PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Hosking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graham comes to the cage accompanied by Spoilin' for a Fight . Hosking has chosen War Machine as his entrance music. Mickey Graham is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Graham
vs
Hosking

190 cm
21
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Hosking!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hosking circles away.

Hosking moves into the clinch successfully.
Hosking is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Graham is defending well for now.

Graham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graham wants to clinch
and Hosking counters with a head kick. That will keep Graham thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Graham darts in trying to clinch

and Hosking counters with a nice double leg into side control. Graham won't be happy with that.
Hosking in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Graham is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Hosking decides to take the fight back to the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Graham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Hosking jumps guard and drags Graham to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Graham trying to control but Hosking is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graham is looking to stand up but Hosking won't let him.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hosking holds on and takes a little breather.
Hosking trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Graham stops Hosking from standing up.
Hosking is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hosking throws a body kick that misses.

Hosking has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hosking jumps into guard, dragging Graham to the mat.
Graham wants to stand but Hosking is controlling his posture from full guard.

Graham stands up from Hosking's guard - Graham perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hosking misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Graham drives through with a takedown into guard.
Graham trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hosking's guard.
Graham is breathing heavily.
Hosking throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hosking looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hosking has a closed guard, preventing Graham from standing up.
Hosking is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosking is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Graham. No joy for Hosking on that attempt.

Hosking looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hosking seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Graham pushes Hosking off and gets back to his feet.
A nice combination there by Hosking.

Hosking shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Graham's guard.
Hosking with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hosking missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hosking in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Hosking dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hosking wants a takedown but no success here.
Graham trying to land knees to the body.
Hosking tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short right from Hosking on the inside.
Graham managing to block the knees to the body from Hosking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hosking is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Graham pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mickey Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Hosking.
Hosking lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Graham fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hosking counters with a shoot takedown. Graham fights it but they end up in guard.
Hosking trying to control but Graham is working from the bottom.

Hosking stands up from Graham's guard - Hosking perhaps looking for a knockout.

Graham is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hosking's half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hosking is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graham gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Graham shoots and misses

and Hosking counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hosking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hosking working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hosking trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hosking trying to control but Graham is working from the bottom.

Hosking gets to his feet. Graham looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Graham is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hosking.

Hosking shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Graham is trying to defend but Hosking finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Graham keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosking takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Graham avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hosking.
Hosking is keen to just control but Graham is a slippery customer.
Hosking looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hosking thows a huge punch but Graham dodges it nicely.
Hosking lands strikes from half guard.
Graham blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hosking.
Graham avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hosking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hosking tries to pass to full mount but Graham defends it.
Graham wants to get back to his feet.
Matthew Hosking has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hosking trying to control the pace.
Hosking is looking to take a break and control but Graham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hosking moves into range and clinches up with Graham.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Hosking showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hosking.
Hosking wants to stand but Graham is controlling his arm.
Graham is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hosking is controlling him well.
Hosking throws an elbow but Graham slips to the side and avoids it well.
Graham regains half guard, as Hosking was trying to land strikes.
Hosking wants to stand up but Graham is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hosking sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Graham defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Graham blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hosking.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hosking cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Hosking rushes Graham and presses him up against the cage.
Hosking lands a hook that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Graham missing with knees to the body.
Hosking fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Graham wants a takedown.
Hosking on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Hosking breaks from the clinch.

Graham gets caught flat footed, as Hosking shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Hosking stands up from Graham's guard - Hosking perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hosking uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Graham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Hosking drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hosking throws a big right hand that misses.
Hosking stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Graham swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosking lands a couple of elbows.
Hosking trying to stand up but can't free himself from Graham's guard.
Hosking scoring with punches to the head and body.
Graham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hosking tries to free his leg and advance position but Graham is retaining full guard.
Hosking loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Graham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Hosking stands up from guard. Let's bang!

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.
Hosking misses with a jab, cross combination.

Hosking shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hosking is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Graham!
A nice elbow there by Hosking.
Hosking connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hosking working Graham over with strikes here.
Graham is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mickey Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matthew Hosking is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hosking has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Graham's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Hosking comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hosking 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Hosking!