PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Razor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Razor comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Hells Bells. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Razor
vs
Draven

170 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carmelo Razor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Draven!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Razor has closed the distance and engaged Draven in a clinch.

Draven manages to break the clinch.

Razor takes the fight into the clinch.
Draven wants to break free but Razor has control.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Razor won't allow it.
Razor connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draven's face.
Razor stalling in the clinch but Draven improves position.
Razor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Dan Draven has been cut.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Razor has him pressed against the cage.
Draven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Razor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Draven tries to stall but Razor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Draven takes an elbow to the forehead.
Razor scores a nice knee to the body.
Razor connects with a knee to the head.

Draven is rocked!
Draven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Draven is still on wobbly legs! Can Razor finish him?
Draven looks gassed!
Razor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Draven up against the cage.
Razor with a knee to the head.
Razor connects with a knee to the head.
Draven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Razor.

Razor breaks the clinch.
Draven is looking to clinch.
Razor scoring well with a low kick there.

Razor moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Razor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Razor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Draven takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor stops a takedown attempt from Draven.
Razor scores with a knee to the head.
Razor connects with a knee to the head.
Draven is trying to break free.
Razor lands an elbow inside.

Razor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draven tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Razor counters by clinching up.
Razor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Razor.
Draven seems to have recovered his senses.
Razor prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Draven struggles to land a body shot inside as Razor controls his hands.
Draven can't break the clinch.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Razor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Razor lands an elbow that stopped Draven in his tracks for a moment.
Draven is trying to break free.
Razor is pressed up against the cage. Draven has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Razor down to the mat. Razor avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Razor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Draven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Draven is trying to break free.
Razor prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Razor lands a knee to the body.
Draven looking to slow down the pace here.
Razor landing knees to the body.
Razor prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Draven is working for takedown but Razor is calmly controlling the position for now.
Carmelo Razor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Draven.
Draven jumps guard but Razor stands there with Draven around his waist. Draven gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Razor.

Razor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Draven shoots in and bounces Razor off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Razor is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Draven swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Draven not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Draven wants to stand up but Razor is controlling him.

Draven working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Razor doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Razor manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Razor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Draven's head.
Razor trying to control but Draven is working from the bottom.
Razor is in close to Draven's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Razor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Draven's head.
Draven keeping moving, preventing Razor from controlling successfully.
Razor distracts Draven with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor passes Draven's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Razor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Razor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Draven throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Razor moves nicely into side control.
Draven taking a bit of punishment here - Razor scoring with strikes.
Draven takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Draven tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Draven struggling a bit here.
Razor happy to just control the position for now.
Razor trying to control the position but Draven is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Razor working the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
You can see the frustration on Draven's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Draven manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Razor blocks the strikes from Draven.
Razor scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Razor moves nicely into side control.
Draven taking punishment in the form of punches.
Razor lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Razor working away.
Razor passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Draven!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Razor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmelo Razor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Draven's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Draven fails with an attempt to clinch.
Razor is looking to clinch but Draven is avoiding it.
Razor tries to clinch but Draven moves out of range.
Draven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Razor closes the distance and clinches.
Razor leaning against his opponent.
Draven wants to break free but Razor has control.
Draven takes an elbow to the forehead.
Razor lands a nice knee to the body.
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Razor won't allow it.
Draven has had enough of the clinch but Razor keeps him there for the moment.
Draven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Razor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Draven has a couple of punches blocked by Razor.

Razor manages to break the clinch.
Draven swats away the attempt to clinch by Razor.
Carmelo Razor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Razor is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven closes this distance looking for a takedown but Razor circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Razor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draven shoots and misses

and Razor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Razor has him pressed against the cage.
Razor trying to stall but Draven improves his position.
Draven misses with some punches.
Razor keeps control of Draven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Razor has him pressed against the cage.
Draven can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven is trying to break free.
Draven slows down the pace here.
Draven tries to break the clinch but Razor is controlling the position.
Draven takes an elbow to the temple.
Razor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Razor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Draven breaks from the clinch.
Razor works Draven's body with a nice hook.
Draven doesn't manage to clinch there - Razor circles away.
Draven swats away the attempt to clinch by Razor.
Razor needs to keep his hands up - Draven had a free shot at his head there.

Draven gets the takedown into side control.
Razor on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Razor tries to get out of the position.
Razor sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Razor striking from half guard on the bottom.
Razor missing with punches from the bottom.
Razor is trying to stand back up but Draven is controlling him
Draven throwing shots but Razor is blocking nicely.
Razor wants to improve his position but Draven is controlling well.
Draven working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Razor's thigh. Razor counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Razor wriggles free and stands up.
Dan Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Razor scores with a three punch combo!

Draven drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Razor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draven lands some shots froms side control.
Razor is not content to let Draven control the position.
Razor sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Razor trying to control but Draven postures up.

Razor pushes Draven off and gets back to his feet.
Razor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Razor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draven swings for the body but Razor moves out of range.
Draven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Razor moves in looking to clinch but Draven pushes him off.

Razor has Draven up against the cage in a clinch.
Razor scores with a knee to the head.
Razor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Razor.
Razor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Razor lands an elbow inside that Draven shrugs off.
Razor lands a nice knee to the body.
Razor lands an elbow inside that Draven shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Razor.
Razor landing knees to the body.
Razor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Razor stalling against the cage.
Razor lands with a right to the head.
Razor lands an elbow inside.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Razor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Razor lands an elbow inside that Draven shrugs off.
Draven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Razor has him pressed against the cage.
Draven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draven takes an elbow to the temple.
Razor lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Razor.
Razor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Draven up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Razor landing knees to the body.
Razor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Draven throws a punch but it's blocked by Razor.
Razor is pressed up against the cage. Draven has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Razor down to the mat. Razor avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Carmelo Razor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Draven.
Razor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Draven fails to land the takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven misses with a takedown attempt - Razor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Razor wants to clinch up but Draven keeps it at a distance.

Razor gets a clinch.
Razor with a knee to the head.
Carmelo Razor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Draven wants to break free but Razor has control.
Razor landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draven.
Knees to the body from Razor.

Draven has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Razor regains guard immediately.
Draven won't allow Razor to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Razor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Draven's guard.
Razor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Draven wants to sweep here but Razor controlling him for the moment.
Draven is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmelo Razor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Draven's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Razor circles away from the clinch attempt.

Razor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draven, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Razor.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Razor tries to stall but Draven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Razor.
Draven wants to stall.
A knee to the head by Razor.
Razor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Razor keeps control of Draven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Razor lands an elbow that stopped Draven in his tracks for a moment.
Razor scores with a knee to the head.

Razor breaks from the clinch.
Draven wants to clinch up but Razor keeps it at a distance.
Razor tries to clinch but Draven is having none of it.
Razor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Draven fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Razor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Razor stops Draven from getting back to his feet.

Draven looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven tries to get to full guard but Razor has control of the leg.
Draven takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Razor 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.
Razor winds up and cracks Draven with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Razor passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Draven!
Draven tries to reverse the position but Razor maintains control.
Razor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Draven looks a forlorn figure.
Draven is in all sorts of trouble here.
Razor wants to control the pace but Draven is squirming around nicely.
Draven is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor looking to finish Draven with some ground and pound. This is bad for Draven!
Razor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Razor unloading with bombs!
Razor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Draven's face.
Draven wants to get back to his feet.
Razor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Razor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draven can do to turn this around?
BOOM! Razor connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Razor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Razor controlling his opponent.
Razor raining down shots from the mount!
Draven takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Draven takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Draven is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor dominating with strikes here.
Razor blocks Draven's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Draven is wriggling around trying to escape.
Razor wants to control the pace but Draven is squirming around nicely.
Draven slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Draven makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Draven.
Razor trying to control the position from guard on top but Draven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Razor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Razor connects with a couple of short punches.
Razor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Draven keeping moving, preventing Razor from controlling successfully.
Dan Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Razor stays in close to Draven's body and controls the position.
Razor distracts Draven with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Razor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Draven looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Razor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Draven trying to strike off his back.
Draven throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Draven looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Razor passes into side control.
Draven tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Razor trying to control the action but Draven is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carmelo Razor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Razor has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carmelo Razor!