PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Sexyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sexyama comes into the arena with Time to Say Goodbye blaring out of the sound system. Graham has chosen Get Ready To Deal as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sexyama
vs
Graham

176 cm
27
150 lbs
14 - 4 - 1

170 cm
25
146 lbs
14 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Sexyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Graham!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham connects with a body shot.
Graham misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Sexyama wants to clinch up but Graham keeps it at a distance.
Graham works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice jab there from Graham.
Sexyama wants to clinch.
Yoshihiro Sexyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Sexyama's head but Sexyama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sexyama's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sexyama duly obliges.
Sexyama misses with a looping left.
Graham throws a hook but Sexyama avoids it easily.
Graham throws a jab when Sexyama was well out of range.
Graham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexyama lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Graham is rocked!
Graham scores with a decent looking hook.
Sexyama is looking to clinch but Graham is avoiding it.
Sexyama moves in looking to clinch but Graham pushes him off.
A big left from Graham misses.
Sexyama tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Graham misses with a wild body shot.
Sexyama is looking to clinch but Graham is avoiding it.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Graham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sexyama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sexyama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Sexyama darts in and clinches Graham up against the cage.
Sexyama working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Graham.

Graham is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sexyama can't fight it off and eventually Graham manages to take the fight to the floor. Sexyama looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Graham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Graham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Graham wants to control from the top but Sexyama keeps moving.
Graham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Graham's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sexyama tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Graham seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sexyama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
Sexyama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Graham catches Sexyama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graham misses with an uppercut. Sexyama saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Sexyama.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Sexyama keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sexyama throws the kick towards the body but Graham avoids it.
Graham blocks a jab.
Sexyama misses with a body kick.
A cross from Graham lands.
Sexyama tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Graham lands with a nice body punch.
Graham with a jab.
Graham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sexyama misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshihiro Sexyama dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Graham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sexyama.
Sexyama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sexyama tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Sexyama tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Graham 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.
Sexyama lands with a cross.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Graham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sexyama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graham.
Graham swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graham has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Graham there as he acknowledges the shot.
Graham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sexyama.
Sexyama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexyama is looking to clinch.
Sexyama takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sexyama throws a big shot that misses.
Sexyama throws out a loose jab but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham digs a good hook to Sexyama's body.
Sexyama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sexyama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sexyama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Graham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sexyama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Graham tries for a takedown but Sexyama manages to get underhooks.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sexyama.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Graham manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Graham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Graham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham misses with a hook. Sexyama ducked under it nicely.
Yoshihiro Sexyama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graham takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for Graham.
No luck for Graham with that takedown attempt.
Graham avoids a kick to the body.
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sexyama throws a big shot that misses.
Graham misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham just misses with a punch to the body.
Sexyama throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graham checks the leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Graham darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sexyama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt.

Sexyama fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Graham, pushing him back against the cage.
Graham blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graham is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sexyama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sexyama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sexyama stalling in the clinch.
Graham tries for a takedown. No joy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sexyama.
Sexyama keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sexyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sexyama.
Graham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Sexyama has a couple of punches blocked by Graham.
Graham fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Sexyama - that landed with a thud.
Graham lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sexyama takes a shot to the head.
Sexyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Graham is breathing heavily.
Graham letting Sexyama take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Graham or not.
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.
Sexyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graham tries to circle away but Sexyama has him pinned against the cage.
Graham has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sexyama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshihiro Sexyama dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sexyama swings for the body but Graham moves out of range.
Graham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Sexyama rushes Graham and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Sexyama lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sexyama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Sexyama has him pressed against the cage.
Graham is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sexyama wants to stall.
Sexyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sexyama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Graham.
A short right from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sexyama effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is trying to force a seperation but Sexyama has the dominant position.
Sexyama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can Sexyama finish him?
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sexyama.
Graham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graham tries to pull guard but Sexyama holds him up against the cage and eventually Graham drops back down to his feet.
A right hook to the body lands for Sexyama.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
Sexyama lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands with a short shot to the head.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sexyama digs a right hand into Graham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graham's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sexyama pushes Graham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sexyama is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice left hand lands by Sexyama.
A left hand lands to the body for Sexyama.
A shot in the inside from Sexyama.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Sexyama lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama scores with a hook to the body.
Sexyama lands with a light punch inside.
Sexyama lands a right hand.
Sexyama digs a right hand underneath Graham's ribcage. Graham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sexyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sexyama trying to stall but Graham improves his position.
Sexyama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama is leaning against Graham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Sexyama.
Graham wants a takedown but no success here.
Yoshihiro Sexyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sexyama.
Sexyama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sexyama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sexyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sexyama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sexyama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Sexyama lands a shot to the body.
Sexyama lands a nice shot to the body.
Sexyama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graham can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexyama lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sexyama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sexyama lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sexyama scores with a hook to the body.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sexyama lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sexyama as the two fighters clinch.
Sexyama lands with a right to the head.
Sexyama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Billy Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sexyama gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Graham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sexyama lands a body punch.
Sexyama lands a body punch.
Sexyama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sexyama gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sexyama is pushing Graham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A hook to the body from Sexyama.
Sexyama lands a body shot.
Sexyama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sexyama taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sexyama makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sexyama misses with some punches.
Graham is working for takedown but Sexyama is calmly controlling the position for now.
Come on Sexyama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sexyama keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sexyama is leaning against Graham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Sexyama taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sexyama misses with a body punch.
Sexyama is pressed up against the cage. Graham has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sexyama down to the mat. Sexyama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sexyama.
Graham keeps the fight on the outside.
Sexyama lands a jab-cross combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sexyama lands a slapping body shot.
Sexyama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graham swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Sexyama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sexyama, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Sexyama!