PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darry Curtis (ranked 21475 p4p, 601 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 9458 p4p, 602 weight class). Curtis comes to the ring accompanied by The Outsiders 'Stay Gold' by Stevie Wonder . Eric Draven has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Curtis
vs
Draven

177 cm
23
161 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curtis is looking to clinch but Draven is avoiding it.
Curtis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Curtis closes the distance and clinches.
Draven lands with a light punch inside.
Draven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis tries a body shot but Draven blocks it.
Draven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Draven controls the action.
Draven lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Curtis.
Curtis tries a body shot but Draven blocks it.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curtis lands with a left to the head.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draven tries to stall but Curtis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hand to the body from Curtis.
Curtis missing with knees to the body.
Draven wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Draven as Curtis tries to tie him up.

Curtis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Curtis misses with a body shot.
Good work by Curtis as he checks the leg kick.
Curtis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Draven steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Curtis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Curtis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Draven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Curtis.
Draven connects with a jab.
Curtis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Draven takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Draven scores with a nice strike.
A clash of legs there as Curtis blocks the low kick.
Curtis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Curtis checks a leg kick.
Curtis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Curtis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Curtis's calf.
Draven throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis cracks Draven with a good jab.
Curtis throws a series of punches but Draven avoids them all with ease.
Draven will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Curtis is looking to counter with a body kick.
Curtis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Curtis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Draven lands with a shot to the body.
Draven misses the shot to the body.
Draven misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Curtis counters with a nice body kick.
Curtis scoring well with a low kick there.
Draven throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Curtis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Draven rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Curtis counters with a straight right hand.
Draven connects with a looping right hand.
A low kick from Draven misses
and Curtis counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven throws a lazy right hand but Curtis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Draven looks for the body kick but Curtis saw that one coming.
Curtis is looking to counter the offense by Draven and move into the clinch.
Draven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curtis.
Curtis cracks a nice hook into Draven's ribs.
Draven lands a glancing blow to the side of Curtis's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eric Draven will probably get the nod.
That's time! Curtis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Curtis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Curtis scores with a nice body kick.
Curtis thumps Draven with a low kick.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
Draven attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Curtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Draven, as that shot connected.
Curtis throws a leg kick but Draven checks it.
Nice defenses there by Draven.
Draven throws a low kick, looking for Curtis's leg but Curtis calmly moves out of range.
Curtis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Curtis needs to keep his hands up - Draven had a free shot at his head there.
Curtis throws an overhand right that lands on Draven's shoulder, as Draven tries to avoid the shot.
Draven clobbers Curtis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curtis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Draven throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Curtis lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Curtis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Draven.
Draven scoring well with a low kick there.
Curtis blocks a leg kick.
Draven throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Curtis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Curtis lands with a short shot to the head.
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but Draven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike.
Curtis pushes Draven back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Draven lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Draven tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Draven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Draven is trying to push Curtis away but Curtis has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Draven misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Curtis as Draven tries to tie him up.
Draven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Draven tries to work over Curtis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven lands with a right to the head.
Curtis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.
Darry Curtis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Curtis.
Curtis tries a body shot but Draven blocks it.

Draven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curtis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draven.
Eric Draven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Curtis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draven.
Draven lands with a shot to the body.
Draven delivers a nice body kick.
Curtis moves in looking to clinch but Draven pushes him off.
Draven throws a poor cross that misses
and Curtis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curtis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draven stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Draven misses with a wild body shot.
Draven fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Curtis wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eric Draven will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Curtis.
Draven keeps Curtis at a distance using the push kick.
Draven throws a half hearted mid kick.
Curtis throws out a loose jab but Draven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis moves out of range of the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Curtis. Those never looked like landing.
Curtis slips a straight right by Draven.
Curtis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Curtis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Curtis misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Draven.
Draven thumps Curtis with a low kick.
Curtis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Eric Draven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A leg kick checked by Curtis.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
Curtis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darry Curtis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Curtis has managed to clinch.
Curtis stalling.
Draven lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Draven lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Draven fails to land.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Curtis.
Draven lands with a short shot to the head.
Curtis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Draven.
Curtis pushes Draven back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curtis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Draven misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draven misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Curtis.
Draven misses with a body punch.
Draven blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven misses with some punches.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis lands a body punch.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draven's elbow.
Curtis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Draven lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Still in the clinch, Curtis scores with a nice short uppercut.

Curtis breaks from the clinch.
Draven avoids the body shot from Curtis.
Curtis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Draven listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Curtis takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Draven jabs at Curtis's body.
Curtis misses with a body shot.
Draven moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Curtis blocks the leg kick.
Draven moves out of range of the strikes.
Curtis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eric Draven.
I've got Draven winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Darry Curtis!
Darry Curtis made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.