PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Graham (ranked 3485 p4p, 379 weight class) and William Lati (ranked 4791 p4p, 461 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Graham
vs
Lati

176 cm
25
168 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Graham !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Lati!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lati looks to land a combination but Graham avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Lati. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lati.

Graham shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lati is trying to defend but Graham finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Graham lands with a punch from half guard.
Still in half guard, Graham seems content to control.
Lati looks like he's trying to stand up.
Graham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lati defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham controlling the pace.

Graham is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lati sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lati trying to hold on to Graham 's head to control him but Graham postures up.
Lati is looking for a sweep. Graham is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lati is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Graham scores with a couple of nice shots.
Graham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Graham takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Graham passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lati is bucking up trying to escape but Graham cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graham landing strikes from the mount and Lati is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lati is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Lati working to try and regain half guard.

Graham looking to secure an arm triangle but Lati defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Graham is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Lati to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lati shrugs it off.
Graham is landing with some decent strikes but Lati is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Graham landing strikes from the mount.
Graham controlling the pace for now.
Graham lands a couple of good shots and Lati has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Lati really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Graham . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Graham has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graham has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Lati wants to get back to his feet.

Lati defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graham is working the ground and pound. Can Lati escape?
Lati is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Graham dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Graham defending well as Lati loads up on a big left hand.

Graham looking to score a takedown here. Lati is defending well but Graham drives through and ends up in Lati's guard.
Lati is wriggling around but Graham manages to pass to half guard.

Graham not doing much here.
Graham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lati can do to turn this around?
Lati is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Graham scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lati wants to control but Graham is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Graham lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Graham is thwarting Lati's attempts to control the position.
Graham is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Graham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Graham with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lati wants to get back to full guard but Graham has mounted him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Graham lands a nice shot to the head.
Graham raining down shots from the mount!
Lati is looking to get to half guard.
Graham has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lati's face.
A nice elbow there by Graham .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lati is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lati is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Graham .
Graham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Lati is rocked!
Graham postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Lati bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Graham and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Graham !
After the fight, Alexander Graham was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.