PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marion Cobretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobretti has chosen Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon as his entrance music. Marion Cobretti will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Graham
vs
Cobretti

185 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

199 cm
27
215 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marion Cobretti!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobretti fails with the takedown.
Cobretti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Graham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cobretti throws a body punch but Graham moves out of range.
Cobretti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Graham throws a series of punches but Cobretti avoids them all with ease.

Graham moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Cobretti.
Cobretti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cobretti breaks from the clinch.

Cobretti moves into the clinch.
Cobretti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Graham pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice sprawl there from Graham as Cobretti shoots in.
Luke Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marion Cobretti.
Graham stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Graham wants it to stay on the feet.
A jab from Cobretti finds it's way through Graham's defenses.

Cobretti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti prevents Graham from getting back to his feet.
Graham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Cobretti drops back looking for a leg! Graham is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Graham manages to kick Cobretti off! Cobretti jumps back into Graham's guard.
Graham on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Graham tries to get out of the position.
Cobretti slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cobretti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cobretti wants to control but Graham is keeping him busy.
Graham is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Cobretti asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cobretti is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Graham looks calm but he's in trouble here. Cobretti gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Graham is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Cobretti lets go of the hold and Graham can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marion Cobretti!