PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Graves (ranked 6752 p4p, 3623 weight class) and Dumuzid Milani (ranked 575 p4p, 436 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Graves
vs
Milani

179 cm
22
158
1 - 3 - 0

184 cm
19
167
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dumuzid Milani!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milani punishes Graves's body with a nice straight punch.
We've been informed that Milani has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Milani lands with a shot to the body.
Milani looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Milani lands a lovely overhand right.
Milani jabs Graves to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Graves staying out of range there.
Milani lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Graves moves to clinch but Milani breaks away
and Milani counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left lands for Milani.
Milani throws a hook but Graves avoids it easily.
Milani stuns Graves with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Graves does no damage.
Graves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick by Graves misses
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick by Graves misses
and Milani counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves throws a big shot that misses.
Graves misses with a head kick.
Milani throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
A head kick by Graves misses
and Milani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Milani throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Milani lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Graves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Milani counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milani lands with an uppercut that bounces Graves off the cage and back into range.
Milani scores with a jab to the body.
Graves misses with a double jab
and Milani counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves is breathing heavily.
Graves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Milani finds it's way round the side to connect with Graves's head.
Graves slips a jab and a cross from Milani.
Graves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Graves takes a swing at Milani's ribcage but misses.
Milani scores with a hook to the body. Graves takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Milani lands with a good body shot.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Milani.
Milani misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milani lands a right hook to the body.
Graves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Milani lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Milani.
Milani is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Graves had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Milani lands the left hand.
Graves slips under a jab from Milani.
Graves slips under a jab.
Graves throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Milani.
Milani rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Milani throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milani just misses with a punch to the body.
Milani ducks right into an uppercut from Graves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milani fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Milani looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Milani misses the target.
Graves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Milani scores with a body shot.
Graves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donk. Milani catches Graves right on the button with a cross.

Graves has closed the distance and engaged Milani in a clinch.
The referee calls for Milani to work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dumuzid Milani dominated that round.
That's time! Graves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Milani scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Milani.
Dumuzid Milani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graves doesn't seem bothered though.
Milani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Milani lands a right hook to the body.
Milani lands a body shot.
Dumuzid Milani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Milani looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Graves takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Milani misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Graves counters with a left and a right that stings Milani.
Graves scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milani misses with a looping right.
Milani thuds a left hand into Graves's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Milani.
Joseph Graves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Milani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Milani looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graves swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Milani.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Milani in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Milani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Graves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Milani ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Graves throws a looping overhand right but Milani ducks down to avoid it.
Milani swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Milani. That did some damage!
Milani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graves doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milani jabs at Graves's body.
Milani stuns Graves with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milani scores with a hook to the body. Graves takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Graves takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Milani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Milani changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Graves tries to move into range but Milani moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Graves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Milani getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Milani misses with a hook.
Milani lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Graves at a distance.
Milani throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milani missing with a left hand there. Graves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Milani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Graves was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Milani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Milani tests Graves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Milani connects with a body shot that sends Graves's belly button to the back.
Milani digs a good hook to Graves's body.
Milani lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Milani throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves tries to counter by clinching up but Milani breaks away and moves out of range.
Graves slips a straight right by Milani.
It looked like Graves was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Graves looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Milani looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graves manages to avoid it.
Milani throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Graves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Graves is looking to clinch but Milani is avoiding it.
Milani appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Milani with a jab.
Graves throws a leg kick that is checked
and Milani counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves is looking to chop away at Milani's legs.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Milani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Graves dodges the punch combination from Milani.
Graves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dumuzid Milani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Milani lands a right hook to the body.
No joy there for Graves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Milani doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Milani lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Milani fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves slips a jab from Milani.
Milani scores with a body shot.
Milani scores with the left hand. Graves knows he should have avoided that one.
Graves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Milani scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Milani connects with the punch.

Graves is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milani cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Graves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graves gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Milani gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dumuzid Milani!