PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and La Vics (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graves
vs
Vics

163 cm
23
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Anti-Tapout Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dustin Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, La Vics!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graves gets tackled into the cage by Vics. Vics maintains the clinch.
Vics is trying to break the clinch but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Vics creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Graves.
Graves landing knees to the head.
Graves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vics avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Vics's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Graves lands with a light punch inside.
Graves misses with a knee to the head.
Graves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Graves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vics is trying to break the clinch but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Graves gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vics.
Graves misses with a knee strike.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Vics blocks it.
Vics takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vics is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Graves is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves leaning against his opponent.

Vics breaks from the clinch.
Vics fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dustin Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of La Vics.
A nice inside leg kick there by Graves. That's going to slow Vics down.
Vics fails with a takedown attempt.
Graves stuffs the takedown.

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vics backwards.
Vics takes an elbow to the temple.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Graves.
Vics misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vics looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Vics blocks it.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vics has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vics is working for takedown but Graves is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vics has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graves landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vics working hard to break the clinch.
Vics takes a knee to the side of the body.
Graves connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vics's face.
Graves is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Vics looks gassed!
Vics can't break the clinch.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Vics blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vics jumps guard but Graves stands there with Vics around his waist. Vics gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vics pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vics tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Graves smiles and moves away.
Vics changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Graves tries to avoid it but Vics manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Graves to the ground. Graves escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vics dives in and grabs Graves's left leg, looking for a takedown. Graves pushes down on Vics's head and hops out.
Vics shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Graves as he jumps to the side.
Vics shoots in looking for a takedown but Graves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vics's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vics is trying hard to land a takedown here. Graves sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graves dodges the punch combination from Vics.
Vics circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vics has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Graves keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vics swats away the attempt to clinch by Graves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vics has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Graves dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Graves gets tackled into the cage by Vics. Vics maintains the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vics's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vics has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Graves utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vics tries for a takedown but Graves manages to get underhooks.
Graves crunches a lovely knee into Vics's ribcage.
Graves landing knees to the head.

It looks like La Vics has been cut.
Graves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Graves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Graves with a knee to the head.
Graves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vics is breathing heavily.
A short left from Graves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Graves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Graves.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vics tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Graves smiles and moves away.
Vics misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dustin Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of La Vics.
Graves tries to clinch up but Vics circles away and keeps his distance.
La Vics seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Graves clinches with his opponent.
Graves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vics dodges an elbow strike from Graves.
Vics takes a shot to the head.
Graves scores a nice knee to the body.
Vics takes an elbow to the temple.
Graves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vics drops down looking for an ankle pick but Graves pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vics shoots in but no luck this time.

Graves gets a clinch.
Graves tries to land a knee to the head but Vics blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves tries a knee to the head but Vics blocks it.
Vics tries to score a body lock takedown but Graves shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves slows down the pace here.
Graves has Vics pressed against the cage, preventing Vics from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vics is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Graves pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dustin Graves has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Graves misses with a knee to the head.
Graves lands a knee to the head.
Vics drops down looking for an ankle pick but Graves pulls his leg out and moves away.
Graves slaps away a takedown attempt from Vics, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Vics swats away the attempt to clinch by Graves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Vics with that takedown attempt.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Graves instigates a clinch.
Vics is trying to pull guard but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graves misses with a knee to the head.
Graves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Graves - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vics wants a takedown but no success here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Graves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on La Vics's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Vics closes the distance and clinches up with Graves, looking for a takedown. Vics pushes Graves against the cage but Graves circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Graves defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vics.
Vics shoots in looking for a takedown but Graves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vics's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dustin Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of La Vics.

Graves rushes Vics and presses him up against the cage.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Vics blocks it.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Graves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vics misses with a knee strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Graves.
Graves stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vics takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vics goes for a takedown attempt but Graves pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves tries to clinch there but Vics circles away.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch but Vics swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Graves doesn't manage to clinch there - Vics circles away.

Vics tries to keep at a distance but Graves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Graves obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vics looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Graves misses with a knee strike.
Vics takes a knee right on the jaw!
Graves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vics fails to pull guard.
Graves lands a nice elbow.
Graves prevents a takedown attempt there.
Graves connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vics's face.
Graves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Graves - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Graves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Graves lands a good knee to the midsection. Vics won't want to take too many of those.
Graves stalling in the clinch.
Vics blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Graves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vics jumps guard but Graves stands there with Vics around his waist. Vics gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Graves lands an elbow just above Vics 's eye.

Vics escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graves feints and then cracks Vics's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vics down.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vics is defended easily by Graves.
Graves fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Vics has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graves drives through and clinches with Vics against the cage.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vics has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vics is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Graves to keep the fight standing.
Vics jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Graves walks away with a smile on his face. Vics gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Graves displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vics.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vics misses with a double jab
and Graves counters with a series of strikes. Vics will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Graves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Graves!
Dustin Graves took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Anti-Tapout Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.