PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remo Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by Alvarez. The crowd seem to be enjoying Williams's choice of entrance music: Living Colour - Cult Of Personality. Williams has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graves
vs
Williams

190 cm
22
214 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
250 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Doug Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Remo Williams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graves shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Williams manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Graves tries to stand but Williams is controlling from the bottom.
Graves showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Doug Graves.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Graves tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Graves manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves slaps away a takedown attempt from Williams, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Williams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Graves to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Graves stands up and waves to Williams to follow him.

Graves scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.

Graves stands up from Williams's guard - Graves perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graves closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Williams quickly recovers to half guard.
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!
Graves seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Graves trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Graves wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Williams uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Graves decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Williams, up you get!

Graves drives through with a takedown into Williams's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Graves wants to get up but he can't break Williams's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Williams controls Graves momentarily but Graves frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Graves closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Graves lands in his opponent's guard.
Graves wants to stand but Williams has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Graves dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Graves closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Williams quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graves is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Doug Graves.

Graves throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Williams was covering up waiting for the punch and Graves finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Graves is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Williams is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Doug Graves.

Graves feints and as Williams raises his hands in defense, Graves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Graves stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Graves decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Graves sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Doug Graves wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Graves shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Williams is trying to defend but Graves finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Williams.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Graves perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Doug Graves has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Graves.

Graves stands up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Graves.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graves decides to stand back up. Graves steps back and let's Williams get back to his feet.

Graves closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Williams to the mat! Williams manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams wants to sweep here but Graves controlling him for the moment.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Graves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Williams is proving hard to escape from.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Doug Graves wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Graves decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Graves dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams gets caught napping as Graves dives in and scores a takedown. Williams manages to retain guard.
Graves controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Doug Graves wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Williams tries to sprawl but Graves drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Graves postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Williams to stand up.

Graves shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves passes the guard and advances to mount!
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Graves stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Williams shoots for a double leg takedown but Graves sprawls well. He's pushed Williams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Williams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Graves to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Graves stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graves looking to score a takedown here. Williams is defending well but Graves drives through and ends up in Williams's guard.
Graves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Graves stands and steps away. Williams gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Graves scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.
Graves is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

We're going to have a standup here because Doug Graves wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Williams tries to sprawl but Graves drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Graves is pressing down on Williams's thigh, looking to free his foot. Williams is holding on for now.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Graves has control of the leg.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Graves is pressing down on Williams's thigh, looking to free his foot. Williams is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Doug Graves has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Graves fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Williams sprawls well initially but Graves persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Graves controlling the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Doug Graves wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Graves closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Williams's guard.
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!
Graves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graves's corner is telling him to maintain position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doug 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Graves!
After winning the bout, Doug Graves thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.