PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Fortune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominic Fortune could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mason Graham's chin.

Fortune
vs
Graham

170 cm
24
160 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

177 cm
24
166 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Fortune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mason Graham!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham throws a series of punches but Fortune avoids them all with ease.
Fortune throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Mason Graham has been cut.
Fortune misses with a left hand
and Graham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fortune lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fortune throws an overhand right that lands on Graham's shoulder, as Graham tries to avoid the shot.
Graham doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fortune tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortune lands with an overhand left.
Fortune tries to clinch there but Graham circles away.
Fortune connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graham keeps the fight on the outside.
Graham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fortune feinted with a counter takedown.
Graham walks into a stiff left hand from Fortune.

Graham is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortune misses with a head kick.

Fortune clinches up with Graham and pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Fortune.
Graham struggles to land a body shot inside as Fortune controls his hands.
Fortune is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Graham lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Graham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fortune misses with a hook to the ribs.
Graham tries to work over Fortune's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortune goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graham.
Fortune tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graham's elbow.
Fortune swings wildly with an uppercut but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fortune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Graham tries to work over Fortune's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graham throws a punch but it's blocked by Fortune.
Graham struggles to land a body shot inside as Fortune controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Fortune blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortune cracks Graham with a nice body shot.
Fortune lands a hook that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortune stalling against the cage.
Graham swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortune uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortune blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fortune lands an uppercut.
Fortune lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham pushes Fortune back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graham scores with a shoulder strike.
Graham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Graham.
Fortune takes a shot to the head.
Fortune is struggling to control the position.
Graham blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Fortune.
Graham blocking some punches.
Graham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Fortune.
Graham misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortune lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortune tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortune lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortune misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fortune takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fortune tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graham's elbow.
Fortune gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fortune blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graham misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortune lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Graham misses with some punches.
Fortune lands a body shot.
Graham blocking some punches.
Graham lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Fortune.
Fortune blocks a body shot from Graham.
Fortune scores with a hook to the body.
Graham looks winded!
Graham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Fortune dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mason Graham's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A combination from Fortune does no damage.
Graham looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graham takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Fortune gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fortune working aggressively here.
Graham scores with a shot to the side of Fortune's head.
Fortune tries a body shot but Graham blocks it.
Fortune is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fortune is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graham can do to turn this around?
Fortune misses with some punches.
Fortune blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fortune misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortune misses with a body punch.
Fortune misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortune tries to throw a body punch but Graham avoids it by throwing Fortune back against the cage.
Fortune throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fortune digs a right hand into Graham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graham's gas tank.
Fortune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Graham backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Fortune swings wildly with an uppercut but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortune softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fortune misses with the head strike.
Fortune is looking to control Graham's arms but Graham gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fortune has his back to the cage.
Fortune stalling in the clinch but Graham improves position.
Dominic Fortune has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fortune.
Fortune misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortune scores with a shot to the side of Graham's head.
Graham has a couple of punches blocked by Fortune.
Graham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortune lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Fortune blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Graham as Fortune tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graham blocking some punches.
Fortune tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graham blocks a body shot from Fortune.
Fortune swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Graham on the inside.
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!
Fortune goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Fortune's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Fortune.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortune tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fortune.

Graham manages to break the clinch.
Fortune scores with a body shot.
Graham throws a looping overhand right but Fortune ducks down to avoid it.
Dominic Fortune is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham cracks Fortune with an open hand slap.
Fortune wants to clinch up but Graham keeps it at a distance.
Fortune misses with a double jab
and Graham counters with a one-two to the body.
Graham throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fortune on the side of the head.
Fortune misses with a double jab
and Graham counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Graham gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fortune jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortune finish him?
Fortune misses the jab.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Fortune throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortune fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Graham looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Fortune misses.
Fortune wants to clinch.
Graham looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Fortune closes the distance and pushes Graham back into the cage.
Fortune lands with a left to the head.
Fortune throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grahams head.
Still in the clinch, Fortune scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fortune blocking some punches.
Fortune misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortune fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Fortune dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mason Graham's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Fortune throws the left hand but Graham avoids the punch easily.
Fortune walks into a left hand.
Fortune misses with an uppercut.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Graham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Fortune.
Dominic Fortune is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fortune.
Fortune misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fortune walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortune tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Graham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Fortune.
Fortune bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That has opened up Mason Graham's cut even more.
Graham misses with an uppercut. Fortune saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortune.
Sloppy strikes from Graham. Those never looked like landing.
Fortune misses with a body shot.
Fortune connects with a right hand. Graham shakes it off.
Fortune lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fortune tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Graham now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fortune jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortune looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Graham! But no joy.
Fortune lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortune lands a jab to the nose.
Fortune misses with a hook to the body
and Graham counters with a nice uppercut.
Graham throws a series of punches but Fortune avoids them all with ease.
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 thows a left - swing and a miss!
Graham keeps the fight on the outside.
Graham let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Graham walks into a jab.
Fortune cracks Graham with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big left from Graham misses.
Fortune tries to clinch up.
Dominic Fortune seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stalling in the clinch from Fortune.
Graham misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortune tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graham's elbow.
Mason Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Fortune.
Fortune misses with the head strike.
Graham misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortune throws a head punch that misses.
Graham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortune stalls.
Fortune prevents Graham from breaking the clinch.
Fortune lands a nice uppercut.
Fortune throws a head punch that misses.

Graham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortune connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Graham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fortune.
Fortune changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortune drops Graham with a straight right hand, right on the button! Fortune follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Fortune!