PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves's entrance music is Alvarez. A fine choice. Ivey has chosen Friday as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Doug Graves could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Phil Ivey's chin.

Graves
vs
Ivey

190 cm
31
205 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

188 cm
38
215 lbs
42 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

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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 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Doug Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Ivey!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey connects with a crisp jab.

Ivey moves into range and clinches up with Graves.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivey tries to work over Graves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves leaning against his opponent.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ivey lands with a light punch inside.
Ivey taking a breather.
Graves misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ivey as Graves tries to tie him up.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Ivey avoiding damage as Graves throws knees to the body.
Ivey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivey blocks it with crossed arms.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Ivey blocks it.
Graves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ivey backwards.
Graves misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves blocking some punches.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves just leaning against Ivey, taking a breather.
Graves trying to land knees to the body.
Ivey has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Graves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ivey can turn it around.
Graves blocks a body shot from Ivey.
Graves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves trying to control the position but instead, Ivey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Graves into the cage.
Graves blocking some punches.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ivey scores with a shot to the side of Graves's head.
Ivey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ivey slows down the pace here.
Graves stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivey misses with the head strike.
Ivey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ivey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Graves is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Graves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
A short left from Ivey.

It looks like Doug Graves has been cut.
Ivey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivey struggles to land a body shot inside as Graves controls his hands.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Graves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ivey gets through Graves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Graves misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivey swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivey struggles to land a body shot inside as Graves controls his hands.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ivey gets through Graves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ivey backwards.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ivey backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ivey.
Ivey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graves's elbow.
Ivey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Graves.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivey.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ivey up against the cage.
Ivey misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ivey blocks it with crossed arms.
Ivey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graves is struggling to control the position.
Graves lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves tries a body shot but Ivey blocks it.
Ivey lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivey.
A short left from Graves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graves is trying to maintain a safe position but Ivey gets an underhook and turns Graves into the cage.

Ivey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ivey throws a sloppy head kick and Graves moves out of range easily.
Ivey lands with a shot to the body.
Ivey throws a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Doug Graves will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Doug Graves's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Graves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ivey.
Ivey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Ivey.
Graves throws a hook to the side of Ivey's head but Ivey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Graves finds it's target.
Ivey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ivey tries a head kick but it misses.
Ivey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Graves jabs Ivey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Graves swings for the body but Ivey moves out of range.
Ivey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ivey lands a body shot.
Ivey moves out of range as Graves strikes.
We've been told by Graves's head coaches at The Barracks - LOD that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ivey throws a sloppy head kick and Graves moves out of range easily.
A good leg kick by Ivey.
Graves with a jab.
Nice jab there from Ivey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Ivey swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
Ivey is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Graves rather than just go for the knockout.
Ivey throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Graves.
Ivey cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ivey.

Ivey forces Graves back against the cage and clinches.
Ivey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Ivey fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves takes a shot to the head.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ivey lands a shoulder strike.

Graves is rocked!

Doug Graves's cut is getting worse.

Ivey breaks from the clinch.
Oh Graves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ivey has closed the distance and engaged Graves in a clinch.
Ivey pushes Graves against the cage. Ivey is working some dirty boxing. Ivey pushes off with a quick right hook! Graves goes down! Graves tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ivey moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Ivey!
Our winner, Phil Ivey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.