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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fábio Araújo (ranked 1529 p4p, 1774 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 208 p4p, 241 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fábio Araújo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Draven!
Draven works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Draven lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Draven throws a leg kick that misses.
Draven thows a body kick. Araújo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Araújo digs a good body shot into Draven's ribs.
Araújo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Draven tests Araújo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Draven does it's job there.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven lands with an uppercut that bounces Araújo off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Draven.
Draven scores with a jab to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Draven.
Draven rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Araújo counters with a nice body shot.
Araújo throws a leg kick but Draven sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Draven avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araújo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Draven misses with a lunging right hand
and Araújo counters with a leg kick.
Araújo thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slapping leg kick lands for Araújo.
Draven thows a body kick. Araújo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Draven looks to land a body kick but Araújo moved away.
Araújo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draven throws a quick inside leg kick.
Draven with the inside leg kick.
Araújo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blacktalians MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Draven takes a swing at Araújo's ribcage but misses.
Araújo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Araújo lunges at Draven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Draven's hand.
Draven takes a jab right on the kisser.
Draven slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Araújo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Draven.
Araújo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draven.
Araújo tries to score with a low kick but Draven moves his leg out of the way.
Draven throws a good cross that connects.
Araújo throws a big shot that misses.
Draven lands with a kick to the ribs.
Draven throws a poor cross that misses
and Araújo counters with a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Draven.
Araújo is looking to counter punch.
Araújo throws a front kick aimed at Draven's knee but Draven avoids it well.
Draven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Draven is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Araújo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Araújo tries to bum rush Draven with a series of wild strikes but Draven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Draven misses the shot to the body.
Araújo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Araújo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Draven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Araújo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Draven.
Araújo lands a lovely overhand right.
Araújo misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araújo lands a nice hook to Draven's body. Draven takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draven fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Araújo is out of range.
Draven tries to clinch up but Araújo circles away and keeps his distance.
Draven on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Draven with the inside leg kick.
Araújo misses with a straight left.
Araújo checks a leg kick.
Araújo throws a hook but Draven blocks it.
Draven lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A nice leg kick from Draven, right into the meat of the thigh.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Draven misses with an uppercut
and Araújo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Araújo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draven fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Araújo moves out of range of the body kick from Draven.
Draven takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Draven is looking to score with low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Araújo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Draven looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Araújo throws a quick counter head kick but Draven was just out of range.
Draven instigates a clinch.
Draven jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Araújo walks away with a smile on his face. Draven gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Draven slips a jab from Araújo.
Draven scores with a nice head shot.
Araújo misses with a wild body shot.
Draven was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Araújo throws a combination that misses
and Draven counters with an inside leg kick.
Draven tries to clinch up.
Araújo throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven checks the leg kick.
Draven lunges at Araújo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Araújo's hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Araújo throws a jab but it's blocked by Draven.
Draven moves into range and clinches up with Araújo.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Draven lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eric Draven will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Araújo looks to throw the jab but Draven is out of range.
Draven misses with a straight right.
Draven listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Araújo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draven.
Araújo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Draven is looking to slow Araújo down with leg kicks.
Draven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Draven works the jab nicely.
Araújo takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Araújo lands a leg kick that knocks Draven off balance momentarily.
Draven looks to clinch
and Araújo counters with a nice uppercut.
Draven misses with a right hand
and Araújo counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Draven. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Draven.
A punch lands to the side of Draven 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Araújo misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Draven throws a good cross that connects.
Araújo throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araújo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draven.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draven.
Araújo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Draven throws a leg kick but Araújo checks it.
Nice straight punches there by Draven. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Draven.
Araújo misses with an uppercut.
Araújo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Draven's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Draven checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Araújo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A good leg kick by Draven.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draven pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Araújo misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Draven misses with an uppercut.
Draven throws out a leg kick but Araújo moves out of range and Draven only half commits.
Araújo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Draven connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Araújo scrambles back to his feet.
Draven finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Draven throws a solid leg kick but Araújo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Draven.
A swing and a miss from Draven.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Araújo throws a right hand that misses
and Araújo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Araújo.
Draven with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Araújo to score with a decent uppercut.
Araújo digs a good body shot into Draven's ribs.
Araújo walks into a stiff left hand from Draven.
Draven tries to clinch there but Araújo circles away.
A shot to the liver by Draven. Beautiful body shot.
Draven fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Araújo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Draven tries a low kick but Araújo avoids it.
As Draven backs away, Araújo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Araújo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Draven misses with a looping right.
Draven chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Araújo can pounce on him.
Araújo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Draven stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Draven lands a front kick.
Araújo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Draven scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Araújo.
Draven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
Draven misses with a low kick.
Draven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Araújo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draven checks a leg kick nicely.
Draven pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Draven misses with a body kick.
Draven scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Araújo blocks a low kick nicely.
Araújo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Draven finds it's way round the side to connect with Araújo's head.
Draven connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Araújo misses the target.
Draven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Draven lands with a good body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Draven.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Draven.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven lands a nice shot to the body.
Draven gets a clinch.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.
Araújo dodges an elbow strike from Draven.
Araújo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Araújo moves away.
Araújo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Araújo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Draven manages to avoid it.
Draven only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Draven connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab from Draven.
Araújo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draven to score with a decent uppercut.
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven throws a body kick that misses.
Araújo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draven.
Araújo slips under a jab.
Draven slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Draven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Draven takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Draven connects with a right hand. Araújo shakes it off.
Araújo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Draven throws a wild body kick that Araújo sees coming a mile off.
Araújo throws out a powerful jab.
Draven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Draven scores with a jab. Araújo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Araújo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Draven's hands.
Araújo takes one to the chin there.
Draven scores with a punch to the head.
Draven misses the jab.
Draven lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Draven takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Araújo throws a series of punches but Draven avoids them all with ease.
Draven blocks a jab.
Draven slips under a jab from Araújo.
Araújo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draven misses with a double jab
and Araújo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araújo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draven can pounce on him.
Araújo checks a leg kick.
A jab from Draven does it's job there.
Araújo throws a big shot that misses.
Draven lands with a cross.
Draven scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
No joy there for Araújo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Araújo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Draven avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Araújo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Araújo.
Araújo misses with a straight left.
Araújo scores with a jab to the body.
Draven doesn't manage to clinch there - Araújo circles away.
Araújo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Draven scores with a crisp jab that stopped Araújo in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Araújo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A left lands for Draven.
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!
Draven tries to land a leg kick but Araújo saw it coming and moves away.
Draven scores with the left hand. Araújo knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Draven. That's going to slow Araújo down.
Draven throws a low kick but it's checked well by Araújo.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Araújo throws a sloppy head kick and Draven moves out of range easily.
Araújo throws an overhand right that lands on Draven's shoulder, as Draven tries to avoid the shot.
Araújo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Draven throws a body shot but no joy.
Draven lands with a good body shot.
Draven connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Araújo momentarily.
Draven shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Draven slips under a jab.
Araújo throws a low kick but Draven moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araújo checks a low kick from Draven.
A little feinted left hand from Araújo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Araújo throws a looping overhand right but Draven ducks down to avoid it.
Draven looks to land a left hand but Araújo moved out of range nicely.
Draven throws a push kick but Araújo slaps the foot to one side.
Araújo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Draven's corner calls for a 1-2. Draven obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Draven connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Araújo's hands.
Fábio Araújo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Araújo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Draven with a nice calf kick.
Draven lands a leg kick that knocks Araújo off balance momentarily.
Araújo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draven.
Draven takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Araújo throws a hook but Draven avoids it easily.
Draven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Araújo takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Araújo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draven connects with a right hand. Araújo shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Araújo. Draven does a little dance to reset his feet.
Draven misses with a kick to the body.
Araújo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Araújo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Draven darts in and clinches Araújo up against the cage.
Draven lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Draven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Draven tries to throw a body punch but Araújo avoids it by throwing Draven back against the cage.
Araújo tries a body shot but Draven blocks it.
Araújo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Araújo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Araújo scores with a sloppy right hand. Draven should have avoided that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Draven has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Eric Draven thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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RATING
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