PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cold comes to the cage accompanied by Lil B - Black and White. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cold
vs
Graham

175 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Graham!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Graham moves into range and clinches up with Cold.
Graham looking to stall.
Cold tries to break free but Graham pushes him back against the cage.
Graham tries to stall but Cold uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cold has had enough of the clinch but Graham keeps him there for the moment.
Cold is trying to break the clinch but Graham is controlling him.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cold is keeping busy.
Graham keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cold's efforts to push away.
Graham misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is trying to maintain a safe position but Cold gets an underhook and turns Graham into the cage.

Cold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graham is looking to clinch but Cold is avoiding it.
Cold slips a jab from Graham.
Graham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cold.
Graham misses with a combination
and Cold counters with a three punch combo that has Graham backing up. Graham nods at Cold to acknowledge the strikes.
Horrible takedown by Graham or perhaps it was just good defense by Cold which made him look bad.
Graham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cold sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cold misses with the combination.
Graham shoots and misses
and Cold counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ray Cold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan Graham.
A big left from Graham misses.
Graham wants to clinch
and Cold counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Graham with a poor takedown

and Cold counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cold decides to stand back up. Cold steps back and let's Graham get back to his feet.
Graham tries for a takedown but Cold circles away easily

and Cold counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cold.
Graham keeping full guard, as Cold tries to pass.

Cold gets to his feet. Graham looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Graham misses with a series of wild punches.
Cold with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Graham to score with a decent uppercut.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Graham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cold circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham shoots for a takedown but Cold saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Graham looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cold counters with a two punch combo.
A slow jab from Graham misses its intended target.
Graham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cold swivels and escapes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cold was well out of range. Poor timing from Graham.
Cold circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Graham swings for the body but Cold moves out of range.
Graham with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cold counters with a series of strikes. Graham will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jordan Graham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graham misses with a looping left.
Graham scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Cold. Those never looked like landing.
Graham cracks Cold with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Cold shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Cold looking to control but Graham is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Cold.
Cold thowing shots but they're missing.
Cold raining down shots from the mount!
Graham is bucking up trying to escape but Cold cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cold raining down shots from the mount!
Ray Cold overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Graham wants to try and get back to his feet.
Graham is bucking up trying to escape but Cold cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Graham is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cold lands a nice shot to the head.
Graham is still in real trouble! Can Cold finish him?
Cold lands a big elbow.
Cold looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Graham covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Cold!
A victorious Ray Cold thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.