PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blixt Boxlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Boxlund
vs
Graves

175 cm
27
165 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

180 cm
30
161 lbs
21 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blixt Boxlund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gustav Graves!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxlund misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a thumping low kick.

Boxlund closes the distance and pushes Graves back into the cage.
Graves tries for a takedown but Boxlund manages to get underhooks.
Boxlund tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves lands an uppercut.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxlund can't find room to land a body shot as Graves controls the action.
Graves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boxlund scores with a hook to the body.
Graves lands a body punch.
Graves is leaning against Boxlund and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boxlund lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boxlund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boxlund takes a shot to the head.
Boxlund is breathing heavily.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves has Boxlund pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boxlund manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Graves lands a shot to the body.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Boxlund.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boxlund tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graves's elbow.
Graves lands a left hand.
Boxlund throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boxlund backwards.
Graves blocks a body shot from Boxlund.
Graves lands a shot to the body.
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boxlund backwards.
Boxlund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boxlund tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Graves.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graves presses Boxlund against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Graves.
Graves goes for a takedown in the clinch but Boxlund prevents it.
Blixt Boxlund has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustav Graves.
Graves lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Graves.
Graves misses with some punches.
Graves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Boxlund is rocked!
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh Boxlund is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boxlund.
Boxlund blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxlund uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves is leaning against Boxlund and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxlund uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boxlund blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxlund uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxlund blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxlund uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boxlund seems to have got his legs back now.
Graves lands a right hand.
Boxlund cracks Graves with a nice body shot.
Graves tries a body shot but Boxlund blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Boxlund.
Boxlund works on Graves's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxlund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boxlund throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boxlund lands a body shot.
Boxlund misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boxlund lands a right hand.
A short right from Boxlund on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxlund works on Graves's body with a couple of short punches.
Boxlund lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Boxlund.
Boxlund lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Boxlund.
Still in the clinch, Boxlund scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boxlund creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Boxlund.
Boxlund lands a body punch.
Boxlund pushes Graves back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Boxlund misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boxlund creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boxlund creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Boxlund's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boxlund missing with a left hand there. Graves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boxlund.
Boxlund throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graves counters with a left to the body.
Blixt Boxlund is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Boxlund gets a clinch.
Boxlund lands a shot to the body.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxlund uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Boxlund.
Boxlund lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Boxlund.
Graves drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
Boxlund pushes Graves back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Boxlund escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boxlund throws a right hand that misses

and Graves counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves trying to control the action but Boxlund is working from the bottom.
Boxlund is trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Graves dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Boxlund fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Graves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Graves shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boxlund but Boxlund pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boxlund throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boxlund cracks a nice hook into Graves's ribs.
Boxlund fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Graves.

Boxlund has Graves up against the cage in a clinch.

Graves has clasped his hands together around Boxlund's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Boxlund gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Boxlund manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxlund looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Graves not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Boxlund trying to control the position.
Graves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boxlund swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boxlund keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Graves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gustav Graves was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Boxlund throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Graves moves into the clinch.
Boxlund working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Graves lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Boxlund works on Graves's body with a couple of short punches.

Boxlund pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boxlund throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boxlund misses with a combination
and Graves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boxlund connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boxlund.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxlund misses with a left hand
enabling Graves to counter with a crisp jab.
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boxlund swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Graves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graves throws a hook to the side of Boxlund's head but Boxlund sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boxlund stuffs the takedown.
Boxlund rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Graves gets tackled into the cage by Boxlund. Boxlund maintains the clinch.
Boxlund lands a right hand.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves misses with some punches.
Boxlund misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
Graves digs a right hand into Boxlund's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boxlund's gas tank.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxlund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Boxlund on the inside.
Boxlund blocking some punches.
Boxlund misses with a punch to the body.
Boxlund swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Graves blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
Boxlund is leaning against Graves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graves stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves lands a big right hand that drops Boxlund! The killer instinct kicks in and Graves finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Graves!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustav Graves!