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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Thornsby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Reginald Thornsby!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thornsby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Nice cross by Draven.
Draven throws a big shot that misses.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Thornsby shoots for a takedown but Draven saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thornsby shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Draven as he avoids it easily.
Thornsby thows a body shot but no joy.
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Draven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draven slips a jab and a cross from Thornsby.
A telegraphed right hand from Thornsby misses the target.
Thornsby connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thornsby lands with a right hand.
Thornsby displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Thornsby gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Draven.
Thornsby scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Eric Draven has been cut.
Draven dodges the punch combination from Thornsby.
Thornsby lands a left and a right that send Draven crashing to the mat, dazed. Thornsby thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Draven is rocked!
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 powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thornsby fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Thornsby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornsby misses with a kick to the body.
Thornsby looks to score with a jab to the body but Draven is just out of range.
Draven scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thornsby scores with a hook.
Draven fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thornsby misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Thornsby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Thornsby moves into range and clinches up with Draven.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thornsby has him pressed against the cage.
Thornsby breaks from the clinch.
Thornsby looks to land a body kick but Draven moved away.
A big right from Thornsby misses.
Eric Draven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thornsby throws a series of punches but Draven avoids them all with ease.
Draven misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Thornsby misses.
Thornsby tries to move into range but Draven moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thornsby swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Draven counter with a right hand.
A left and a right from Thornsby both land. Nice combination.
Draven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thornsby.
Thornsby fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Draven scores with a jab to the body.
Thornsby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thornsby throws a sloppy head kick and Draven moves out of range easily.
A cross from Thornsby lands.
Thornsby misses the body punch
and Thornsby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thornsby fails to land with a series of punches.
Thornsby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Thornsby shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Draven pinned against the cage. Draven gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thornsby moves into range and clinches up with Draven.
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Thornsby won't allow it.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thornsby 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.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thornsby pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby wriggles free and stands up.
Draven looks to land a combination but Thornsby avoids it well.
Draven rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thornsby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thornsby moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thornsby staying out of range there.
Draven works the jab nicely.
Draven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Thornsby coming out on top.
Eric Draven's cut is getting worse.
Draven swings for the body but Thornsby moves out of range.
Draven lands a jab to Thornsby's midsection.
Thornsby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draven.
Thornsby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thornsby misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Thornsby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Draven.
Reginald Thornsby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Draven misses the shot to the body.
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thornsby misses with a double jab
and Draven makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draven fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thornsby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Draven as he jumps to the side.
Draven is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Draven walks into a left hand.
Thornsby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draven.
Thornsby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Thornsby.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thornsby lands a right hook to the body.
Draven is breathing heavily.
Draven fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thornsby manages to avoid it.
Thornsby throws a series of punches but Draven moves out of range.
Thornsby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thornsby is working the combinations to good effect here.
A big right from Draven misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reginald Thornsby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Draven's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Draven cracks Thornsby with an open hand slap.
Thornsby lands a jab to the head.
Thornsby shoots in and drives through. Draven sprawls well.
Draven moves away from the strike by Thornsby.
Some wild striking there from Thornsby.
Draven thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Draven.
Thornsby slips a jab and a cross from Draven.
Draven looks to land a left hand but Thornsby moved out of range nicely.
Thornsby misses with a body punch
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Draven stuffs the takedown.
Thornsby pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draven takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Draven throws a hook to the side of Thornsby's head but Thornsby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Draven misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draven stuffs the takedown attempt from Thornsby. Thornsby gets slowly back to his feet.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Thornsby.
Thornsby shoots in but Draven avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornsby connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Draven throws a big shot that misses.
Thornsby throws the left hand but Draven avoids the punch easily.
Draven avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Thornsby.
Thornsby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Thornsby.
Thornsby misses the jab.
Thornsby slips under a jab from Draven.
Thornsby takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reginald Thornsby seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thornsby scores with a shot to the body.
Thornsby jabs at Draven's body.
Draven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thornsby was well out of range. Poor timing from Draven.
Thornsby misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a shot from downtown. Thornsby moves away and avoids it.
Thornsby clinches with his opponent.
Thornsby prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Thornsby digs a right hand underneath Draven's ribcage. Draven let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Draven is trying to force a seperation but Thornsby has the dominant position.
Thornsby breaks from the clinch.
Thornsby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thornsby lands with a light punch inside.
Thornsby lands a body shot.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thornsby has him pressed against the cage.
Thornsby scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Thornsby.
Draven has had enough of the clinch but Thornsby keeps him there for the moment.
Thornsby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Draven's efforts to push away.
Thornsby presses Draven against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thornsby pulls guard successfully.
Thornsby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Draven's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thornsby is pushing down on Draven's leg trying to pass to half guard. Draven is fighting to maintain full guard but Thornsby has managed to sneak the leg through.
Thornsby is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thornsby stands up from half guard.
Thornsby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draven has had enough of the clinch but Thornsby keeps him there for the moment.
Thornsby jumps into guard, dragging Draven to the mat.
Draven loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thornsby controlling the position.
Thornsby uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Thornsby misses with the combination.
Draven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thornsby throws out the jab.
Thornsby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby looks to land a left hand but Draven moved out of range nicely.
Draven displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thornsby.
Thornsby walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thornsby lands with a shot to the body.
Thornsby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draven.
Thornsby throws a big shot that misses.
Thornsby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Draven checks a leg kick.
Thornsby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thornsby!
Draven lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thornsby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A punch combination from Thornsby misses.
Draven lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Draven looks to score with a jab to the body but Thornsby is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reginald Thornsby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Draven's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Thornsby lunges at Draven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Draven's hand.
Thornsby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thornsby lands with a thumping leg kick.
Draven takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thornsby looks to land a combination. Draven sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Draven drops his hands momentarily and Thornsby takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oh Draven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thornsby lands a nice leg kick that just misses Draven's sensitive parts.
Thornsby throws a body punch but Draven moves out of range.
Thornsby slips under a jab.
Draven seems to have got his legs back now.
Thornsby lands a left and a right that send Draven crashing to the mat, dazed. Thornsby thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Eric Draven's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Thornsby is defended easily by Draven.
Draven doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thornsby clinches up with Draven and pushes him back against the cage.
Thornsby has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Draven uses from the top position.
Thornsby scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thornsby.
Thornsby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Thornsby displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Draven throws out the jab.
Thornsby attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Draven looks to land a left hand but Thornsby moved out of range nicely.
Thornsby throws a jab but it's blocked by Draven.
Draven looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thornsby chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thornsby scores with a nice right hand.
Thornsby throws a jab when Draven was well out of range.
Draven keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thornsby.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Thornsby.
You can see the frustration on Draven's face as Thornsby controls the position.
Thornsby decides to stand back up. Thornsby steps back and let's Draven get back to his feet.
Thornsby misses with a combination
and Draven counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby stalks Draven and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Draven's face. Draven staggers backwards, shaken.
Thornsby lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Thornsby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thornsby instigates a clinch.
Thornsby tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thornsby is trying to stall.
Thornsby keeps control of Draven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thornsby keeps control of Draven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Draven gets underhooks to prevent Thornsby's takedown attempt.
Eric Draven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reginald Thornsby.
Draven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Draven is trying to break the clinch but Thornsby has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Thornsby.
Thornsby ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Thornsby no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
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 stand but Thornsby is controlling from the bottom.
Thornsby pushes Draven off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Draven gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Draven lands with a cross.
Thornsby looks to score with a jab to the body but Draven is just out of range.
Thornsby scores with a one two! Draven had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Thornsby.
Thornsby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Thornsby shoots in but no luck this time.
Thornsby looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Draven is fending him off so far but Thornsby persists. Nope, Draven circles away and we're back to standing.
Draven lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thornsby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Draven ducks under a wild hook from Thornsby.
Thornsby staying out of range there.
Eric Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reginald Thornsby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thornsby fails to land with a series of punches.
Draven scores with a nice head shot.
Draven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thornsby.
Thornsby slips under a jab.
Draven tests Thornsby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Draven misses.
Draven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thornsby looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Draven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thornsby.
Draven scores with a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Thornsby scores with a four punch combination!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thornsby connects with a good right hand that stumbles Draven. Draven circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thornsby throws out a loose jab but Draven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thornsby counters with a three punch combo that has Draven backing up. Draven nods at Thornsby to acknowledge the strikes.
Thornsby takes the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reginald Thornsby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thornsby 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reginald Thornsby!
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