PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Kingston (ranked 3700 p4p, 5660 weight class) and Tyrone Graves (ranked 388 p4p, 469 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kingston
vs
Graves

199 cm
20
255
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
265
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitch Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Graves!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Graves.
Graves moves away from the strike by Kingston.
Kingston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut there from Graves.
Graves lands the left hand.
Kingston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Graves scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kingston in his tracks.
Kingston throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Graves lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kingston doesn't seem phased though.
Graves scores with a decent looking hook.
Graves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've been told by Kingston's head coaches at Helsinki Private Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kingston scores with a sloppy right hand. Graves should have avoided that one.

It looks like Tyrone Graves has been cut.
Graves throws a hook but Kingston blocks it.
Graves misses with a lunging right hand
and Kingston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kingston.
Kingston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kingston throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Good exchange - Kingston coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves scores with a sloppy right hand. Kingston should have avoided that one.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Graves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Graves staying out of range there.
Graves moves out of range as Kingston strikes.
Graves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kingston ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Kingston closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kingston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kingston misses the shot to the body.
Kingston throws a hook but Graves blocks it.
Graves swings for the body but Kingston moves out of range.
Graves lands a nice hook to Kingston's body. Kingston takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves swings for the body but Kingston moves out of range.
Graves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kingston throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kingston takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Graves lands with a shot to the body.
Kingston throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graves lands with a shot to the body.
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Kingston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Kingston takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kingston gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Graves lands a big right hand that sends Kingston crashing to the mat! Graves stays standing though and waves Kingston back to his feet!

Kingston is rocked!
Graves lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oh Kingston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kingston doesn't seem bothered though.
Kingston seems to have got his legs back now.
Kingston misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Graves misses.
Kingston was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Graves scores with the left hand. Kingston knows he should have avoided that one.
Graves stuns Kingston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Graves misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves connects with a jab.
Kingston takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Graves scores with a jab.

Graves lands a big right hand that sends Kingston crashing to the mat! Graves stays standing though and waves Kingston back to his feet!
Graves cracks Kingston with a left hook right on the temple and Kingston goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Graves lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Kingston is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyrone Graves!