PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Graves (ranked 100 p4p, 15 weight class) and Wet Wild (ranked 83 p4p, 11 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Graves
vs
Wild

183 cm
25
190 lbs
18 - 2 - 0

189 cm
27
195 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
KOMBAT KLOTHING

Groove Gear
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wet Wild!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves avoids the body shot from Wild.
Graves jabs Wild to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wild uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graves.
Graves looks to land a right hand but Wild moved out of range.

Graves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wild is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Graves 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.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Wild wants to get back to striking at distance but Graves won't allow it.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
Graves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Graves digs a right hand underneath Wild's ribcage. Wild let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wild lands a right hand.
Wild wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Graves tries to work over Wild's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wild is trying to break free.
Wild blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves misses with a punch to the body.
Graves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Graves.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Wet Wild has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Wild's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wild tries to break the clinch but Graves is controlling the position.
Graves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wild lands a shoulder strike.
Wild has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wild tries to work over Graves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wild is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Wild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves keeps control of Wild as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Wild on the inside.
Wild wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wild.
Graves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wild misses with some punches.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Wild controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Wild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Graves misses with a hook. Wild ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Wild on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wild misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Graves catches Wild right on the button with a cross.
Wild throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graves.
Graves connects with the punch.
Wild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wild lands with a nice body punch.
Wild moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Graves.
Wild connects with a nice looking jab.
Wild misses the shot to the body.
Wet Wild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Wild.
Graves throws a series of punches but Wild moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses the jab.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Wild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graves throws out the jab.
Graves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graves misses with an uppercut. Wild saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Wild. Those never looked like landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Graves misses its target.
Graves misses with a looping right.
Wild slips under a jab.
Wild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Wild misses with a body shot.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wild.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wild tests Graves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wild ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Wild is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Graves with a body shot.
Graves scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wild moves away.
Wild has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graves finds it's way round the side to connect with Wild's head.
Wild fails to land with a series of punches.
Graves went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves throws a body punch but Wild moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wild waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Wild swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk. Wild catches Graves right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wet Wild's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Graves misses the jab.
Wild jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Wild misses the target.
Wild swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Graves throws a body punch but Wild moves out of range.
Graves swings for the body but Wild moves out of range.
Wild lands a head shot.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wild can do to turn this around?
Wild looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range.
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Wild is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wild misses with a right hand
and Wild takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graves misses with a hook. Wild ducked under it nicely.
Graves misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild misses with an uppercut
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves takes a swing at Wild's ribcage but misses.
Wild goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nick Graves is winning the standup battle so far.
Graves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Graves scores with a shot to the body.
Wild misses with a shot to the body
and Graves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wild keeps the fight on the outside.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Wild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wild misses with a shot to the body
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Graves misses.
Wild cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Graves scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wild on the side of the head.
Wild is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Wild moves out of range of the strikes.
Wild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wild.
Wild cracks Graves with an open hand slap.

Graves cracks Wild with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Graves has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Wild to stand back up!

Wild is rocked!
Wild gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Graves gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Graves!