PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sterling Draper (ranked 3111 p4p, 1517 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 364 p4p, 204 weight class). Draper's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Asshole. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Draper
vs
Draven

180 cm
25
158
3 - 5 - 1

175 cm
44
160
36 - 21 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

IC&E Nutrition

Voodoo Nutrition
Next Gen Sports

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 3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sterling Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Draper.
Draven with a jab.
Draper with a lazy takedown attempt
and Draven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Draven lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Draven looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Draven cracks Draper with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sterling Draper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Draven finds it's way through Draper's defenses.

Draven takes the fight into the clinch.

Draven decides to pull guard.

Draven has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Draper can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've been hearing that Draper has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Draven trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven keeping moving, preventing Draper from controlling successfully.
Draper lands a couple of digs.

Draven working for a triangle but Draper defends it easily.
Draper trying to control the position from guard on top but Draven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Draper landing with the ground and pound.

Draven had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Draper defends it easily.
Draper is working Draven over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Draper loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper is looking to work some ground and pound but Draven has wrist control.

Draven working for a triangle but Draper defends it easily.

Draven working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Draper doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Draper manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Draper pushes down on Draven's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Draven wants to improve his position but Draper is controlling well.
Draper drops an elbow to the side of Draven's head.

Draven is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Draper pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draven trying to control but Draper postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Draper lands a nice short elbow.
Draper controlling the action here.
Draper wants to take a breather but Draven is having none of it.
Draven manages to get to full guard.

Draven had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Draper defends it easily.
Draper is in close to Draven's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Draper looking to pass the guard.
Draven keeping moving, preventing Draper from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper is really struggling to control Draven but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Draper is working Draven over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Draper is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Draven keeping moving, preventing Draper from controlling successfully.

Draven working for a triangle but Draper defends it easily.
Draven trying to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Draper throwing strikes from guard but Draven blocks nicely.
Draper preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Draper with a poor takedown
and Draven counters with a three punch combo that has Draper backing up. Draper nods at Draven to acknowledge the strikes.
Draper misses with a takedown attempt

and Draven counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Draven decides to pull guard.
Draper scoring with punches to the head and body.

Draven throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Draper works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Draper is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Draven wants to improve his position but Draper is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven trying to hold on to Draper's head to control him but Draper postures up.
Draven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Draper takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Draper winds up and cracks Draven with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Draven does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Draven is looking to improve his position.
Draper looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Draven is trying to control but Draper passes into side control!

Draper is trying to get an arm triangle but Draven is defending well.

Draper wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Draven, who protects the arm well.
Draper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draven keeps working.
Draven is trying to improve his position.
Draper 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven can't do much from the bottom here.
Draper cracks Draven with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Draven is looking for a sweep.
Draper remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Draper cracks Draven with a big elbow.
Draper grinds an elbow into Draven's temple.
Draper lands some shots froms side control.
Draven takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Draper scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Draven to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draper landing a few strikes.

Draper wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Draven, who protects the arm well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Draper working the ground and pound.
Draven is trying to improve his position.
Draven wants to control but Draper postures up.
Draper working the head with strikes.
Draven is not content to let Draper control the position.
Draper landing strikes.
Draven manages to get back to half guard.
Draven is not content to let Draper control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Draper is looking for a kimura here.
Draper trying to mount his opponent but Draven defends it.

Draper is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Draven is refusing to be controlled, as Draper sits in half guard.

Draper is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Draven sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Draper trying to control from half guard but Draven is working away.
Draven is pressing down on Draper's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sterling Draper dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Draper gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Draven counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Draper keeps the fight on the outside.
Draven slips under a jab from Draper.

Draven gets caught napping as Draper dives in and scores a takedown. Draven manages to retain guard.

Draven has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Draper can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Draper is sitting in close to Draven's body. Draven has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Draper is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Draper is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Draven.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Eric Draven!
Eric Draven took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.