PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taio Grazen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank James Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Grazen
vs
James Edgar

170 cm
21
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

172 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taio Grazen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank James Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar throws a combination that misses

and Grazen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Grazen stops Edgar from getting back to his feet.

Edgar is defending against the submission attempts here by Grazen.
Edgar is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Grazen prevents Edgar from standing back up.

Grazen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Edgar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Edgar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Grazen.
Edgar wants to get back to his feet.
Grazen trying to pass the guard but Edgar defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grazen works his way into side control.
Grazen working away.
Edgar is trying to buck Grazen off.
Edgar is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Grazen is trying to ground and pound but Edgar uses the momentary lack of control by Grazen to regain half guard.

Grazen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Edgar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Grazen wants to pass to mount but Edgar is defending the position.

Grazen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Edgar makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Edgar misses with a combination
and Grazen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Edgar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Edgar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grazen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Grazen shoots in and drives through. Edgar sprawls well.
Edgar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Edgar misses with a double jab
and Grazen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Edgar looks gassed!
Edgar misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grazen counters with a good, hard body kick but Edgar shrugs it off.
Grazen connects with a looping right hand.
Grazen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Frank James Edgar has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Grazen is defended easily by Edgar.
Grazen throws the kick towards the body but Edgar avoids it.
Grazen shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taio Grazen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grazen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Edgar.
The fighters circling - Grazen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grazen doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Edgar to counter with a crisp jab.
Edgar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Edgar lands a nice shot to the body.
Edgar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Edgar connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edgar with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edgar works over Grazen's head and body with a nice combination.
Grazen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edgar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taio Grazen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank James Edgar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Edgar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grazen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Edgar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Edgar throws a right hand that Grazen ducks under and follows up with a left that Grazen also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Grazen.
Edgar misses with the combination.
Edgar throws a right hand that Grazen ducks under and follows up with a left that Grazen also avoids with ease.
Edgar throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grazen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sloppy strikes from Edgar. Those never looked like landing.
Edgar misses with a combination

and Grazen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Edgar!
Edgar is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grazen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Edgar is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Grazen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Edgar has worked his arm free - good work by Edgar!
Edgar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Grazen is controlling him well.
Edgar is breathing heavily.

Grazen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Grazen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Grazen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Edgar, who protects the arm well.

Grazen tries for a kimura but Edgar is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grazen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Edgar keeps working.

Grazen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Edgar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Grazen is controlling him well.

Grazen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Edgar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Edgar is trying to get back to his feet.

Grazen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Grazen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Grazen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Edgar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Edgar manages to get back to half guard.
Edgar is trying to stand up here but Grazen is controlling him well.
Edgar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Edgar wants to stand up but Grazen is controlling him.

Grazen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Edgar is controlling Grazen's posture.

Grazen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Grazen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Edgar is controlling Grazen's posture.
Grazen trying to control the position from guard on top but Edgar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Edgar is controlling Grazen's posture.
Edgar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Frank James Edgar wasn't active enough on the ground.
Edgar checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taio Grazen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank James Edgar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Edgar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grazen's head.
Edgar misses with a few strikes there.
Edgar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Edgar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Grazen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Edgar checks it well.
Edgar misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Edgar does it's job there.

Grazen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Edgar tries to roll over but Grazen keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grazen is looking for a kimura but Edgar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Grazen to get the leverage.
Taio Grazen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Grazen seems to be working for a kimura but Edgar defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Grazen is working for a kimura but Edgar is defending it quite comfortably.

Grazen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Edgar defends it well.
Grazen thows a huge punch but Edgar dodges it nicely.

Grazen is trying to work for a kimura but Edgar is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grazen prevents Edgar from standing back up.

Grazen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Edgar sees it coming and defends easily.
Edgar trying to hold on to Grazen's head to control him but Grazen postures up.

Grazen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Edgar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Grazen.
Edgar wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grazen is looking to advance position but Edgar won't allow it.
Edgar is trying to stand.
Grazen is looking to take a break and control but Edgar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Edgar is trying to stand.
Grazen wants to pass to mount but Edgar is defending the position.
Edgar is looking to escape.

Grazen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Grazen wants to take a breather but Edgar is having none of it.

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.

Edgar kicks Grazen off and gets back to his feet.
A punch combination from Edgar misses.
Taio Grazen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Edgar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A combination from Edgar does no damage.

Grazen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Edgar looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Grazen is working for a submission of some sort.
Frank James Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Grazen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taio Grazen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grazen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taio Grazen!