PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and I.P. Daily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). P. Daily. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gravas
vs
Daily

185 cm
27
199 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

195 cm
24
202 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)
160!

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Latka Gravas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, I.P. Daily!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Daily counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gravas doesn't manage to clinch there - Daily circles away.
Daily scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gravas in his tracks.
Gravas is looking to slow Daily down with leg kicks.
Gravas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daily.

Gravas takes the fight into the clinch.
Gravas lands a hook that snaps the head of Daily backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gravas is pushing Daily up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gravas throws an elbow but misses.
Gravas effectively controlling the action here.
Gravas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daily backwards.
Daily swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Gravas.
Gravas lands with a left to the head.
Gravas trying to control the position but instead, Daily has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gravas into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Latka Gravas.
Gravas tries to clinch there but Daily circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gravas.
Gravas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gravas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Daily makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Daily misses with a hook. Gravas ducked under it nicely.
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Daily throws a big shot that misses.
Gravas tries to clinch but Daily is having none of it.
Gravas is looking to clinch but Daily is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Gravas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gravas throws a combination that misses
and Daily counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gravas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gravas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Daily looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Gravas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daily keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daily lands a glancing blow to the side of Gravas's head.
Daily blocks a leg kick.
Gravas looks to land a combination. Daily sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Daily circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gravas is looking to clinch but Daily is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily scores with a jab.
Daily has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Daily misses with a hook. Gravas ducked under it nicely.
Daily pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gravas throws a chopping leg kick but Daily manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gravas moves in looking to clinch but Daily pushes him off.
Daily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravas.
Gravas swings for the body but Daily moves out of range.
Gravas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daily swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gravas throws a lazy body kick
and Daily counters with a good, hard body kick but Gravas shrugs it off.
Gravas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gravas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daily digs a good body shot into Gravas's ribs.
Gravas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Daily stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a body shot.
Gravas tries to clinch up but Daily circles away and keeps his distance.
Gravas swings widly with a right hand
and Daily counters with a straight right hand.
Daily scores with a sloppy right hand. Gravas should have avoided that one.
Daily keeps the fight on the outside.
Daily avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gravas misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas. Daily does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravas lands with a slapping head kick.
Gravas blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Daily misses with a straight left.
Daily throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Latka Gravas dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gravas is looking to clinch.
Gravas tries to clinch up but Daily circles away and keeps his distance.
Gravas tries to score with a low kick but Daily moves his leg out of the way.
Gravas connects with an inside leg kick.

Gravas clinches with his opponent.
Gravas lands a nice uppercut.
Daily struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravas controls his hands.
Daily lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gravas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daily misses with a punch to the body.
Gravas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daily is keeping busy.

Daily breaks from the clinch.
Daily paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daily is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas.
Gravas throws a sloppy head kick and Daily moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daily finds it's way round the side to connect with Gravas's head.

Daily tries to keep at a distance but Gravas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daily wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gravas has him pressed against the cage.
Gravas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daily is keeping busy.
Daily swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gravas slowing the pace effectively.
Daily digs a right hand underneath Gravas's ribcage. Gravas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gravas looking to stall.
Gravas slows down the pace here.
Gravas scores with a shot to the side of Daily's head.
Daily struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravas controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas is leaning against Daily and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Daily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daily tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daily is trying to push Gravas away but Gravas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gravas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daily throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Daily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gravas prevents a body shot from Daily.
Daily takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gravas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gravas is working Daily over against the cage.
Daily throws a punch but it's blocked by Gravas.
A shot in the inside from Gravas.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gravas stalls.
Gravas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daily or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Daily.
Daily swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily digs a right hand underneath Gravas's ribcage. Gravas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Daily has a couple of punches blocked by Gravas.
Gravas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daily struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravas controls his hands.
Gravas lands a nice uppercut.
Daily misses with some punches.
Gravas is looking to control Daily's arms but Daily gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gravas has his back to the cage.
Daily is trying to break the clinch but Gravas is controlling him.
Daily lands with a light punch inside.
Gravas keeps control of Daily as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gravas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daily's elbow.
Daily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas's elbow.
Daily misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Gravas on the inside.
Gravas presses Daily against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Daily is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daily throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gravass head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gravas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daily tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daily swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Daily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daily makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Daily lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daily works on Gravas's body with a couple of short punches.
Gravas lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravas works on Daily's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gravas.
Gravas prevents Daily from breaking the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Gravas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Latka Gravas dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gravas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab from Gravas.
Decent striking displayed by Daily there.
Gravas tries to move into range but Daily moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gravas swings widly with a right hand
and Daily counters with a good low kick that Gravas was not able to check.
Gravas doesn't manage to clinch there - Daily circles away.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Daily.
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gravas lands a jab to Daily's midsection.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Daily looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gravas tries to clinch up but Daily circles away and keeps his distance.

Gravas clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas is trying to maintain a safe position but Daily gets an underhook and turns Gravas into the cage.
Daily misses with a punch on the inside.
Gravas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Daily backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gravas.
Gravas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Gravas.
Daily throws a head punch that misses.
Gravas stalls.
Gravas lands a nice elbow.
Daily can't break the clinch.
Gravas is working Daily over against the cage.
Daily takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice elbow from Gravas.
Gravas lands a nice elbow.
Gravas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gravas misses with a punch to the body.
Daily fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas has Daily pressed against the cage, preventing Daily from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gravas is trying to stall.
Latka Gravas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daily misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gravas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Daily wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gravas has him pressed against the cage.
Gravas lands a nice elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gravas.
Gravas misses with a punch to the body.
Daily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daily misses with a body punch.
Daily wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gravas lands with a light punch inside.
Daily lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gravas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gravas looking to slow down the pace here.
Daily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daily throws a head punch that misses.
Gravas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daily's defenses.
Gravas lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Daily is rocked!
Daily tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daily is still on wobbly legs! Can Gravas finish him?
Daily takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Daily just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gravas's brow.
Gravas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daily's defenses.
Gravas has Daily pushed against the cage.
Gravas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gravas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Daily up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gravas.
Gravas throws a big uppercut that drops Daily! More strikes from Gravas and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Daily lies dazed against the cage as Gravas celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Latka Gravas!
Our winner, Latka Gravas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.