PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Draven (ranked 818 p4p, 103 weight class) and Dakota Bohi (ranked 686 p4p, 84 weight class). Draven comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Eric Draven has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Draven
vs
Bohi

175 cm
29
158 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

175 cm
27
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dakota Bohi!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Draven lands an overhand right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Draven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bohi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bohi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Draven shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bohi eats them both and turns towards Draven to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Bohi drives through and clinches with Draven against the cage.
Draven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Draven scores with a nice short uppercut.

Draven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draven.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draven feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bohis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Draven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bohi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Draven takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bohi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Bohi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bohi misses with a leg kick
and Draven counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bohi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bohi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bohi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Draven.
Draven moves out of range of the leg kick from Bohi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohi misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Draven darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bohi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nice jab there from Draven.
A head kick misses from Bohi.
Draven throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bohi throws a leg kick but Draven sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Draven throws a leg kick but Bohi moved away.
Draven scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bohi doesn't seem bothered though.
Bohi is looking to score with low kicks.
Draven misses with a body shot.
Bohi lands a head kick. Draven smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draven tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dakota Bohi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draven throws a jab when Bohi was well out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven takes a swing at Bohi's ribcage but misses.
Draven looks to land a right hand but Bohi moved out of range.
Draven avoids the body shot from Bohi.
Draven is looking to counter punch.
Draven lands with an overhand left.
Draven lands a head kick. Bohi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Draven is out of range.
Draven tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bohi manages to circle out of the way.
Bohi throws a leg kick
and Draven makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bohi really felt that one!
Bohi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Draven swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bohi throws a sloppy head kick and Draven moves out of range easily.
Bohi moves away from the strike by Draven.
Draven has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bohi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bohi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Draven throws a jab but it's blocked by Bohi.
Bohi slips under a jab.
Bohi checks a leg kick nicely.

Bohi moves into the clinch.
Draven blocks a body shot from Bohi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bohi.
Draven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bohis head.
Bohi can't find room to land a body shot as Draven controls the action.
Bohi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bohi blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draven backwards.
Draven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bohi works on Draven's body with a couple of short punches.
Draven lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bohi or not.
Draven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bohi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Draven.
Bohi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draven.
Draven lands a body punch.
Bohi can't find room to land a body shot as Draven controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Draven.
Bohi blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draven.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draven.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draven is working Bohi over against the cage.
Draven lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bohi backwards.
Bohi prevents a body shot from Draven.

Draven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draven misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draven moves into range and connects with a jab.
Draven just misses with a punch to the body.
Draven misses with a looping left.
Draven wants to land a leg kick but Bohi is out of range.
Bohi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bohi digs a good hook to Draven's body.
Draven misses with an uppercut. Bohi saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Draven - just one landing.
Draven digs a good body shot into Bohi's ribs.
Bohi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bohi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Draven avoids the head kick by Bohi.
Draven stuns Bohi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Draven misses with a head kick.
Bohi scores with a head kick. Draven tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bohi feints and then cracks Draven's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Draven down.
Draven with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bohi.
Draven throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bohi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A big left from Draven misses.
Draven lands with a hook. Bohi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Draven throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bohi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Draven tries a low kick but Bohi avoids it.
Crunch! Bohi slams his shin into Draven's torso.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bohi. That's going to slow Draven down.
Draven avoids the body shot from Bohi.
Draven was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Draven misses with a straight right.
Draven moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bohi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Draven.
Draven throws a leg kick but Bohi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slow jab from Draven misses its intended target.
Draven's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bohi under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good standup being displayed there by Bohi as he connects with a hook.
Draven swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Draven uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Draven throws the left hand but Bohi avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bohi ducks under a wild hook from Draven.
Jab by Draven.
Bohi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bohi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Draven takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bohi misses with a low kick.
Bohi moves out of range of the strikes.
Bohi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draven.
Draven cracks Bohi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Draven pushes Bohi away with a front kick.
The fighters circling - Bohi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bohi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bohi slips a jab from Draven.
Bohi throws a low kick, looking for Draven's leg but Draven calmly moves out of range.
Draven avoids the head kick by Bohi.
As Bohi tries to get set, Draven tries to push him back and clinch up but Bohi manages to avoid the attempt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bohi slips a jab and a cross from Draven.
Good leg kick by Bohi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven avoids a kick to the body.
Draven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bohi can do to turn this around?
A slapping leg kick lands for Bohi.
Draven looks to throw the jab but Bohi is out of range.
Bohi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bohi takes a swing at Draven's ribcage but misses.
Bohi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bohi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draven.
Bohi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bohi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Draven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bohi's calf.
Draven looks for the body kick but Bohi saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Draven.
Draven misses with a straight left.
Bohi dodges the punch combination from Draven.
Bohi blocks a low kick nicely.
Draven goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Draven lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven tries to clinch up.
Bohi misses with a body shot
and Draven counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bohi is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Bohi is rocked!
Draven fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bohi is still on wobbly legs! Can Draven finish him?
Draven is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bohi throws a head kick but Draven moves out of range.
As Bohi tries to get set, Draven tries to push him back and clinch up but Bohi manages to avoid the attempt.
Bohi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bohi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draven rather than just go for the knockout.
Bohi is looking to chop away at Draven's legs.
Draven fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice jab there from Draven.
Draven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bohi was well out of range. Poor timing from Draven.
Draven closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bohi! Draven dives in looking to finish! Bohi is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Draven!
After the fight, Eric Draven was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.