PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Egil Wiik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiik is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rummelsnuff. William Graham has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Graham
vs
Wiik

190 cm
25
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Egil Wiik!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graham shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wiik manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Graham stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wiik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wiik being controlled here, momentarily.
Graham postures up in Wiik's guard and throws a big left but Wiik blocks it.

Wiik escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Graham gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham slips nicely into half guard.
Graham stalling.
Wiik tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Graham has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Graham controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Graham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Graham throws some wild stikes that Wiik manages to avoid easily.
Graham fails to advance to Wiik's back.

Graham stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Graham gets caught flat footed, as Wiik shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
My spies in Sports Fitness $50 inform me that Wiik has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Graham not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Graham escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wiik gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Graham has his hands on Wiik's head, controlling the position.
Graham not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wiik is one step ahead there.
Graham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Graham is controlling Wiik's posture.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Graham looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wiik is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Graham dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Graham dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Graham.
William Graham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Graham swings around for an armbar but Wiik sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Graham's guard.
Wiik prevents Graham from getting back to his feet.
Graham pulls Wiik in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wiik stopping the sweep attempt from Graham.

Graham looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Wiik passes into half guard.
Graham wants to control but Wiik is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Graham is trying to get back to full guard.
Wiik thows a huge punch but Graham dodges it nicely.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wiik prevents Graham from standing back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Graham clinches up with Wiik and pushes him back against the ropes.
Graham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiik prevents Graham from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham lands a right hand.

Graham pulls guard effortlessly.
Graham is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Graham wants to improve his position but instead Wiik has moved into half guard.
Graham is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wiik trying to advance position but Graham counters by regaining guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graham is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Graham has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Wiik off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Graham changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wiik looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wiik is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
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!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wiik can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Graham scores with a takedown into Wiik's guard.

Graham decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Wiik, up you get!
Graham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wiik can do to turn this around?

Graham fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wiik sprawls well initially but Graham persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Graham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Graham is trying to control. Wiik wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Graham trying to control the action but Wiik is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Graham wants to pass the guard but Wiik is defending well.
Graham seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Wiik is refusing to be controlled, as Graham sits in half guard.

Wiik manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graham feints and as Wiik raises his hands in defense, Graham changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wiik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wiik keeping full guard, as Graham tries to pass.
Graham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Graham controls from within his opponent's guard.

Wiik looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Graham advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiik seems a little lost for a moment, as Graham dominates the positioning.
Graham fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Graham is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wiik has escaped the position, nice work there.
A lull in the action here as Graham stalls from top position.
The strikes coming from Graham are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Graham is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wiik is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Graham advances to mount.
Graham content just to control the position here.
Egil Wiik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William Graham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Graham manages to capitalize on a mistake by Wiik to take his back!

And that's the end of the fight!
William Graham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graham has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Graham!