PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny The Nanny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manny The Nanny could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Luke Graham's chin.

The Nanny
vs
Graham

191 cm
23
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny The Nanny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Graham!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Nanny throws out a loose jab but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham moves out of range of the body kick from The Nanny.
The Nanny misses with a takedown attempt - Graham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Nanny tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
The Nanny wants to clinch.
Graham misses the shot to the body.
The Nanny lands with a hook. Graham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Graham misses the shot to the body.

The Nanny feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Graham sprawling to the canvas! Graham rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can The Nanny finish him?!

Graham is rocked!
The Nanny misses the jab.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can The Nanny finish him?
Graham connects with a nice looking jab.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Nanny throws a jab but it's blocked by Graham.
The Nanny shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graham sprawls well. Graham wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Nanny gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nanny looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny The Nanny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Nanny swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Nanny shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graham sprawls well. Graham wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Nanny gets slowly back to his feet.
The Nanny fails with an attempt to clinch.

The Nanny darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The Nanny tries to pass to full mount but Graham defends it.
Graham really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Nanny. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Nanny is nestled in close to Graham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The Nanny prevents Graham from improving his position.
The Nanny missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Nanny wants to take a breather but Graham is having none of it.
The Nanny thows a huge punch but Graham dodges it nicely.
The Nanny not doing much here.
The Nanny not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Graham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Nanny fails to land with a series of punches.
The Nanny throws a sloppy head kick and Graham moves out of range easily.
Graham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graham takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Graham looks gassed!
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt
and Graham counters with a straight right hand.
The Nanny shoots in looking for a takedown. Graham tries to sprawl out of it but The Nanny keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Graham manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Nanny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Nanny closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graham circles away.
The Nanny tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Nanny misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Graham moves into the clinch.
The Nanny lands with a light punch inside.
Graham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

The Nanny breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Nanny throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graham.
Nice defenses there by Graham.
The Nanny shoots in for a double leg but Graham sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Nanny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body punch from Graham.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Nanny throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Nanny.
Manny The Nanny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny The Nanny dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Nanny looks to land a body kick but Graham moved away.
Graham lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Graham drives through and clinches with The Nanny against the cage.
The Nanny prevents a body shot from Graham.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Graham.
Graham lands a shot to the body.
Graham keeps control of The Nanny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Nanny swings wildly with an uppercut but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Nanny lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
The Nanny slowing the pace effectively.

The Nanny manages to break the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from The Nanny.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nanny wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Graham is breathing heavily.
The Nanny looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Graham is fending him off so far but The Nanny persists. Nope, Graham circles away and we're back to standing.
The Nanny throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graham counters with a one-two to the body.
Graham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Nanny.
The Nanny shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny The Nanny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Nanny plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - The Nanny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Graham scores with a shot to the body.
The Nanny swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Graham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Graham is looking to clinch but The Nanny is avoiding it.

The Nanny tries to keep at a distance but Graham has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Nanny throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graham blocks it with crossed arms.

The Nanny jumps guard and drags Graham to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The Nanny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Graham wants to get up but he can't break The Nanny's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Nanny managing to control the position.
The Nanny has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The Nanny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Graham wants to stand and escape but instead The Nanny has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Graham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Graham keeping moving, preventing The Nanny from controlling successfully.
The Nanny throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manny The Nanny will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The Nanny closes the distance looking to clinch
and Graham counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The Nanny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Nanny.
The Nanny shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Graham pinned against the cage. Graham gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The Nanny fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Nanny tries for a takedown but Graham sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny The Nanny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy left from The Nanny finds it's target.
The Nanny tries to clinch up.
Graham walks into a straight right hand from The Nanny.
Luke Graham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nanny swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Nanny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham misses with a body shot.
Graham throws a body punch but The Nanny moves out of range.
The Nanny fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Graham changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Nanny fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Nanny misses with a straight left.
The Nanny connects with the punch.
Graham dodges the punch combination from The Nanny.
The Nanny looks to land a left hand but Graham moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham stuffs the takedown attempt from The Nanny. The Nanny gets slowly back to his feet.
Graham is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down The Nanny rather than just go for the knockout.
The Nanny throws a left and a right that both miss
and Graham counters with a left to the body.
Graham thuds his right hand into The Nanny's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Graham fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Nanny looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Graham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Graham clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Graham to work.
The Nanny holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Graham keeps control of The Nanny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Nanny wants a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Graham.
A right hook to the body lands for Graham.
Graham presses The Nanny against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Graham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Nanny or not.
The Nanny looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Graham leaning his opponent against the cage.

The Nanny pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Nanny tries a head kick but it misses.
Graham throws a body punch but The Nanny moves out of range.
Graham scores with a hook to the body. The Nanny takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Nanny throws a combination that misses
and Graham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Nanny throws a hook but Graham blocks it.
Manny The Nanny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Nanny.
The Nanny swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manny The Nanny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Graham or perhaps it was just good defense by The Nanny which made him look bad.
The Nanny tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Luke Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Graham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Nanny wants to clinch but Graham slips to the side
and Graham connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Nanny lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The Nanny fails with an attempt to clinch.
Graham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Nanny.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Graham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Nanny has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny The Nanny!