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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Jones (ranked 2591 p4p, 2670 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 332 p4p, 338 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Draven closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Draven digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Draven on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Draven counters with a nice uppercut.
Draven throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Draven counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draven.
Draven throws a wild body kick that Jones sees coming a mile off.
Draven misses with a straight left.
Draven throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones throws the left hand but Draven avoids the punch easily.
Draven punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven thuds his shin into the meat of Jones's side.
A slapping leg kick lands for Draven.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Draven's head but Draven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Draven pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Draven is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Draven gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Draven lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Kevin Jones has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Draven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Draven is looking to improve his position.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Draven is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Draven is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jones pulls his head out easily.
Draven looking for submissions off his back.
Draven is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Draven knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Draven is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Draven is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Draven's head.
Draven desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Draven's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is keen to just control but Draven is a slippery customer.
Jones trying to control from Draven's half guard. Draven has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Draven had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Draven is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones drops back, looking for a kneebar! Draven looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Draven looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Draven!
Draven is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones stops Draven from passing to mount.
Jones tries to buck Draven off but Draven is having none of it.
Jones stops Draven from passing to mount.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Draven wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A left lands for Jones.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Draven moved out of range.
Draven lands with a nice body kick.
Draven connects with a crisp jab.
Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jones content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Draven is positioning himself well to prevent Jones advancing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Draven sees it coming and defends easily.
Draven is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Draven defends it well.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Draven knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Draven tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
Jones is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Draven is just riding it out for now. Jones eventually gives up the hold.
Jones moves nicely into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones in side control, throwing shots but Draven defends.
Draven is not content to let Jones control the position.
Jones creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Draven sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jones remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jones trying to control the action but Draven is working from the bottom.
Draven tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven can't do much from the bottom here.
Draven tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
Jones taking a break here but Draven is having none of it and regains half guard.
Jones controlling the action here.
Draven wants to get back to full guard.
Jones not doing much here.
Jones is just content to waste time from the top position. Draven takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kevin Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Draven is on top in guard.
Draven trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Draven is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Draven's guard.
Draven throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Draven.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Draven swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Jones's cut.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Draven. Draven circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Draven sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Draven slips the punch.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fighters circling - Draven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Draven keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draven.
Draven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice sprawl there from Draven as Jones shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Draven sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Draven jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven slips under a jab.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Draven fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Draven's head but Draven avoids it well.
Draven tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
Jones tries to move to mount but Draven blocks the move with his legs.
Draven wants to control but Jones postures up.
Jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Draven is avoiding damage well.
Jones tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jones has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Draven works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones wants to control but Draven is keeping him busy.
Draven looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones not doing much here.
Draven trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Draven is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Draven sees it coming and defends easily.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Draven is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones throws a body punch but Draven moves out of range.
Jones sizes up Draven with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Draven scores with a punch to the head.
Draven misses with a hook.
Draven lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Draven cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Draven looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jones dives in and grabs Draven's left leg, looking for a takedown. Draven pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Draven shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Draven connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Draven.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Draven slips the punch.
Draven scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.
Draven tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Draven connects with a solid leg kick.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Draven backpedaling.
Draven walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Draven lands a jab to the head.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice cross by Draven.
Jones slips a straight right by Draven.
Draven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Draven 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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