PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boxing Man (ranked 2697 p4p, 1313 weight class) and Abel Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deadsoul Tribe - A Flight on an Angels Wing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man
vs
Graves

188 cm
27
213
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
215
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boxing Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abel Graves!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Man definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Graves throws a sloppy head kick
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Man takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses.
Man walks into a straight right hand from Graves.
A nice leg kick from Graves, right into the meat of the thigh.
Man with a hook.
Graves misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Graves misses
letting Man counter with a right hand.
Man misses with a straight right.
Graves drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Man defends it well.
Man throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Abel Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graves throws a nice head kick!

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves takes a shot to the head.
Man throws a head punch that misses.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravess head.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Man is working Graves over against the cage.
Graves looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Man creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Graves is rocked!
Man digs a right hand into Graves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graves's gas tank.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Graves has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A right hand to the body from Man.
Man lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves is still on wobbly legs! Can Man finish him?
Man gets through Graves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Man.
Man lands a big right hand that drops Graves! The killer instinct kicks in and Man finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boxing Man!
Abel Graves spoke after the fight, saying 'Goodbye, city life.'.