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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daverio Graves (ranked 5400 p4p, 6340 weight class) and Paxton Lammaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paxton Lammaron will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daverio Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paxton Lammaron!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lammaron gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Graves throws a big shot that misses.
Lammaron looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lammaron manages to avoid it.
Daverio Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lammaron takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A punch lands to the side of Lammaron 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Graves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lammaron stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lammaron.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Lammaron counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graves looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves scores with a jab to the jaw.
Graves misses with a hook. Lammaron ducked under it nicely.
Graves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lammaron stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Graves misses
and Lammaron counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graves lands a lovely overhand right.
Graves lands a nice hook to Lammaron's body. Lammaron takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Graves lands with a nice body punch.
Graves connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Lammaron is out of range.
Lammaron staying out of range there.
Lammaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Graves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lammaron takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Graves misses with a hook
and Lammaron makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves connects with the punch.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lammaron manages to avoid it.
Lammaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Graves lands a nice shot to the body.
Graves connects with a nice looking jab.
Graves missing with a left hand there. Lammaron was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Lammaron is just out of range.
Lammaron throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands a nice shot that snaps Lammaron's head back.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Lammaron throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
Lammaron takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Graves thuds a left hand into Lammaron's body.
Graves missing with a left hand there. Lammaron was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lammaron throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
Graves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lammaron looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lammaron walks into a jab.
Graves is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Graves throws a jab when Lammaron was well out of range.
Lammaron let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Graves takes a swing at Lammaron's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a hook to the side of Lammaron's head but Lammaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Lammaron is just out of range.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graves scores with a nice strike.
Graves lands a nice shot that snaps Lammaron's head back.
Graves lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Graves swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Lammaron to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Daverio Graves has been cut.
Graves misses with a body punch
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daverio Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daverio Graves's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A jab from Graves misses.
A little jabbing left from Lammaron on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graves throws a lazy uppercut
and Lammaron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Graves misses with a left hand
and Lammaron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lammaron can do to turn this around?
Graves throws a jab but it's blocked by Lammaron.
It seemed like Lammaron was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Graves lands with a good body shot.
Graves scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Lammaron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lammaron manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Lammaron is just out of range.
Lammaron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lammaron manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Graves.
Graves throws a right hand that misses
and Lammaron makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Graves lands with a right hand.
Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lammaron.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lammaron! But no joy.
Graves misses the body punch
and Lammaron counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Lammaron is out of range.
Lammaron on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Lammaron looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lammaron might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Graves has got the better of the exchanges.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Lammaron was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lammaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lammaron slips a straight right by Graves.
Graves scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Lammaron let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Lammaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Graves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lammaron now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lammaron manages to avoid it.
Graves connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Graves misses its intended target.
Graves catches Lammaron with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Lammaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lammaron was well out of range. Poor timing from Graves.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Lammaron moved out of range nicely.
Lammaron now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Lammaron on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lammaron moves out of range of the strikes.
Lammaron slips a jab from Graves.
Graves misses with a body punch
and Lammaron counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A lazy left from Graves finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daverio Graves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daverio Graves's cut.
That's time! Graves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Lammaron takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lammaron uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graves.
A big right from Graves misses.
A little jabbing left from Lammaron on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Graves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lammaron counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graves lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Graves lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves misses with a straight right.
Graves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lammaron.
Lammaron ducks right into an uppercut from Graves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves throws a shot from downtown. Lammaron moves away and avoids it.
Lammaron now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lammaron.
Lammaron doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Graves scores with a nice head shot.
A jab lands there for Graves.
Graves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Graves connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lammaron misses with a straight right.
Lammaron has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graves finds it's way round the side to connect with Lammaron's head.
Graves rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lammaron to counter with a crisp jab.
Paxton Lammaron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Graves misses.
Graves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lammaron sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lammaron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graves misses with a hook to the body
letting Lammaron counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Lammaron to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Lammaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Lammaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lammaron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lammaron.
Lammaron takes one to the side of the head.
Lammaron ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lammaron blocks a jab.
Graves looks to land a right hand but Lammaron moved out of range.
Graves scores with a hook to the body. Lammaron takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, jab by Graves - just one landing.
Graves misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Lammaron on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lammaron takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lammaron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Graves.
A shot to the body from Graves misses
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Daverio Graves's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lammaron avoids the body shot from Graves.
Lammaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Graves throws a shot from downtown. Lammaron moves away and avoids it.
Lammaron might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Graves with a hook.
Graves connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Graves does it's job there.
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 an uppercut
and Lammaron counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Lammaron staying out of range there.
It seemed like Lammaron was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Daverio Graves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by Lammaron.
Lammaron looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daverio Graves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daverio Graves!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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