PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lusmu Kutvonen (ranked 1869 p4p, 2238 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 190 p4p, 223 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kutvonen
vs
Draven

170 cm
27
146
10 - 6 - 1

175 cm
39
158
27 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Lusmu Kutvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kutvonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Draven moves in looking to clinch but Kutvonen pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draven looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kutvonen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kutvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kutvonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Kutvonen connects with a crisp jab.
Kutvonen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Draven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've been hearing reports that Kutvonen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lusmu Kutvonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Draven clinches with his opponent.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kutvonen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kutvonen tries to close the distance and clinch but Draven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kutvonen closes the distance and clinches.
Draven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kutvonen has Draven pressed against the cage, preventing Draven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Draven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven misses with a knee strike.
Kutvonen misses with some punches.
Kutvonen tries to stall but Draven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Draven misses with the head strike.
Draven blocks a body shot from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kutvonen misses with the head strike.
Kutvonen tries to throw a body punch but Draven avoids it by throwing Kutvonen back against the cage.
Draven wants to stall.
Kutvonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Draven breaks the clinch.

Kutvonen clinches up against the cage.
Draven tries to stall but Kutvonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kutvonen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Draven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draven works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kutvonen fails to land.
Draven is working Kutvonen over against the cage.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Draven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kutvonen.
Draven is looking to break free of the clinch but Kutvonen has double underhooks.
Kutvonen pushes Draven back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kutvonen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kutvonen as Draven tries to tie him up.
Kutvonen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kutvonen lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Draven scores with a nice short uppercut.
Draven taking a breather.
Kutvonen prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Draven trying to control the position but instead, Kutvonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Draven into the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Draven.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Draven throws an elbow but misses.

Draven breaks the clinch.
Draven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Kutvonen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kutvonen throws a body shot but no joy.

Draven has closed the distance and engaged Kutvonen in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Kutvonen fails to land.
A hook to the body from Kutvonen.
Still in the clinch, Kutvonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kutvonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draven slows down the pace here.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draven pressing his opponent against the cage.
Draven misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Draven working hard to break the clinch.
Draven has Kutvonen pushed against the cage.
Kutvonen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Draven is keeping busy.
Draven lands a damaging elbow.
Kutvonen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Draven crunches a lovely knee into Kutvonen's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kutvonen.
Draven swings wildly with an uppercut but Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draven.
Kutvonen being controlled against the cage.
Kutvonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lusmu Kutvonen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Draven throws a nice looking combination but Kutvonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Kutvonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Draven throws a head kick but Kutvonen moves out of range.
Kutvonen fails to land the takedown.
Draven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Draven wants it to stay on the feet.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kutvonen.

Draven clinches up against the cage.
Kutvonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kutvonen lands a nice shot to the body.
Draven lands a hook that snaps the head of Kutvonen backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Draven.
Kutvonen prevents a body shot from Draven.
Draven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Kutvonen.
Draven slowing the pace effectively.
Kutvonen avoids the elbow strike from Draven, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Draven gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lusmu Kutvonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draven lands a knee to the head.
Kutvonen lands a right hand.
Draven lands a hook that snaps the head of Kutvonen backwards.
Kutvonen misses with the head strike.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Kutvonen counter with a right hand.
Draven tries to clinch up.
Draven defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kutvonen.
Draven has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Draven there as he acknowledges the shot.

Kutvonen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Draven explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Eric Draven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Draven has managed to clinch.
Draven is struggling to control the position.
Draven stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kutvonen lands a hook that snaps the head of Draven backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kutvonen wants to take the fight to the mat but Draven manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Draven using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kutvonen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kutvonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draven's elbow.
Kutvonen working aggressively here.
Kutvonen presses Draven against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Draven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Kutvonen won't allow it.
Kutvonen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kutvonen lands a nice uppercut.
Kutvonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Kutvonen wants to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen avoiding damage as Draven throws knees to the body.
Draven presses Kutvonen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen misses with some punches.
Kutvonen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven looking to throw knees to the head but Kutvonen is blocking nicely.
Kutvonen has a couple of punches blocked by Draven.
Kutvonen blocks an elbow strike.
Draven tries to break free but Kutvonen pushes him back against the cage.
Kutvonen throws a head punch that misses.

Draven breaks from the clinch.
Kutvonen throws a looping overhand right but Draven ducks down to avoid it.
Kutvonen misses with a hook. Draven ducked under it nicely.
Draven with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kutvonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Draven throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Eric Draven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draven staying out of range there.
Kutvonen connects with a leg kick.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kutvonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kutvonen misses with a few strikes there.
Kutvonen catches Draven with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Draven moves into range and clinches up with Kutvonen.

Draven breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven needs to keep his hands up - Kutvonen had a free shot at his head there.
Draven takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kutvonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kutvonen loads up on a big right hand but Draven slips the punch.
Kutvonen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Draven takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Draven swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kutvonen throwing a counter right hand but Draven manages to avoid it.
Draven tries to clinch up.

Draven clinches with his opponent.
Draven is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kutvonen tries to score a body lock takedown but Draven shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Draven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lusmu Kutvonen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Draven blocks a jab.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch but Kutvonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Draven has Kutvonen up against the cage in a clinch.
Draven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Draven misses with a body punch.
Kutvonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eric Draven seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kutvonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draven.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Kutvonen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kutvonen misses with the head strike.
Kutvonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Draven is trying to push Kutvonen away but Kutvonen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Come on Kutvonen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kutvonen.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kutvonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Draven.

Draven breaks from the clinch.
Draven avoids the body shot from Kutvonen.
Draven looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Kutvonen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kutvonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kutvonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kutvonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Kutvonen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kutvonen working Draven over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kutvonen prevents Draven from standing back up.
Kutvonen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Draven trying to control here.
Kutvonen lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen wants to free his trapped foot but Draven is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Draven is trying to stand back up but Kutvonen is controlling him
Kutvonen slips a nice elbow through Draven's hands, connecting with Draven's forehead.
Draven is not content to let Kutvonen control the position.
Draven on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Kutvonen there.
Draven trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Kutvonen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven is looking for a sweep. Kutvonen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Draven wants to get back to his feet.
Draven wants to control the action here but instead Kutvonen manages to pass to full mount!
Kutvonen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Draven is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Eric Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lusmu Kutvonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kutvonen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kutvonen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Draven keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Draven is squirming around, avoiding Kutvonen's attempts to control the action.
Kutvonen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Draven really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lusmu Kutvonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kutvonen 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lusmu Kutvonen!
Lusmu Kutvonen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.