PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Rypien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Draven has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Draven
vs
Rypien

190 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

181 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rick Rypien!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rypien throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rypien scores with the left hand. Draven knows he should have avoided that one.
Draven tried to score with a low kick but Rypien checks it.
Nice body punch from Rypien.
Draven shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rypien tries to clinch up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rypien throws a right and a left that Draven avoids nicely.
Draven gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Draven gets tackled into the ropes by Rypien. Rypien maintains the clinch.

Rypien escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rypien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rypien clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven wants a takedown but no success here.

Draven breaks from the clinch.

Rypien gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rypien can't find room to land a body shot as Draven controls the action.
Draven is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rypien pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Draven. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rypien rushes Draven and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rypien blocking some punches.
Draven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Draven trying to control the position but instead, Rypien has worked for underhooks and has pushed Draven into the ropes.
Rypien lands a shot to the body.
The referee calls for Rypien to work.
A right hand to the body from Rypien.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rypien gets through Draven's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rypien lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Rypien won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Rypien.
Draven is breathing heavily.
Draven is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rypien is defending well.
Rypien has Draven pushed against the ropes.
Rypien lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Draven.
Rypien scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Rypien as the two fighters clinch.
Rypien has Draven pressed against the ropes.

Rypien pulls guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rypien doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rypien looking to control.
Rypien is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rick Rypien wasn't active enough on the ground.

Rypien moves into the clinch.
Rypien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Rypien is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Draven is keeping busy.
Rypien throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven is trying to force a seperation but Rypien has the dominant position.
Rypien digs a right hand underneath Draven's ribcage. Draven let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rypien is working Draven over against the ropes.

Rypien breaks from the clinch.
Rick Rypien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rypien tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rypien closes the distance and clinches up with Draven, looking for a takedown. Rypien pushes Draven against the ropes but Draven circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Rypien gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rypien presses Draven against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rypien lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Rypien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Oooooh!!! Rypien has knocked Draven down with a huge combo! Rypien steps away and waves a wobbly Draven back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Eric Draven has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rypien, as that shot connected.

Rypien has closed the distance and engaged Draven in a clinch.
Rypien taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Rypien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Draven's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Rypien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rypien scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rypien throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rypien tries to clinch up.
Rypien is looking to clinch.
Rypien wants to clinch.

Rypien darts in and clinches Draven up against the ropes.
Rypien prevents Draven from breaking the clinch.
Draven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rypien stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rypien lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Rypien.

Rypien breaks from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice uppercut there from Rypien.
Rypien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Draven swats away the attempt to clinch by Rypien.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draven stuffs the takedown attempt from Rypien. Rypien gets slowly back to his feet.
Rypien lands an overhand right.

Rypien fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draven, pushing him back against the ropes.
Draven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Rypien - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rypien receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries to work over Rypien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Rypien manages to break the clinch.
Rypien tries to clinch but Draven is having none of it.
Draven misses with a leg kick.
Draven doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rypien tries to clinch there but Draven circles away.
Rypien digs a good body shot into Draven's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rypien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rypien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Rypien gets a clinch.
Rypien keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Draven's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rypien lands a body shot.
Rypien lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rypien.
Draven's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draven is trying to force a seperation but Rypien has the dominant position.
Rypien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Rypien lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rypien taking a breather.
Rypien lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draven or not.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rypien.
Rick Rypien seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Rypien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rypien is looking to clinch but Draven is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rypien has Draven up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rypien working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Rypien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rypien rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draven moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rick Rypien seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Rypien lands an impressive looking overhand right. Draven doesn't seem phased though.
Rypien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rypien misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Draven takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Rypien darts in and clinches Draven up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Rypien 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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Rypien closes the distance and clinches.
Rypien lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Rypien is struggling to control the position.
Draven wants to get back to striking at distance but Rypien won't allow it.
Draven is trying to break the clinch but Rypien is controlling him.
Draven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rypien.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rypien lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Draven.
Still in the clinch, Rypien scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rypien trying to control the position but instead, Draven has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rypien into the ropes.
Rypien pushes Draven back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

Rypien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rypien checks the leg kick nicely there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rypien doesn't manage to clinch there - Draven circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rypien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rypien fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draven, pushing him back against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Rypien.
Rypien slows down the pace here.
Rypien lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Draven.

Rypien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rypien tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Draven manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Rypien saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rypien, as that shot connected.
Eric Draven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rick Rypien is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rypien connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Draven momentarily.
Draven tried to score with a low kick but Rypien checks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rypien scores with a one two! Draven had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Rypien forces Draven back against the ropes and clinches.

Rypien breaks the clinch.
Rypien lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rypien.
Rypien fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rypien scores with a jab to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Rypien scores with a four punch combination!

Rypien moves into the clinch successfully.
Draven can't get the takedown.
Rypien lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rypien prevents a body shot from Draven.
Rypien lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draven or not.
Rypien scores with a hook to the body.
Rypien is trying to maintain a safe position but Draven gets an underhook and turns Rypien into the ropes.
Rypien scores with a hook to the body.
Draven misses with an elbow strike.
Rypien taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Draven can't find room to land a body shot as Rypien controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Draven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Draven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rypien doesn't manage to clinch there - Draven circles away.
Rypien lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draven takes one to the side of the head.
Rypien blocks a head kick by Draven.
Draven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Draven takes one on the button.
Draven on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rypien tries to clinch but Draven moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rypien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Draven has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rypien shoots in but no luck this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Rypien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rypien 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Rick Rypien!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Rick Rypien!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Rick Rypien!

Rick Rypien wins by unanimous decision!