PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daverio Graves (ranked 1765 p4p, 2618 weight class) and Klaus Manfred (ranked 245 p4p, 341 weight class). Daverio Graves could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Klaus Manfred's chin.

Graves
vs
Manfred

180 cm
22
210
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
217
5 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daverio Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Klaus Manfred!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Graves. Those never looked like landing.
Manfred displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graves throws out the jab.
Graves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manfred.
Manfred scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graves doesn't seem bothered though.
Manfred defending well as Graves loads up on a big left hand.
Manfred let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manfred throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Graves misses with a hook. Manfred ducked under it nicely.
Manfred tries to work over Graves's front leg with a kick but Graves checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manfred ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Graves works the jab nicely.

It looks like Klaus Manfred has been cut.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manfred manages to avoid it.
Manfred with the counter takedown but Graves avoids it easily.
Graves connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Graves misses with a double jab
and Manfred connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manfred ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klaus Manfred seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manfred looks to land a right hand but Graves moved out of range.
Manfred smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Graves missing with a left hand there. Manfred was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Graves jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Manfred throws a leg kick
and Manfred takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manfred manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Graves with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Manfred to score with a decent uppercut.

Manfred closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Graves quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves is not content to let Manfred control the position.
Graves trying to hold on to Manfred's head to control him but Manfred postures up.
Manfred trying to control from Graves's half guard. Graves has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Manfred throws a big right hand that misses.
Manfred throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred throws a big elbow that misses.
Manfred seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Manfred looking to pass the guard.
Graves is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Graves on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Graves tries to get out of the position.
Manfred is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Graves drops Manfred with a beautiful combination! Manfred stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Graves is looking for the KO!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Manfred decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves is in trouble now - Manfred has advanced to mount!
Manfred looking to control and managing it successfully.
Graves takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Graves tries to hold on but Manfred pushes him away.

Manfred looking to secure an arm triangle but Graves defends it well.
Manfred controlling the position easily from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Graves that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Manfred looking for a guillotine from mount but Graves is having none of it.
Manfred looking to control and managing it successfully.
Manfred throws some wild stikes that Graves manages to avoid easily.
Manfred sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Graves is wriggling around trying to escape.
Manfred landing punches.
Manfred throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Manfred trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Graves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Manfred fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Manfred scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Graves?
Manfred with shots to the head and body - Graves looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Manfred controlling the position easily from mount.
Manfred has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manfred landing strikes from the mount and Graves is in trouble!
Manfred in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Manfred looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Poor strikes thrown by Manfred there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Manfred dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Daverio Graves has been cut.
Manfred postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Graves bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Manfred and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Klaus Manfred!
Klaus Manfred decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.