PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raje Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graham
vs
Malapitan

174 cm
25
135 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

168 cm
31
130 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raje Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graham finds it's way round the side to connect with Malapitan's head.
Graham throws a good cross that connects.
Graham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Malapitan counters with a takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Graham is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Malapitan is controlling him well.

Malapitan tries for a kimura but Graham is defending well.
Graham is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Malapitan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from Malapitan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Malapitan working the ground and pound.
Graham pushes Malapitan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Malapitan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Malapitan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graham keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graham is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham wants to get back to his feet but Malapitan is dominant here and he's now got Graham's back!

Malapitan working for a choke but Graham is defending well.

Malapitan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Graham is defending well though. Malapitan let's go of the attempt for now.

Malapitan is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Malapitan has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Malapitan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Graham defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Malapitan scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Graham is looking for a way out.
Graham has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Malapitan working for a choke but Graham reverses nicely into Malapitan 's guard.
Graham has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Malapitan is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malapitan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Malapitan is trying to control the position but Graham postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Graham is looking to stand up but Malapitan won't let him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Malapitan is on top in guard.
Graham keeping moving, preventing Malapitan from controlling successfully.
Malapitan throws a big elbow that misses.
Malapitan wants to control from the top but Graham keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malapitan passes Graham's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Malapitan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graham keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raje Malapitan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Malapitan walks into a stiff left hand from Graham.

Malapitan is rocked!
Graham throws a nice looking combination but Malapitan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malapitan is still on wobbly legs! Can Graham finish him?
Graham misses with a series of wild punches.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan avoids it easily.
Graham misses with a two punch combination.
Graham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malapitan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graham throws out the jab.
Graham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jordan Graham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malapitan slips a straight right by Graham.
A jab from Graham misses.
Nice defenses there by Malapitan.
Malapitan slips a jab from Graham.
A combination from Graham does no damage.
Graham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed right hand from Graham misses the target.
Malapitan blocks a jab.
Graham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan avoids it easily.
Graham throws a series of punches but Malapitan avoids them all with ease.
Graham throws a right hand that Malapitan ducks under and follows up with a left that Malapitan also avoids with ease.
Jordan Graham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malapitan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Graham avoids it really well and circles away.
Graham is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan avoids it easily.
Graham looks to throw the jab but Malapitan is out of range.
Malapitan slips under a jab.
Malapitan misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graham throws a big shot that misses.
Malapitan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graham.
Malapitan staying out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Graham misses with a series of wild punches.
Malapitan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graham throws out the jab.
Graham misses with a looping left.
Graham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malapitan throws a series of punches but Graham moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Graham misses with an uppercut.
Graham looks to land a combination but Malapitan avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham throws a looping overhand right but Malapitan ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Graham misses the target.
Malapitan misses with the combination.
Jordan Graham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graham throws a right hand that Malapitan ducks under and follows up with a left that Malapitan also avoids with ease.
Graham swinging wildly here.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan blocks it.
A big left from Graham misses.
Graham throws a shot from downtown. Malapitan moves away and avoids it.
Graham swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graham looks to land a combination but Malapitan avoids it well.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Malapitan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malapitan has a takedown stuffed.
Jordan Graham is winning the standup battle so far.
Graham looks to land a combination but Malapitan avoids it well.
Graham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Graham misses with a hook. Malapitan ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Graham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.
Malapitan tries to bum rush Graham with a series of wild strikes but Graham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Graham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Graham.
Graham misses with a few strikes there.
Graham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Graham misses.
Graham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Malapitan fails to land with a series of punches.
Graham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graham throws an overhand right that lands on Malapitan's shoulder, as Malapitan tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graham misses with a few strikes there.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by Graham.
Graham throws a jab when Malapitan was well out of range.
Graham loads up on a big right hand but Malapitan slips the punch.
Malapitan slips a jab from Graham.
Graham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malapitan.
A telegraphed right hand from Graham misses the target.
Graham misses with a looping right.
Graham throws the left hand but Malapitan avoids the punch easily.
Graham missing with a left hand there. Malapitan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malapitan moves out of range of the strikes.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malapitan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graham.
Graham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graham.
Graham misses with a two punch combination.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Graham misses.
Graham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Graham misses with a double jab.
Malapitan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graham sprawls well. Graham wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Malapitan gets slowly back to his feet.
Jordan Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raje Malapitan.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graham misses with a straight left.
Graham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malapitan.
Graham misses with a double jab.
Malapitan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malapitan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graham throws a lazy right hand but Malapitan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan blocks it.
A jab from Graham misses.
A big left from Graham misses.
Graham misses with a looping right.
Graham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malapitan circles away quickly and effectively.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Malapitan's head but Malapitan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Graham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Graham swinging wildly here.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham misses with a double jab.
Graham misses with a looping left.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Malapitan's head but Malapitan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graham misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Graham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malapitan moves out of range as Graham strikes.
Graham misses the jab.
A punch combination from Graham misses.
Graham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malapitan moves out of range as Graham strikes.
Graham throws out a loose jab but Malapitan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham tries to bum rush Malapitan with a series of wild strikes but Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Graham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malapitan circles away quickly and effectively.
Graham throws a series of punches but Malapitan moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Graham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graham throws a right and a left that Malapitan avoids nicely.
Malapitan blocks a jab.
Graham misses with a looping right.
Malapitan slips a jab from Graham.
A jab from Graham misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham misses with a looping right.
Malapitan dodges the punch combination from Graham.
A combination from Graham does no damage.
Graham tries to bum rush Malapitan with a series of wild strikes but Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Graham does no damage.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan avoids it easily.
Graham throws a series of punches but Malapitan moves out of range.
Graham tries to bum rush Malapitan with a series of wild strikes but Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malapitan blocks a jab.
Malapitan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graham throws out the jab.
Graham misses with the combination.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graham misses with a looping left.
Malapitan throws an overhand right that lands on Graham's shoulder, as Graham tries to avoid the shot.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by Graham.
Graham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Malapitan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graham.
Malapitan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malapitan moves out of range as Graham strikes.
Malapitan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graham.
Graham looks to throw the jab but Malapitan is out of range.
Graham throws a hook but Malapitan blocks it.
Graham throws a big shot that misses.
Graham missing with a left hand there. Malapitan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Graham misses the jab.
A big right from Graham misses.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malapitan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Graham throws a series of punches but Malapitan avoids them all with ease.
Graham throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Graham misses with an uppercut. Malapitan saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Malapitan.
Graham swinging wildly here.
Graham throws a right hand that Malapitan ducks under and follows up with a left that Malapitan also avoids with ease.
Malapitan slips under a jab.
Graham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Graham misses with an uppercut.
Graham throws a jab when Malapitan was well out of range.
Malapitan dodges the punch combination from Graham.
Malapitan slips a straight right by Graham.
Graham throws the left hand but Malapitan avoids the punch easily.
Malapitan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graham.
Graham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malapitan circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Malapitan's head but Malapitan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graham swinging wildly here.
Graham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malapitan.
Graham throws a nice looking combination but Malapitan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Graham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malapitan.
Malapitan throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malapitan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graham.
Graham misses with an uppercut.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Graham tries to bum rush Malapitan with a series of wild strikes but Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Graham throws a lazy right hand but Malapitan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Malapitan moves out of range of the strikes.
Malapitan dodges the punch combination from Graham.
Graham misses the jab.
Graham misses with the combination.
Graham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham misses with a few strikes there.
Graham misses with an uppercut.
Graham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Graham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malapitan.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Malapitan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Graham.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Malapitan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graham.
Graham cracks a nice hook into Malapitan's ribs.
No joy there for Graham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Graham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Graham throws a hook to the side of Malapitan's head but Malapitan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malapitan staying out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.
Malapitan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graham.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graham misses with a hook.
Graham throws a jab when Malapitan was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Graham misses the target.
Graham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malapitan.
Graham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Graham throws a series of punches but Malapitan avoids them all with ease.
Graham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malapitan.
Malapitan slips a straight right by Graham.
Graham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Graham.
Malapitan moves out of range as Graham strikes.
Graham misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Graham dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Graham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graham throws a lazy right hand but Malapitan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Malapitan misses with a few strikes there.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Graham misses with a series of wild punches.
Graham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Malapitan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graham throws a looping overhand right but Malapitan ducks down to avoid it.

Malapitan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Malapitan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Graham does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malapitan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Malapitan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Graham's head.

Malapitan seems to be looking for submissions.
Malapitan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Malapitan is working for a kimura but Graham is defending it quite comfortably.
Malapitan throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Graham to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graham has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Malapitan off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
A jab from Graham misses.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from Graham.
Nice defenses there by Malapitan.
A big right from Graham misses.
Graham looks to score with a jab to the body but Malapitan is just out of range.
Graham throws a lazy uppercut
and Malapitan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Malapitan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graham.
Graham misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Graham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Malapitan can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Graham and Malapitan drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Graham.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jordan Graham!
A relieved looking Jordan Graham thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.