PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Graghbeck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miko Garounen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Graghbeck
vs
Garounen

180 cm
20
168 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Graghbeck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miko Garounen!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graghbeck circles away from the clinch attempt

so Graghbeck counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Garounen is trying to keep Graghbeck in close.
Graghbeck stopping the sweep attempt from Garounen.

Garounen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Graghbeck can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garounen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Graghbeck controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garounen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graghbeck sitting in guard here, content to control.

Graghbeck got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garounen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Graghbeck has managed to get both his arms back between Garounen's legs - danger averted.
Graghbeck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garounen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Garounen throws his legs up looking for a submission but Graghbeck uses it to pass to side control.
Garounen manages to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Garounen manages to get to full guard.

Garounen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Graghbeck defends it easily.
Graghbeck wanted to stand there but Garounen had control of the position.
Garounen trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garounen is on top in guard.

Garounen drops back, looking for a kneebar! Graghbeck looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Graghbeck looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Graghbeck!
Graghbeck passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Garounen!

Graghbeck looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Garounen is in all sorts of trouble here.

Graghbeck get's back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garounen fails with a takedown attempt.
Garounen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graghbeck.

Graghbeck shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Garounen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Graghbeck is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Graghbeck avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sebastian Graghbeck will probably get the nod.
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.

Graghbeck shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Graghbeck was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Garounen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Graghbeck gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Garounen tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Graghbeck counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Garounen has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Graghbeck is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Garounen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garounen wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Graghbeck decides to stand up, so the ref orders Garounen to his feet.

Graghbeck has Garounen up against the cage in a clinch.

Graghbeck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graghbeck lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sebastian Graghbeck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Graghbeck misses.
Garounen wants to clinch
and Graghbeck counters with a left and a right that stings Garounen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck connects with a leg kick. Garounen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Garounen wants to clinch but Graghbeck slips to the side
and Garounen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graghbeck looks for the body kick but Garounen saw that one coming.
Graghbeck plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graghbeck connects with a leg kick. Garounen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Graghbeck blocks a jab.

Graghbeck looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Graghbeck wants to pass the guard but Garounen is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck prevents Garounen from improving his position.
Graghbeck slows the pace down in half guard.
Garounen keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Garounen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garounen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garounen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Graghbeck is aware though and is defending well.
Garounen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Graghbeck stands and throws Garounen's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Graghbeck tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Graghbeck has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garounen is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Graghbeck dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Graghbeck cracks Garounen with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Garounen.
Garounen avoids the head kick by Graghbeck.
Garounen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice uppercut lands for Graghbeck. That snapped Garounen's head back.
Graghbeck scores with a nice head shot.
Graghbeck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Graghbeck scores with a one two! Garounen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Graghbeck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Graghbeck drives through with a takedown into Garounen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Garounen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Graghbeck stands up from Garounen's guard - Graghbeck perhaps looking for a knockout.
Garounen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Graghbeck instigates a clinch.
Graghbeck is pressed up against the cage. Garounen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Graghbeck down to the mat. Graghbeck avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick by Garounen misses
and Graghbeck counters with a straight right hand.
Graghbeck checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Graghbeck.
Garounen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Graghbeck scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sebastian Graghbeck overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graghbeck content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Graghbeck stops Garounen from getting back to his feet.
Garounen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Graghbeck is looking to advance position but Garounen won't allow it.

Garounen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garounen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Graghbeck's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Graghbeck's back!
Garounen missing with strikes.
Garounen doesn't have the hooks in and Graghbeck manages to turn into his guard.
Graghbeck is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garounen looking for a sweep. Not yet Garounen, not yet.
Garounen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garounen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Graghbeck is aware though and is defending well.

Garounen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Graghbeck doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Graghbeck manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Graghbeck controls from within his opponent's guard.
Graghbeck's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastian Graghbeck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graghbeck 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebastian Graghbeck!
Sebastian Graghbeck very nearly forgot to thank BioPharm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.