PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Graffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cole
vs
Graffin

197 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeremy Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Greg Graffin!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cole shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Graffin's guard.

Graffin pushes Cole off and gets back to his feet.
Graffin wants to clinch up but Cole keeps it at a distance.

Graffin scores a takedown into full mount!
Graffin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cole looks a forlorn figure.
Cole is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Cole is in all sorts of trouble here.
Graffin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cole really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graffin controlling from mount.
Graffin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Graffin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cole tries to reverse the position but Graffin maintains control.
Graffin tries to control but Cole wriggling away.
Cole wants to hold on but Graffin pushes him away.
Cole knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Graffin on the ground.
Graffin controlling the pace for now.
Cole tries to hold on but Graffin postures up.
The referee warns Cole that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Graffin looking to control but Cole is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to hold on but Graffin pushes him away.
Cole is trying desperately to improve position.
Graffin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Graffin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Graffin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Graffin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Graffin lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to reverse the position but Graffin maintains control.
Cole is breathing heavily.
Graffin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Graffin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Despite being in the dominant position, Greg Graffin just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cole misses with a takedown

and Graffin counters with a single leg into guard. Cole didn't expect that.
Graffin forces his way into half guard.
Graffin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cole tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Graffin moves into the clinch.
Graffin lands with a right to the head.
Graffin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Graffin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cole lands a nice uppercut.
Graffin lands an elbow that stopped Cole in his tracks for a moment.
Cole goes for a takedown in the clinch but Graffin prevents it.
Graffin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cole pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Graffin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Graffin tries to pull guard but Cole won't allow it.
Cole tries to pull guard but Graffin won't allow it.

Cole manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cole keeping moving, preventing Graffin from controlling successfully.
Graffin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Cole looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Graffin passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Graffin in particular looking to stall.
Cole wants to get back to full guard but Graffin has mounted him!
A nice elbow there by Graffin.
Cole is wriggling around trying to escape.
Graffin wants to control the pace but Cole is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cole is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cole tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Graffin avoids the attempt from Cole to control.
Cole is trying to escape the mount.
Cole is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole is working to get back to half guard.
Graffin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cole can't escape the position.
Graffin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Greg Graffin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Graffin looking to finish with strikes here!
Graffin lands with some strikes.
Graffin wants to control the pace but Cole is squirming around nicely.
Cole tries to hold on but Graffin postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cole is in all sorts of trouble here.
Graffin trying to control but Cole is having none of it.
Cole can't escape the position.
Graffin avoids the attempt from Cole to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Graffin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Graffin breaks from Cole's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Graffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Cole tries for a takedown but Graffin circles away easily

and Graffin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cole!
Cole wants to control but Graffin is having none of it.
Cole is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Graffin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Graffin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Graffin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cole?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Graffin dominating with strikes here.
Graffin looking to finish Cole with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cole!
Graffin looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole is trying to escape the mount.

Graffin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Graffin avoids the attempt from Cole to control.
Graffin controlling the position easily from mount.
Cole is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cole wants to hold on but Graffin pushes him away.
Cole tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Graffin tries to control but Cole wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cole tries to lock up and control but Graffin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graffin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cole tries to hold on but Graffin postures up.
Cole is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cole is working hard here to advance position.
Graffin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cole is trying to escape the mount.
Cole is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Graffin controlling from the full mount.
Graffin looking to control but Cole is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cole tries to hold on but Graffin pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Graffin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Graffin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greg Graffin!