PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Graves (ranked 826 p4p, 2112 weight class) and Bruno Dukic (ranked 114 p4p, 289 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graves
vs
Dukic

182 cm
32
174
19 - 13 - 0

169 cm
30
178
8 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
World class MT
Powerful

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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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Dukic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dukic throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Graves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dukic connects with a nice looking jab.
Graves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dukic throws out the jab.
Dukic lands a head shot.
Dukic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dukic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dukic throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves throwing a counter right hand but Dukic manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graves dodges the punch combination from Dukic.
Dukic wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dukic shoots in for a takedown but Graves shows good takedown defense.
Graves swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dukic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Graves counters with an outside leg kick.
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves throwing a counter right hand but Dukic manages to avoid it.
Dukic catches Graves with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dukic looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Dukic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Graves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graves cracks Dukic with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Bruno Dukic has been cut.

Graves drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dukic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Graves dives into side control.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves is staying tight to Dukic's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dukic defending against the ground and pound.
Graves just content to control the position.
Dukic struggling a bit here.
Graves takes a little break here. Dukic wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic taking punishment in the form of punches.
Graves controlling the position from side mount.
Graves in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Graves working away.
Graves lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves landing strikes.
Graves scores with punches from side control.
Dukic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Graves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dukic is trying to control Graves's posture but Graves avoids it.
Graves cracks Dukic with a big elbow.
Graves controlling from side mount.
Graves working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Graves lands an elbow.
Graves cracks Dukic with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Graves controls the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Dukic's cut.
That's time! Graves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dukic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Graves counters with a stiff right hand.
Dukic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graves.
A shot to the liver by Graves. Beautiful body shot.
Graves seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Graves closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dukic quickly recovers to half guard.
Dukic wants to stand back up but Graves manages to pass into side control.
Graves working the head with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Graves tries to score with some ground and pound. Dukic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves lands some shots froms side control.
Dukic is working to avoid the ground and pound but Graves connects with a decent elbow.
Graves is putting a hurting on Dukic here, landing some big shots from side control.
Terrance Graves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Graves controls the position.
Graves in side control, throwing shots but Dukic defends.
Graves creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Graves slows the pace down.
Graves postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dukic takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Graves 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.
Graves lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves working the head with strikes.
Graves taking a breather here.
Graves lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dukic down.
Graves will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Graves in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Graves lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Graves connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dukic some visible discomfort.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dukic is working to avoid the ground and pound but Graves connects with a decent elbow.
Dukic taking a bit of punishment here - Graves scoring with strikes.
Graves lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dukic down.
Dukic takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Dukic is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands a strong strike to the head of Dukic. That's dazed him! Graves looking to finish here. Dukic is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Graves lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrance Graves!
Our winner, Terrance Graves, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.