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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Graves (ranked 86 p4p, 302 weight class) and Trayvon Lewis (ranked 12 p4p, 39 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by I Bring The Darkness.. The key to victory for Phil Graves has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phil Graves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trayvon Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Graves!
Graves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lewis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Graves rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lewis's guard! Nice work there by Graves!
Lewis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lewis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lewis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Graves is aware though and is defending well.
Lewis working for submissions but it's allowed Graves to get to half guard.
Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graves performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis trying to control from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Graves seems content to control.
Graves has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lewis is trying is best to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lewis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Graves pulls his head out easily.
Graves is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Graves is trying to control. Lewis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Graves scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Graves's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lewis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Graves to see if he's OK.
Lewis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Graves rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lewis's guard! Nice work there by Graves!
Lewis wants to control but Graves passes easily into half guard.
Graves prevents Lewis from improving his position.
Graves perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lewis trying to control but Graves postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Graves controlling the action here.
Lewis trying to control here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lewis gets full guard.
Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Graves controlling from the top position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Graves slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lewis pulls Graves in close to his closed guard and prevents Graves from doing any damage or advancing position.
Graves is stalling in the full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lewis looking to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Graves.
Graves doesn't manage to clinch there - Lewis circles away.
Graves misses the jab.
Lewis's corner calls for a 1-2. Lewis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lewis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Graves lands a slapping body shot.
Phil Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Graves misses.
Graves smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Graves scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Lewis misses.
Graves tries to clinch but Lewis moves out of range.
Graves misses with a looping right.
Graves is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Graves throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lewis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves tried to score with a low kick but Lewis checks it.
Lewis feints the counter takedown.
We've been told by Graves's head coaches at Berloga that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Lewis.
Lewis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lewis connects with a right hand. Graves shakes it off.
Lewis keeps the fight on the outside.
Lewis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lewis walks into a straight right hand from Graves.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves misses with a leg kick.
Lewis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Graves misses the jab.
Graves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lewis looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Graves tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis throws a hook but Graves blocks it.
Lewis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lewis throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Graves is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Graves looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Lewis takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses.
Lewis throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Phil Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Graves throws out a loose jab but Lewis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Lewis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewis.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Lewis throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Graves.
Graves tries to land a front kick but Lewis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Graves smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Graves dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Graves tests Lewis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lewis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lewis ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Graves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lewis digs a good body shot into Graves's ribs.
Graves wants to slow Lewis down by chopping away at his legs.
Graves lands an overhand right.
Graves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lewis with the counter takedown but Graves avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Graves fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lewis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lewis ducks right into an uppercut from Graves.
Graves throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lewis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.
Lewis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Graves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lewis stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves is working hard here to advance position.
Lewis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lewis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Graves trying to control here.
Lewis throwing shots but Graves is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Graves tries to get to full guard but Lewis has control of the leg.
Lewis drops an elbow to the side of Graves's head.
Lewis is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Graves is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Trayvon Lewis!
Trayvon Lewis is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Trayvon Lewis rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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