PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Polk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connor Graham has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Polk's chin.

Polk
vs
Graham

185 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

210 cm
24
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Zombie Nutrition - LOD

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Polk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Connor Graham!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polk stuffs the takedown attempt from Graham. Graham gets slowly back to his feet.
Polk lands a jab to the nose.
Graham shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Polk defends it nicely.
Polk stuffs the takedown attempt from Graham. Graham gets slowly back to his feet.
James Polk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Graham.
Graham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt.
Polk tries to bum rush Graham with a series of wild strikes but Graham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Graham is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Graham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Graham fails with the takedown.
Polk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt.
Graham looks winded!
Polk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Polk.
Polk lunges at Graham with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Graham's hand.
Graham closes this distance looking for a takedown but Polk circles away.
Graham shoots in but no luck this time.
Polk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Polk lands a nice shot that snaps Graham's head back.

Graham is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graham loses concentration momentarily and Polk pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Graham crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Polk finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). James Polk!