PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Mahomes (ranked 1845 p4p, 2320 weight class) and Randy Graham (ranked 235 p4p, 266 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mahomes
vs
Graham

172 cm
24
155
9 - 6 - 0

182 cm
22
162
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Carnage
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Maximum Human Performance

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Graham!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahomes scores with a push kick.
A punch combination from Graham misses.
A low kick lands for Mahomes.
Graham gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Graham misses the jab.
Mahomes works Graham's body with a nice hook.
Graham tries to bum rush Mahomes with a series of wild strikes but Mahomes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mahomes throws a series of punches but Graham avoids them all with ease.
Mahomes lands with a shot to the body.
Mahomes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graham with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahomes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mahomes lands a jab.
Mahomes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Mahomes.
Graham moves out of range as Mahomes strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham misses the jab.
Graham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mahomes wants to land a leg kick but Graham is out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mahomes.
Mahomes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Patrick Mahomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahomes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graham.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mahomes.
Mahomes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Graham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mahomes. Mahomes obviously looking to wear him down.
Mahomes checks the leg kick.
Mahomes connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Mahomes.
Mahomes staying out of range there.
Mahomes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Graham on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Mahomes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mahomes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mahomes throws a low kick but Graham moves out of range easily.
Graham takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Graham checks a leg kick.
Mahomes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graham.
Graham takes one to the side of the head.
Mahomes throws a body punch but Graham moves out of range.
Mahomes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Graham counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mahomes's knee momentarily.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham connects with a right hand. Mahomes shakes it off.
Graham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mahomes can pounce on him.
Graham looks to land a right hand but Mahomes moved out of range.
Graham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Mahomes. Beautiful body shot.
Mahomes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mahomes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mahomes lands an overhand right.
Mahomes cracks Graham with an open hand slap.
Graham misses with a hook.
Graham avoids the head kick by Mahomes.
Graham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graham takes a jab right on the kisser.
An inside leg kick from Mahomes misses.
Graham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graham misses with a wild combination.
Mahomes scores with the left hand. Graham knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Graham.
Graham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mahomes throws out a powerful jab.
Mahomes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mahomes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahomes throws a body kick that misses
and Graham counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mahomes thinking.
Mahomes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mahomes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Graham backs up against the cage.
Graham avoids the head kick by Mahomes.
Graham looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Graham is rocked!
Graham jabs Mahomes right on the nose. Mahomes blinks but takes it well.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can Mahomes finish him?
Graham throws a right hand that misses
and Mahomes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Mahomes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mahomes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graham let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
A jab from Graham misses.
Graham lands with a cross.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Graham might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mahomes has got the better of the exchanges.
Graham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mahomes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graham.
Graham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mahomes counters with an outside leg kick.
Mahomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graham.
Mahomes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mahomes can pounce on him.
A leg kick checked by Graham.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahomes.
Mahomes connects with a crisp jab.
Graham throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mahomes counters with a stiff right hand.
Mahomes connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes swings for the body but Graham moves out of range.
Graham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mahomes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graham doesn't seem bothered though.
Mahomes lands a head shot.
That kick from Mahomes tenderised Graham's leg. Graham is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mahomes throws a low kick but Graham moves out of range easily.
Mahomes throws a sloppy head kick and Graham moves out of range easily.
Mahomes keeps Graham at a distance using the push kick.
Graham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mahomes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graham.
Graham has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Graham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A low kick lands for Mahomes.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Mahomes's head but Mahomes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahomes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham slips a jab from Mahomes.
Graham's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahomes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mahomes misses with a left hand
enabling Graham to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahomes misses the jab.
Mahomes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Graham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mahomes swings away with a body shot that misses

and Graham counters with a series of strikes that sends Mahomes to the canvas! Graham follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Mahomes is rocked!
Graham pushing down on Mahomes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Oh Mahomes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graham moves into full mount! Mahomes won't be happy about that!
Mahomes seems to have got his legs back now.
Mahomes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Graham on the ground.
Graham can't control as he wanted to and Mahomes manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Graham wants to free his trapped foot but Mahomes is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham wants to take a breather but Mahomes is having none of it.

Graham seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Mahomes has recovered full guard.
Graham looking to pass the guard.
Graham pushes down on Mahomes's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Graham tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mahomes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Graham is working for a submission of some sort.
Mahomes is refusing to be controlled, as Graham sits in half guard.

Graham is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mahomes is just riding it out for now. Graham eventually gives up the hold.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Mahomes dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mahomes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Graham.
Mahomes avoids a kick to the body.
Mahomes misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from Mahomes.
A good leg kick by Mahomes.
Mahomes's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Mahomes misses with a shot to the body
and Graham counters with a stiff right hand.
Graham walks into a stiff left hand from Mahomes.
Graham misses with a body shot.
Mahomes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Graham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahomes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Patrick Mahomes is winning the standup battle so far.
Graham avoids the head kick by Mahomes.
Mahomes misses with a body shot.
Graham moves out of range of the strikes.
Mahomes missing with a left hand there. Graham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham wants to land a leg kick but Mahomes is out of range.
Mahomes lunges at Graham with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Graham's hand.
Graham scores with a jab. Mahomes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mahomes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graham can do to turn this around?
Graham lands with a straight right. Mahomes didn't see that one coming.
Graham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mahomes.
The fighters circling - Mahomes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graham looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graham takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mahomes tries to land a leg kick but Graham saw it coming and moves away.
Mahomes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graham.
Graham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Graham throws a nice looking combination but Mahomes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mahomes feints and then cracks Graham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Graham down.
Graham loads up on a big right hand but Mahomes slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graham slips a jab from Mahomes.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Mahomes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mahomes is looking to chop away at Graham's legs.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Graham moves forwards but Mahomes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mahomes throws a leg kick but Graham checks it.
Graham now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mahomes misses the shot to the body.
Mahomes with a nice calf kick.
Mahomes just misses with a punch to the body.
Mahomes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graham lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Graham.
Mahomes misses with a body shot
and Graham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Graham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mahomes throws out the jab.
Mahomes slips under a jab.
Mahomes looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Graham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mahomes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Graham checks it well.
Despite the aggression on Graham's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mahomes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graham moves away.
Randy Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Graham misses with a wild body shot.
Graham wants to slow Mahomes down by chopping away at his legs.
Mahomes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mahomes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Some bone on bone action there as Graham checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mahomes slips under a jab from Graham.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes moves out of range as Graham strikes.
Mahomes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mahomes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graham manages to avoid it.
Graham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahomes throws a lazy right hand but Graham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick by Mahomes misses
and Graham connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Graham checks a leg kick.
Mahomes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Graham.
Mahomes digs a good hook to Graham's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mahomes.
Mahomes throws a right hand that misses
and Graham counters with a leg kick.
Graham takes a body punch but keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Mahomes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mahomes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Mahomes!