PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rey Hanibal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Graves's choice of entrance music: Sex Robot. Evan Graves has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rey Hanibal's chin.

Hanibal
vs
Graves

159 cm
18
133 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

169 cm
25
136 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Fatty's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rey Hanibal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Evan Graves!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Chris Dean and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graves takes the fight into the clinch.

Graves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graves scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanibal throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Graves to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Graves finds it's way through Hanibal's defenses.

Graves gets a clinch.
Graves lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanibal jumps guard but Graves stands there with Hanibal around his waist. Hanibal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanibal throws a head punch that misses.
Hanibal fails to pull guard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Graves.
Graves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanibal avoiding damage as Graves throws knees to the body.
Hanibal misses with a punch to the body.
Hanibal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanibal is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Graves gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rey Hanibal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanibal backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hanibal up against the cage.
Graves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Graves lands an uppercut.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hanibal is rocked!
Graves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hanibal is defending well for now.
Oh Hanibal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graves works on Hanibal's body with a couple of short punches.
Hanibal is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Graves.
Graves has Hanibal pressed against the cage.
A short right from Graves on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Graves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves lands a shoulder strike.
Graves is working Hanibal over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanibal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Graves lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hanibal takes a shot to the head.
Graves creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hanibal's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hanibal drops to his knees and Graves pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Graves!
Evan Graves seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.