov.
Draven tries a body shot but Voronov blocks it.
Draven takes a shot to the head.
Voronov has a couple of punches blocked by Draven.
Voronov working aggressively here.
Voronov swings wildly with an uppercut but Draven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voronov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draven swings wildly with an uppercut but Voronov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voronov lands a left hand.
Draven tries to work over Voronov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Draven.
Draven blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Draven manages to break the clinch.
Draven with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voronov lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Draven.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Voronov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Voronov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Draven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voronov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Voronov checks a leg kick nicely.
Draven throws a front kick that sends Voronov stumbling back into the cage.
Voronov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Voronov ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Voronov tries to clinch but Draven is having none of it.
Draven misses with a leg kick

and Voronov counters with a crisp right hand that drops Draven! Voronov lets Draven back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Voronov closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voronov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voronov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
A short body shot lands from Draven as the two fighters clinch.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Yuri Voronov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Voronov lands an uppercut.
Draven tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Voronov avoids it.
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven tries a body shot but Voronov blocks it.
Draven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voronov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven has a couple of punches blocked by Voronov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voronov.

Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the body from Draven misses
and Voronov counters with a right hand from hell and Draven is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuri Voronov!
Yuri Voronov made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview.