PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gigi Woerner (ranked 412 p4p, 351 weight class) and Tyrone Graves (ranked 57 p4p, 44 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Woerner
vs
Graves

195 cm
23
250
9 - 5 - 0

200 cm
22
265
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Primal
Conviction

Shadow Realm Apparel
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gigi Woerner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Graves!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves scores with a jab. Woerner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Graves.

It looks like Gigi Woerner has been cut.
Woerner just misses with a punch to the body.
Graves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Woerner throws a low kick but it's checked well by Graves.
Graves now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Graves loads up on a big right hand but Woerner slips the punch.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Woerner throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Woerner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graves manages to avoid it.
Graves throws out a counter right but Woerner avoids it with no problem.
Woerner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Graves under the eye.

It looks like Tyrone Graves has been cut.
Woerner throws a poor cross that misses
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Graves sends Woerner crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Graves is motioning to the referee to let Woerner up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woerner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Graves.
Nice jab there from Woerner.
We've been told by Woerner's head coaches at Canucks Combat Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nice defenses there by Woerner.
Woerner misses with a head kick.
Woerner with a nice calf kick.
Woerner walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Woerner.
Woerner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Graves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Woerner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Woerner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Woerner slips under a jab.
Graves checks the leg kick.
Woerner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Graves. Graves circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice leg kick from Woerner, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Graves.
Woerner throws a head kick that misses.
Graves connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Woerner's head backwards.
Woerner works the jab nicely.
Graves slips a straight right by Woerner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woerner works Graves's body with a nice hook.
Woerner misses with a hook
and Graves counters with a nice body shot.
Graves throws a body punch but Woerner moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Graves.
Woerner lands a head shot.
Woerner throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Graves connects with a crisp jab.
Woerner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Graves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Woerner was well out of range. Poor timing from Graves.
Woerner thumps Graves with a low kick.
Graves throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Woerner to counter with a crisp jab.

Graves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Woerner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Graves closes the distance and pushes Woerner back into the cage.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Woerner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Woerner.
Graves throws a hook but Woerner avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Woerner.

Graves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Graves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves digs a right hand into Woerner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Woerner's gas tank.
Graves taking a breather.

Woerner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graves scores with the left hand. Woerner knows he should have avoided that one.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Woerner misses the target.
Woerner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Woerner.
Woerner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Woerner has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Graves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Graves avoids the body shot from Woerner.
A telegraphed right hand from Woerner misses the target.
Graves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Woerner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Graves cracks Woerner with a good jab.
Graves throws a hook but Woerner avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Woerner misses the target.

Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Graves lands a left hand.
A short right from Graves on the inside.
Woerner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Woerner is looking to break free of the clinch but Graves has double underhooks.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Woerner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Woerner is looking to break free of the clinch but Graves has double underhooks.
Woerner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Woerner is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Woerner has had enough of the clinch but Graves keeps him there for the moment.
Woerner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Graves lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Woerner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Woerner wants to land a leg kick but Graves is out of range.
Graves thuds a left hand into Woerner's body.
Graves walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Woerner drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Graves swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Woerner's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Graves!
Tyrone Graves is the new heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Tyrone Graves misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.