PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Graves (ranked 1215 p4p, 1206 weight class) and Kra Hang (ranked 168 p4p, 166 weight class). Hang has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Kra Hang has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Graves
vs
Hang

182 cm
26
174
8 - 4 - 0

177 cm
28
165
12 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kra Hang!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves connects with the punch.
Hang thows a leg kick but Graves checks it
and Graves counters with a nice body kick.
Graves connects with a jab.
Hang walks into a jab.

Hang is rocked!
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Hang pushes Graves away with a front kick.
A low kick lands for Graves.
Graves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graves seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A nice leg kick from Hang, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves swats away the attempt to clinch by Hang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hang cracks a nice hook into Graves's ribs.
Hang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Graves in his tracks.

It looks like Terrance Graves has been cut.
Hang avoids the body shot from Graves.
Some bone on bone action there as Graves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hang scores with a body shot.
Hang checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hang throws a hook but Graves avoids it easily.
Graves lands a right hook to the body.
Hang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hang throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Hang cracks Graves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Graves checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Hang.
Hang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hang darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A solid body kick from Graves.
Graves tests Hang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Hang counters with an outside leg kick.
Graves looks to land a right hand but Hang moved out of range.
Graves walks into a jab.
Hang misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves circles away from the clinch attempt
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Hang avoids the head kick by Graves.
Hang throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hang swings widly with a right hand
letting Graves counter with a right hand.
Graves staying out of range there.
Graves swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Graves cracks Hang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
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 Terrance Graves will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Terrance Graves's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Graves throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Graves takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Hang rushes Graves and presses him up against the cage.
Hang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves blocking some punches.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
Hang digs a right hand into Graves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Graves's gas tank.
Hang lands with a left to the head.
Hang misses with some punches.

Hang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves misses with a leg kick.
Graves rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hang.
Kra Hang seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hang throws a leg kick but Graves checks it.
Graves scores with a nice strike.
Hang throws a left and a right that both miss
and Graves counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Hang out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Graves is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). 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.