PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by I Want War by Pastor Troy. James Graves could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Martin's chin.

Graves
vs
Martin

185 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 0 - 1

175 cm
21
161 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Graves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Martin!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Martin takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses.
Graves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martin on the side of the head.
Graves throws a sloppy body shot
and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like James Graves has been cut.
Graves throws a hook but Martin blocks it.
Graves takes one to the chin there.
Martin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Graves misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick by Graves misses
and Martin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Graves digs a good hook to Martin's body.
Graves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Graves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Graves is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Graves is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Graves is looking to slow Martin down with leg kicks.
Graves moves out of range of the strikes.
Graves is looking to clinch but Martin is avoiding it.
Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin throws a head kick but Graves moves out of range.
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Graves.
Graves tries to move into range but Martin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Martin staying out of range there.
Graves misses with a looping right.
Graves throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Martin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Graves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Graves has taken the fight to the clinch.
Graves seems to have got his legs back now.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Graves lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Graves.
Graves looking to stall.
Martin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by Graves.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Graves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves lands a jab to Martin's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands the left hand.
Martin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graves.
A slow jab from Martin misses its intended target.
Graves throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Graves is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Martin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Graves had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Martin cracks Graves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Graves is looking to clinch but Martin is avoiding it.
Graves scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Graves takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Graves is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Graves scores with a body shot.
Graves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martin finds it's way round the side to connect with Graves's head.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Graves lands a body shot.
Martin works over Graves's head and body with a nice combination.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.
Martin lands a head shot.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martin throws a right hand that Graves ducks under and follows up with a left that Graves also avoids with ease.
Martin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Martin lands with a cross.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Martin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Graves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Graves throws and low kick but Martin moves out of range easily.
Graves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Graves blocks a head kick by Martin.
Martin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graves lands a body shot.
Graves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Martin's head.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves tries to bum rush Martin with a series of wild strikes but Martin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body kick from Graves.
Graves connects with a jab.
Martin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Martin misses with a head kick.
Martin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Martin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graves throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Graves throws a sloppy body shot
and Martin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Graves thinking.
Graves wants to clinch.

Graves rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Graves's cut.
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 slips under a jab from Martin.
Graves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Martin swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
Martin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martin scores with a nice right hand.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Graves moves away and avoids it.
Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Graves closes the distance and pushes Martin back into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by Graves.
A right handed body shot lands from Graves.
Graves pushes off an throws an elbow but Martin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Graves.
Martin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin takes a shot to the head.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin tries to pull guard but Graves holds him up against the cage and eventually Martin drops back down to his feet.
Graves lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Graves scores with a shoulder strike.
Graves throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Graves.

Martin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Graves postures up.

Martin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Graves defends well.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Martin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Graves slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Martin.

Martin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Graves pulls his head out easily.
Graves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Martin's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves wants to take a breather but Martin is having none of it.
Martin is looking for a sweep. Graves is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Graves working over Martin with some ground and pound. Martin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martin wants to improve his position but Graves is controlling well.

Graves is trying to work for a kimura but Martin is defending well.
Martin is looking to improve his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Graves lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Graves goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Graves throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Martin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Jab, jab by Martin - just one landing.
Graves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Martin presses Graves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Martin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Graves.
Martin pushes Graves back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Graves.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Graves.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Graves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries a body shot but Graves blocks it.
Graves works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martin working aggressively here.
Graves misses with the head strike.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Graves circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin misses with a double jab
and Graves counters with a low kick, right behind Martin 's knee.
Graves throws a body punch but Martin moves out of range.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Graves moves out of range easily.
Martin works over Graves's head and body with a nice combination.

James Graves's cut is getting worse.
Graves blocks a head kick by Martin.
Graves looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Martin thuds his right hand into Graves's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Graves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Martin.
Martin connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Martin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Graves's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Martin thows a body shot but no joy.
Graves tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves misses with a series of wild punches.
James Graves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Martin finds it's target.
Martin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Graves throws a sloppy body shot
and Martin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin tries a head kick but it misses.
Graves is looking to clinch but Martin is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martin lands the left hand.
Martin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Graves swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
No joy there for Martin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves blocks a jab.
Martin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Graves lands a jab to the head.
Martin scores with a hook.
Martin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martin throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
James Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Graves slips under a jab from Martin.
Martin throws a combination that misses
letting Graves counter with a right hand.
A big right from Martin misses.
Martin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Graves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Martin misses.
Graves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martin finds it's way round the side to connect with Graves's head.
Martin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Martin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Graves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Graves looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Martin has picked Graves up and slammed him! Graves can't keep hold of the triangle and Martin manages to pass to side control!
Martin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Graves down.
Graves is trying to get back to half guard.
Graves tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Martin presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Martin lands a heavy elbow.
Martin with shots to the head and body - Graves looks very uncomfortable down there.
Martin working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Graves but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Martin lands a nice shot to the head.
Graves taking shots to the head.
Martin is landing with some decent strikes but Graves is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Martin prevents Graves from getting the reversal.
Martin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Martin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Martin cracks Graves with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Graves taking shots to the head.
Martin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Graves is trying to escape the mount.
Martin with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four 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.
Graves taking shots to the head.
Martin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Graves looks a forlorn figure.
Martin with the ground and pound from mount.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Graves is wriggling around trying to escape.
Graves in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Graves but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Martin really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Graves's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Graves moves into the clinch.
Martin lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Graves just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martin's brow.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martin.
Graves misses with a body punch.
A short right from Martin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Graves blocking some punches.
Martin avoids the elbow strike from Graves, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Martin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Graves misses with some punches.
Martin pushes Graves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martin jumps guard but Graves stands there with Martin around his waist. Martin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Martin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martin lands a body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Graves blocking some punches.
Martin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Martin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Martin.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Martin.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin connects with a body shot.
Martin cracks Graves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Martin.
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Graves throws a right hand that Martin ducks under and follows up with a left that Martin also avoids with ease.
Martin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martin lands a nice looking body shot.
Martin connects with a high kick.
A left lands for Martin.
Martin throws a head kick that misses
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martin lands with an uppercut that bounces Graves off the cage and back into rage.
Graves tries to score with a low kick but Martin moves his leg out of the way.
Martin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A combination from Martin does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Martin scores with a nice head shot.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Graves thows a body shot but no joy.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Graves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Graves throws a head kick that Martin semi-blocks.
Graves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Graves thumps Martin with a low kick.
Martin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martin.
Martin throws a hook but Graves avoids it easily.
Graves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Graves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Martin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Graves tries to land a front kick but Martin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Graves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Graves staying out of range there.
Graves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Martin avoids the head kick by Graves.
Martin misses with the combination.
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Graves throws a lazy head kick
and Martin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Graves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martin throws a nice head kick!
Graves dodges the punch combination from Martin.
Martin throws a head kick that misses.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Graves swinging wildly here.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Graves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martin connects with a body shot.
Graves connects with a crisp jab.
Graves blocks a jab.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Martin dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on James Graves's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Graves tries to clinch there but Martin circles away.
Martin throws a right and a left that Graves avoids nicely.
A shot to de liver by Martin. Beautiful body shot.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Graves.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
Graves tries to clinch up.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Graves throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick
and Graves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Martin slips a jab and a cross from Graves.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin lands a jab-cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Graves tries to land a body kick
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin tries to work over Graves's front leg with a kick but Graves checks it.
Martin misses with a low kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Graves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martin finds it's way round the side to connect with Graves's head.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Mike Martin seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Martin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Graves slips a jab from Martin.
Martin dips to his left and cracks Graves with an uppercut!
Graves cracks a nice hook into Martin's ribs.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Graves avoids the head kick by Martin.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martin digs a good body shot into Graves's ribs.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Martin does no damage.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Graves lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martin at a distance.
Graves moves out of range of the strikes.
James Graves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Martin lands the left hand.
Martin throws out a powerful jab.
Martin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Martin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Graves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Graves digs a good body shot into Martin's ribs.
Graves slips a straight right by Martin.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Graves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graves gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martin.
Graves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Graves misses with a few strikes there.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Graves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Graves does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Graves moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Graves lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Martin does it's job there.
Martin slips a jab from Graves.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin throws a hook but Graves blocks it.
Martin looks to land a combination but Graves avoids it well.
Martin scores with a shot to the body.
Graves throws a big shot that misses.
Martin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Martin duly obliges.
Mike Martin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Graves.
Graves throws a leg kick which misses Martin's front leg but catches the back leg as Martin tries to avoid it.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Martin lands a nice shot to the body.
Martin lands a jab to the nose.
Martin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Martin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Martin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Graves misses with a low kick.
Martin jabs Graves right on the nose. Graves blinks but takes it well.
Martin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Graves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 44:50
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 45:50
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Martin! Mike Martin retains his lightweight title!