PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leevi Saros (ranked 1576 p4p, 1340 weight class) and Terrance Graves (ranked 216 p4p, 176 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Saros might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Marko Hietala - Stones. Leevi Saros had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Saros
vs
Graves

183 cm
26
184
9 - 8 - 1

182 cm
23
174
5 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leevi Saros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Graves.
Saros looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saros throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Graves on the side of the head.
Graves misses with a two punch combination.
Saros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Saros blocks it well.
Graves misses with a kick to the body
and Saros counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Graves thinking.
Graves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Terrance Graves has been cut.
Graves thuds his right hand into Saros's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Leevi Saros has been cut.
Saros bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Graves's head.
Graves lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves misses with a hook. Saros ducked under it nicely.
Saros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saros lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saros rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Graves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saros.
Graves only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Saros throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves's coach down at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Graves's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Graves misses with a right hand
and Saros counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saros is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saros.
Nice defenses there by Graves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Saros counters with a right hand to the body.
Graves thumps Saros with a low kick.
Saros throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Graves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saros lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saros lands the left hand.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Saros counters with a stiff right hand.
Saros avoids a kick to the body.
Saros on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
Saros misses with a straight left.
Graves slips a straight right by Saros.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands with a cross.
Saros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves unleashes a big counter combination but Saros bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Saros counters with a straight right hand.
Graves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Graves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saros just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Graves misses.
Saros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Saros throws a predictable looking body shot
and Graves counters with a good low kick that Saros was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saros takes one to the side of the head.
Graves cracks Saros with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Saros misses with an uppercut. Graves saw that one coming.
Saros throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Saros on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Graves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saros has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saros and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saros tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Graves manages to circle out of the way.
Saros takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Graves misses with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Leevi Saros will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Saros's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Saros misses with a jab to the body
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saros swings away with a body shot that misses
and Graves counters with a low kick, right behind Saros 's knee.
Saros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Graves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Graves fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saros.
Saros misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saros slips a straight right by Graves.
Graves throws a lazy right hand but Saros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saros blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves tests Saros's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Graves throws out a leg kick but Saros moves out of range and Graves only half commits.
Saros lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saros.
Graves needs to keep his hands up - Saros had a free shot at his head there.
Saros ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graves.
Saros throwing a counter right hand but Graves manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a right hand that misses
and Saros makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Saros showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graves.
Saros is looking to counter punch.
Saros stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Graves.
Graves lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Saros misses with a hook. Graves ducked under it nicely.
Graves lands with a good body shot.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saros avoids the head kick by Graves.
An attempted straight right counter from Saros misses the target.
Graves slips under a jab.
Graves misses with a jab to the body
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Terrance Graves's cut even more.
Saros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saros moves out of range of the body kick from Graves.
Graves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Saros misses.
Saros dips to his left and cracks Graves with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saros moves out of range of the body kick from Graves.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Saros.
Graves throws a leg kick
and Saros counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graves takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Graves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saros under the eye.
Saros is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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!
Graves misses with a body kick.
Saros throwing a counter right hand but Graves manages to avoid it.
Saros misses the body punch
and Saros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saros misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Saros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Saros.
Graves chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Graves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Graves throws a leg kick but Saros moved away.
Graves thuds his shin into the meat of Saros's side.
Saros throws a poor cross that misses
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Terrance Graves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Graves scores with a jab. Saros acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the body from Saros misses
and Graves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Saros loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Graves throws out a loose jab but Saros uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saros throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Graves to counter with a crisp jab.
Graves punishes Saros's body with a nice straight punch.
Saros throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Graves counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves is looking to slow Saros down with leg kicks.
Saros with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Graves to score with a decent uppercut.

Saros is rocked!
Graves ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Saros out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Terrance Graves!
A very excited looking Terrance Graves made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Leevi Saros had this to say: 'A man can't outlast whatever he's made. Tonight my opponent extended this inevitability beyond the realms of mine. Congratulations. Rise or fall, we get up and keep grinding. And grinding, the constant movement, never ends. I will return.'.