PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCarthy comes to the cage accompanied by Crank That-Soulja Boy. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

McCarthy
vs
Graham

175 cm
24
158 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

174 cm
27
135 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Graham!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy misses with a double jab
and Graham counters with a straight right hand.
McCarthy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Graham circles away quickly and effectively.
McCarthy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Graham throws a nice looking combination but McCarthy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCarthy throws a head kick but Graham moves out of range.
Graham tries to bum rush McCarthy with a series of wild strikes but McCarthy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCarthy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Graham.
McCarthy misses with a low kick as Graham jumps back.
Graham lands a nice shot that snaps McCarthy's head back.
McCarthy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCarthy looks to land a combination but Graham avoids it well.
Graham feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McCarthys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham clobbers McCarthy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Graham throws a jab but it's blocked by McCarthy.
McCarthy throws a nice head kick!
Graham scores with a hook.
Graham throws out a loose jab but McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McCarthy can pounce on him.
McCarthy scores with a push kick.
McCarthy moves out of range as Graham strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCarthy. That's going to slow Graham down.
McCarthy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Graham's calf.
Graham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graham scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham misses with a straight right.
Graham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Graham checks a low kick from McCarthy.
Graham misses with a few strikes there.
Graham scores with a nice right hand.
McCarthy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Graham is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McCarthy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice uppercut lands for Graham. That snapped McCarthy's head back.

McCarthy is rocked!
Graham misses with an uppercut.
Oh McCarthy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCarthy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Graham has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Graham and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McCarthy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for Graham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Graham misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCarthy throws a sloppy head kick
and Graham counters with a crisp right that sends McCarthy to the canvas! Graham follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jordan Graham!
Our winner, Jordan Graham, 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.