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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). Thornsby is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Promenade" by the London Phil Harmonic Orchestra. 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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169 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple 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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Reginald Thornsby!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thornsby misses with a combination
and Draven makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draven throws out a loose jab but Thornsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draven checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thornsby checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thornsby misses with a straight right.
Thornsby misses with a hook
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven wants to land a leg kick but Thornsby is out of range.
Draven misses with a wild body shot.
Draven misses with a left hand
and Thornsby counters by moving into the clinch.
Draven lands with a short shot to the head.
Thornsby looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thornsby throws an elbow but misses.
Thornsby tries to break free but Draven pushes him back against the cage.
Thornsby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draven goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven throws a sloppy head kick and Thornsby moves out of range easily.
Draven misses with a hook to the body
and Thornsby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Draven connects with a crisp jab.
Thornsby tries to clinch there but Draven circles away.
Thornsby rushes Draven and presses him up against the cage.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thornsby has him pressed against the cage.
Draven stalls.
Draven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thornsby tries to break free but Draven pushes him back against the cage.
Thornsby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thornsby rushes Draven and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven gets through Thornsby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Draven lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Draven's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thornsby lands a left hand.
Thornsby stalls.
Thornsby is trying to push Draven away but Draven has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thornsby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draven throws an elbow that misses.
Draven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Draven misses with a shot to the body
and Thornsby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thornsby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thornsby dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thornsby is looking to clinch.
Thornsby throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thornsby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Draven swats away the attempt to clinch by Thornsby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a sloppy body shot
and Thornsby counters with a nice uppercut.
Thornsby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Draven walks into a straight right hand from Thornsby.
The fighters circling - Thornsby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draven throws a right hand that misses
and Thornsby counters with a left to the body.
Draven connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Draven is looking to land body kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Draven as Thornsby shoots in.
Draven scores with a leg kick.
Thornsby lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draven circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby drives through and clinches with Draven against the cage.
Draven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thornsby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thornsby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Draven throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Draven's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thornsby as Draven tries to tie him up.
Thornsby pushes Draven back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thornsby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thornsby walks into a straight right hand from Draven.
Thornsby misses with a hook
letting Draven counter with a right hand.
Draven throws a head kick but Thornsby moves out of range.
Draven tries to clinch but Thornsby moves out of range.
Thornsby scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Draven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thornsby.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reginald Thornsby dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Draven throws a front kick aimed at Thornsby's knee but Thornsby avoids it well.
A big right from Draven misses.
Draven dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thornsby. That did some damage!
Draven misses with a hook
and Thornsby makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draven rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Thornsby counter with a right hand.
Thornsby lands a right hook to the body.
Draven lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thornsby checks a low kick from Draven.
Thornsby takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Draven misses the body punch
and Thornsby counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Thornsby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Draven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Draven misses with an uppercut.
Draven throws a poor cross that misses
and Thornsby counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Thornsby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Draven wants it to stay on the feet.
Draven moves in looking to clinch but Thornsby pushes him off.
Draven tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thornsby counters with a right hand to the body.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Thornsby saw that one coming.
Draven finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Draven misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thornsby throws a poor cross that misses
and Draven counters with a good low kick that Thornsby was not able to check.
Draven wants to clinch
and Thornsby counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Draven misses with a lunging right hand
letting Thornsby counter with a right hand.
Draven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thornsby clobbers Draven with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thornsby misses with a looping right.
Thornsby circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thornsby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thornsby with a poor takedown
and Draven counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thornsby avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Thornsby waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draven.
Draven dodges the punch combination from Thornsby.
Draven loads up on a big right hand but Thornsby slips the punch.
Draven fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thornsby.
Thornsby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thornsby throws a jab but it's blocked by Draven.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Draven scores with a nice right hand.
Thornsby misses with a lunging right hand
and Draven counters with a right hand to the body.
Draven lands with a thumping leg kick.
Draven lands a slapping body shot.
Thornsby misses with a head kick.
Draven misses with a body shot
and Thornsby counters with a straight right hand.
Draven throws a front kick aimed at Thornsby's knee but Thornsby avoids it well.
A combination from Thornsby does no damage.
Donk. Thornsby catches Draven right on the button with a cross.
Draven throws out a loose jab but Thornsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draven lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Reginald Thornsby will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Draven looks to score with a jab to the body but Thornsby is just out of range.
Draven tries a low kick but Thornsby avoids it.
Thornsby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Draven tries to clinch there but Thornsby circles away.
A shot to the body from Draven misses
enabling Thornsby to counter with a crisp jab.
Thornsby tries to land a body kick
and Draven cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thornsby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Draven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven misses with a body shot.
Draven throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thornsby sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draven throws a poor cross that misses
and Thornsby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven misses with a wild body shot.
Thornsby tries for a takedown but Draven sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thornsby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Draven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Thornsby - just one landing.
Thornsby with a hook.
Draven misses with a hook
and Thornsby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thornsby comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reginald Thornsby seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thornsby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven throws a sloppy body shot
and Draven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornsby is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thornsby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draven moves away.
Thornsby throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
A lazy body kick from Draven
and Thornsby counters with a series of strikes. Draven will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thornsby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Draven.
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Draven throws a series of punches but Thornsby moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Thornsby.
Eric Draven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draven lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thornsby has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thornsby and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thornsby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Draven counters with a slapping leg kick.
Draven lands a glancing blow to the side of Thornsby's head.
Draven moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Eric Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draven throws a body punch but Thornsby moves out of range.
Draven throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Thornsby to counter with a crisp jab.
Draven misses with a body punch
and Thornsby counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Draven misses with a body shot.
Draven gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thornsby wants to stand but Draven is controlling his posture from full guard.
Reginald Thornsby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven wants to get back to his feet but Thornsby is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Draven has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thornsby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thornsby is stalling in the full guard.
Draven throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reginald Thornsby!
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