PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tua Graves (ranked 5369 p4p, 389 weight class) and Eka Pradana (ranked 4343 p4p, 357 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Graves
vs
Pradana

179 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

173 cm
19
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Dark Knight Nutrition
Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tua Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eka Pradana!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves misses with a low kick.
Pradana throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
It appears Graves was looking to counter with a kick there.
Pradana lands a jab-cross combination.

Graves closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pradana to the mat! Pradana manages to get full guard.
Graves is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Graves looking to sit in guard and control but Pradana gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Graves is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pradana trying to control from the bottom.
Graves frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pradana is squirming around, avoiding Graves's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pradana is bucking up trying to escape but Graves cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Graves is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Graves working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graves pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pradana holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Graves tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pradana felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Graves controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graves looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Graves looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pradana is trying to escape the mount but Graves keeps good control and instead manages to take Pradana's back.
Pradana wants to get back to his feet.
Pradana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Graves. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Graves has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Pradana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Pradana is in bad spot here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pradana covering up well and avoiding damage.
Graves slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Graves cracks Pradana with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Pradana from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Even with his hooks in, Graves manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Graves sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Pradana taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tua Graves!
The defeated Eka Pradana had this to say: 'Next time we meet, I'll destroy you.'.