PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Aregood (ranked 1103 p4p, 2208 weight class) and Latka Gravas (ranked 133 p4p, 261 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Aregood
vs
Gravas

189 cm
28
197
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
21
190
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Aregood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aregood closes the distance and pushes Gravas back into the cage.
Gravas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aregood.
Gravas tries to throw a body punch but Aregood avoids it by throwing Gravas back against the cage.
Gravas gets through Aregood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aregood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aregood managing to block the knees to the body from Gravas.
Gravas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gravas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aregood avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Aregood fails to land.
Gravas lands with a right to the head.
Gravas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gravas stalling in the clinch but Aregood improves position.
Gravas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Aregood fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aregood letting Gravas take a breather here.
Knees to the body from Gravas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravas.
Gravas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aregood is breathing heavily.
Aregood throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aregood working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Aregood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aregood misses with the head strike.
We've been hearing reports that Aregood has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A right hand to the body from Gravas.
Good body shot from Gravas.
Aregood has a couple of punches blocked by Gravas.
Gravas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gravas landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gravas.
Gravas lands a knee to the body.
Gravas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aregood blocks a body shot from Gravas.
A knee to the head by Gravas.
Gravas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gravas lands a good knee to the midsection. Aregood won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravas scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Gravas.
Gravas misses with a knee to the head.
Gravas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gravas misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gravas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gravas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gravas obliges.
Gravas lands an elbow that stopped Aregood in his tracks for a moment.
Gravas lands a knee to the head.

Aregood is rocked!
A fake to the body and Gravas gets the Thai clinch. He wastes no time and tries to connect with knees to the head. This is dangerous for Aregood! He should get out! Another devastating knee and Aregood falls head first to the ground. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Latka Gravas!
Our winner, Latka Gravas, 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.