PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 936 p4p, 2443 weight class) and Joshua Whitlock (ranked 148 p4p, 337 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Draven
vs
Whitlock

188 cm
26
210
7 - 2 - 0

173 cm
22
146
6 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Whitlock!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Whitlock moves to clinch but Draven breaks away
and Draven counters with a stiff right hand.

Whitlock has Draven up against the cage in a clinch.
Draven misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven tries to pull guard but Whitlock won't allow it.
Draven just leaning against Whitlock, taking a breather.
Draven tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Whitlock just stands there and leans against the cage.
Draven fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Draven. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitlock is trying to stall.
Draven jumps guard but Whitlock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Draven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Draven - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Draven on the inside.
I was talking to Draven's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Draven tries to work over Whitlock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draven misses with an elbow over the top.
Draven looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Draven pushes Whitlock back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Whitlock takes a shot to the head.
Draven pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitlock wants to stall.
Draven has a couple of punches blocked by Whitlock.
Draven has a couple of punches blocked by Whitlock.
Draven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whitlock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draven misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whitlock prevents a body shot from Draven.
Draven tries a body shot but Whitlock blocks it.
Draven throws a head punch that misses.
Whitlock pressing his opponent against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Draven has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 10:9
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
During a confident post fight interview, Eric Draven thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.