PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Graham (ranked 7307 p4p, 490 weight class) and Chistopher Hammer (ranked 23743 p4p, 520 weight class). Hammer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Arch Enemy - The world is yours kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chistopher Hammer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tyler Graham's chin.

Graham
vs
Hammer

195 cm
23
254 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
242 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chistopher Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hammer looks for a takedown but Graham sprawls well.
Graham drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hammer sprawls and moves away.
Hammer throws a right hand that Graham ducks under and follows up with a left that Graham also avoids with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Graham as Hammer shoots in.
Horrible takedown attempt by Graham or perhaps it was just good defense by Hammer, which made it look bad.

Hammer pushes Graham up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hammer jumps guard.

Hammer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Graham controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham preventing the sweep.
Graham controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Graham stopping the sweep attempt from Hammer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer working a defensive guard here.
Graham throwing strikes from guard but Hammer blocks nicely.
Graham engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hammer fails to land the takedown.
Tyler Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chistopher Hammer.

Graham shoots in and gets a takedown into Hammer's guard.
Hammer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Graham controls the pace.
Graham would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hammer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hammer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammer is trying to keep Graham in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Graham is looking to control Hammer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Graham avoid being mounted?

Hammer is trying to work for a kimura but Graham is defending well.
Hammer is trying to control. Graham wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hammer passes into side control, despite Graham's attempt to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham is not content to let Hammer control the position.
A control attempt from Graham but he's now mounted!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Hammer with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Graham tries to hold on but Hammer pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chistopher Hammer dominated that round.
That's time! Graham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hammer shoots in looking for a takedown. Graham tries to sprawl out of it but Hammer 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.
Hammer feints a jab promting Graham to slip. Hammer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Graham slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Tyler Graham has been cut.
Hammer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Graham looks for a takedown but Hammer sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Hammer has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hammer defends well and Graham ends up having to push Hammer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Hammer enables Graham to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hammer manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Hammer has his foot on Graham's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Graham works his way back into a safe position though.
Hammer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Graham not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Graham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Graham's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hammer trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hammer wants to stand and escape but Graham is having none of it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Graham looks for a takedown but Hammer sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hammer rushes Graham and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hammer is working for takedown but Graham is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hammer jumps guard but Graham turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hammer is pushing Graham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hammer decides to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hammer is on top in guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer stopping the sweep attempt from Graham.
Hammer trying to control but Graham is working from the bottom.
Hammer controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graham escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hammer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Graham is looking to stand back up but Hammer counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Graham.
Graham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hammer on the ground.
Graham is trying to maintain the position but Hammer is very close to passing his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hammer trying to mount his opponent but Graham defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chistopher Hammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyler Graham's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hammer wants to clinch.
Hammer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Graham seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hammer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hammer wants it to stay on the feet.
Hammer shoots in but no luck this time.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tyler Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chistopher Hammer.
Hammer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Graham sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graham takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hammer tries to sprawl but Graham drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Graham performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
It looks like Graham is going to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Graham seems content to control.
Hammer tries to get to full guard but Graham has control of the leg.
Graham not doing much here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hammer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Further stalling from Graham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hammer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Graham.

Graham bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Graham content to control rather than advance.
Hammer wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Graham is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Graham is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Graham wants to stand and escape but instead Hammer has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Hammer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four 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.
Graham trying to keep a closed guard but Hammer is proving a slippery customer.
Hammer is standing up over Graham. Graham looks to escape but Hammer dives into side control.
Tyler Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hammer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hammer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graham keeps working.
Hammer cracks Graham with a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chistopher Hammer.
Well Hammer 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chistopher Hammer!