PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Delinquent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves has chosen Tears of the Dragon as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Delinquent
vs
Graves

190 cm
20
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Delinquent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Doug Graves!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delinquent misses with a looping left.
Graves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Delinquent's hands.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Delinquent moved out of range nicely.
Delinquent swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Delinquent misses with a two punch combination.
Delinquent slips under a jab.
Delinquent is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Delinquent throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Graves throws a jab but it's blocked by Delinquent.
Graves throws out a loose jab but Delinquent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delinquent misses with a hook.
Graves slips under a jab.
Delinquent missing with a left hand there. Graves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Delinquent misses.
Graves shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Delinquent eats them both and turns towards Graves to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delinquent avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Delinquent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Graves throws a hook but Delinquent avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delinquent throws out the jab.
Delinquent throws a big shot that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Graves, as that shot connected.
Graves throws a looping overhand right but Delinquent ducks down to avoid it.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Delinquent counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Graves misses.
Graves throws a looping overhand right but Delinquent ducks down to avoid it.
Graves throws an overhand right that lands on Delinquent's shoulder, as Delinquent tries to avoid the shot.
Graves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Graves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delinquent throws out the jab.
Delinquent slips under a jab from Graves.
A swing and a miss from Graves.
Delinquent slips a straight right by Graves.
Graves throws a looping overhand right but Delinquent ducks down to avoid it.
Delinquent throws a big shot that misses.
Delinquent misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delinquent misses with a straight left.
Delinquent thuds his right hand into Graves's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Graves misses with an uppercut.
Delinquent lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Doug Graves has been cut.
Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Delinquent.
Delinquent throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Delinquent paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Graves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Delinquent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graves.
Graves throws a jab when Delinquent was well out of range.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Delinquent.
Graves throws out a loose jab but Delinquent uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Delinquent moves out of range as Graves strikes.
Delinquent misses with an uppercut.
Delinquent lands a nice shot that snaps Graves's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delinquent missing with a left hand there. Graves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graves throws the left hand but Delinquent avoids the punch easily.
Graves misses with an uppercut.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Delinquent is out of range.
A jab from Graves misses.
The fighters circling - Delinquent throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Delinquent moved out of range nicely.
Graves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Delinquent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Delinquent ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Delinquent throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delinquent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graves misses with a looping left.
Graves misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves cracks Delinquent with a right hand to the side of the head.
Delinquent misses with a looping right.
Delinquent throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Graves misses.
Graves scores with a crisp jab that stopped Delinquent in his tracks.
Delinquent drops Graves with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Graves! Delinquent dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Delinquent!