PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Evander Holyfield was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Graves
vs
Holyfield

190 cm
34
205 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

188 cm
29
217 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doug Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evander Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves misses with a hook.
Graves works Holyfield's body with a nice hook.
Holyfield swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Graves counter with a right hand.

It looks like Evander Holyfield has been cut.
Holyfield misses with a head kick.
Holyfield ducks under a wild hook from Graves.

Holyfield gets a double leg takedown into Graves's guard.
Graves has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holyfield loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves is controlling Holyfield's posture.
Holyfield throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Graves wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Holyfield loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Graves is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Graves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Graves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holyfield sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Graves lands a big head kick that sends Holyfield tumbling to the mat! Graves takes a step backwards and waves Holyfield back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Holyfield is rocked!
Graves has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wild Card Training in the buildup to the fight.
Graves swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield has his takedown stuffed
and Graves counters with a stiff right hand.
Holyfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Graves finish him?

That has opened up Evander Holyfield's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Holyfield gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Holyfield seems to have recovered his senses.
Holyfield misses with the head strike.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holyfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holyfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graves's brow.
Graves avoiding damage as Holyfield throws knees to the body.
Holyfield stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holyfield landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Graves lands a nice uppercut.
Graves trying to land knees to the body.
Holyfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves managing to block the knees to the body from Holyfield.
Holyfield landing knees to the body.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Holyfield blocks it.
Graves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holyfield managing to block the knees to the body from Graves.
Holyfield effectively controlling the action here.
Graves is struggling to control the position.
Graves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Graves breaks from the clinch.
Holyfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Graves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holyfield closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graves circles away.
Holyfield tries to clinch up but Graves circles away and keeps his distance.
Graves appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield throws a combination that misses
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holyfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Graves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holyfield backwards.
Graves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Graves.
Holyfield wants a takedown.
Holyfield has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Graves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Holyfield can turn it around.
Doug Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Holyfield.
Holyfield throws an elbow but it misses.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holyfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Graves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holyfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holyfield managing to block the knees to the body from Graves.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Holyfield blocks it.
Graves tries to land a knee to the head but Holyfield blocks with his arms.
Holyfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Graves is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evander Holyfield's cut.
That's time! Graves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Graves's corner calls for a 1-2. Graves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Holyfield tries to clinch but Graves is having none of it.
Holyfield blocks a jab.
Holyfield is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Holyfield clinches with his opponent.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Graves as Holyfield tries to tie him up.
Graves landing knees to the body.
Graves taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Holyfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Graves avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holyfield tries to score a body lock takedown but Graves shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Graves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holyfield blocks it with crossed arms.
Holyfield trying to land knees to the body.
Holyfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Graves landing knees to the body.
Holyfield is breathing heavily.
Holyfield pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Holyfield trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves dodges an elbow strike from Holyfield.
Holyfield managing to block the knees to the body from Graves.
Holyfield is trying to drag Graves to the mat but Graves just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Graves manages to break the clinch.
Doug Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Graves.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Graves.
Holyfield looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Graves misses its target.
Doug Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Holyfield.
Graves misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Holyfield counters with a three punch combo that has Graves backing up. Graves nods at Holyfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Holyfield fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Graves seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Evander Holyfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graves throws a hook but Holyfield blocks it.

Graves lands a big head kick that sends Holyfield tumbling to the mat! Graves takes a step backwards and waves Holyfield back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Holyfield is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holyfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holyfield takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Holyfield shoots in and bounces Graves off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Holyfield has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Holyfield.
Holyfield trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Graves keeping moving, preventing Holyfield from controlling successfully.
Holyfield with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graves looking for a sweep. Not yet Graves, not yet.
Holyfield pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Graves is keeping the position for now.
Graves working a defensive guard here.
Holyfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Holyfield being controlled here momentarily.
Holyfield trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Graves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holyfield is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Holyfield takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Graves lunges at Holyfield with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Holyfield's hand.
Holyfield avoids the body shot from Graves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Graves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evander Holyfield's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Holyfield tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Graves defends well and Holyfield ends up having to push Graves into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Graves scores with a jab to the head.
Graves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Graves scores with a push kick.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holyfield can do to turn this around?
Graves dips to his left and cracks Holyfield with an uppercut!
Holyfield takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Holyfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Graves finish him?

The cut above Evander Holyfield's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Graves throws a hook but Holyfield avoids it easily.
Holyfield seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holyfield fails to land the takedown.
Holyfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holyfield shoots for a takedown but Graves saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Doug Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Holyfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves pounces like a tiger and cracks Holyfield with a vicious hook! Holyfield is down but not out! Graves follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Doug Graves!
Doug Graves decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.