PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Shade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves has chosen I Want War by Pastor Troy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shade
vs
Graves

175 cm
23
161 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabe Shade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Graves!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves throws the kick towards the body but Shade avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shade checks a leg kick.

Graves has closed the distance and engaged Shade in a clinch.
Shade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shade trying to land knees to the body.
Graves prevents a body shot from Shade.
Shade wants a takedown but no success here.

Graves breaks from the clinch.
Shade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Graves throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shade fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Graves on the side of the head.
Shade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Graves wants to slow Shade down by chopping away at his legs.
Graves is looking to slow Shade down with leg kicks.
Shade misses the jab.
Graves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Shade uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Graves has time to react.
Shade scores with a nice head shot.
Shade is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Graves lands with a kick to the temple. Shade shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shade blocks the body kick.
Graves feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shade's calf.
Shade dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Shade looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Graves!
Graves looks gassed!
Shade lands a heavy elbow.
Shade scoring with strikes but Graves is staying in there.
Shade fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shade cracks Graves with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shade dominating with strikes here.
Shade avoids the attempt from Graves to control.
Shade has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Graves in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shade lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shade trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shade blocks Graves's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shade is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Graves can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Shade goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Graves is on top in guard.
Shade is trying to control the position but Graves postures up.
Graves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shade works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Graves would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Graves with a nice head shot there.
Shade is pulling down on Graves's head. It's preventing any offense from Graves, at least for the moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Graves cracks Shade with a solid left hand.
Shade working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Graves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shade avoids the head kick by Graves.
Shade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Shade avoids the head kick by Graves.
Shade tries to work over Graves's front leg with a kick but Graves checks it.
Shade throws an overhand right that lands on Graves's shoulder, as Graves tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Shade misses its intended target.
Shade throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
Shade blocks a low kick nicely.

Shade closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Graves to the mat! Graves manages to get full guard.
Graves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shade postures up and lands a big shot to Graves's brow.

Graves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shade working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Graves's head.
Shade is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Graves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shade is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shade wants to pass the guard but Graves is keeping the position.
Shade thows a big elbow that misses.
Shade works over Graves with some ground and pound from guard.
Graves keeping moving, preventing Shade from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shade with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shade chips away with some ground and pound.
Shade postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Graves is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Graves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shade.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shade postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Shade makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabe Shade dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

An inside leg kick from Shade misses.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shade misses with a low kick.
Shade throws a wild body kick that Graves sees coming a mile off.

Graves drives through and clinches with Shade against the cage.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graves's elbow.
Shade misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Shade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Graves throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shade works on Graves's body with a couple of short punches.

Shade successfully pulls guard.
Graves wants to stand but Shade is controlling his posture from full guard.
Shade has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Shade not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Graves is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves stopping the sweep attempt from Shade.

Shade looking for a guillotine here but Graves defends easily.

Shade working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Graves doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Shade is tightening it up a little... Graves has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Graves reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Graves taps out! nice BJJ there by Shade!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Gabe Shade!