PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Graves (ranked 5948 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rei Aoki (ranked 3625 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Graves
vs
Aoki

172 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ernest Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rei Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves works Aoki's body with a nice hook.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decent striking displayed by Aoki there.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Aoki.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aoki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Aoki moved out of range nicely.
Aoki lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ernest Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aoki blocks a jab.
Aoki cracks Graves with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Graves has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Aoki defending well as Graves loads up on a big left hand.
Aoki takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves slips under a jab.
Graves was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aoki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aoki slips under a jab.
Aoki throws a jab but it's blocked by Graves.
Aoki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aoki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aoki throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Graves throws a jab when Aoki was well out of range.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graves misses with an uppercut.
Aoki scores with a body shot.
Aoki throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Aoki misses with a straight left.
Aoki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Graves throws a hook to the side of Aoki's head but Aoki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aoki digs a good body shot into Graves's ribs.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Aoki digs a good body shot into Graves's ribs.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Aoki.
Graves tries to clinch up.
Graves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aoki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves cracks Aoki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Graves.
Rei Aoki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graves blocks a jab.
Aoki throws a combination. Graves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Ernest Graves has been cut.
Aoki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Graves throws a lazy uppercut
and Aoki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graves tries to move into range but Aoki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Graves slips under a jab from Aoki.
Graves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aoki takes one on the button.
Graves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Graves is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Graves misses the target.
Aoki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Aoki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Graves to score with a decent uppercut.
Graves lands a glancing blow to the side of Aoki's head.
Graves is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Aoki lands a lovely overhand right.
Graves throws a lazy uppercut
letting Aoki counter with a right hand.

Graves is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves defending well as Aoki loads up on a big left hand.
Graves lands with an overhand left.
Aoki staying out of range there.
Aoki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Graves loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
Aoki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Graves with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Graves is defended easily by Aoki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Aoki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aoki is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Aoki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Aoki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Aoki misses with an uppercut. Graves saw that one coming.
Aoki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Graves on the side of the head.
Aoki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fighters circle momentarily. Graves darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves scores with the left hand. Aoki knows he should have avoided that one.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Aoki is out of range.
Donk. Aoki catches Graves right on the button with a cross.
Aoki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Graves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aoki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graves is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice shot by Graves.
Graves throws the left hand but Aoki avoids the punch easily.
Graves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves cracks Aoki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Graves missing with a left hand there. Aoki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aoki walks into a straight right hand from Graves.

Aoki is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graves keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Aoki is still on wobbly legs! Can Graves finish him?
A big right from Graves misses.
Aoki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graves finds it's way round the side to connect with Aoki's head.
Graves scores with the left hand. Aoki knows he should have avoided that one.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Aoki! Graves dives in looking to finish! Aoki is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ernest Graves!