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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyke Mison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I Want War by Pastor Troy. James Graves had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyke Mison!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves is looking to clinch but Mison is avoiding it.
Mison cracks the inside of Graves's front leg.
Mison misses with an uppercut. Graves saw that one coming.
Graves is looking to clinch.
Graves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A head kick misses from Graves.
Mison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mison avoids the head kick by Graves.
Mison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Graves.
Graves takes a swing at Mison's ribcage but misses.
Graves scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mison feints and then cracks Graves's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Graves down.
Graves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Graves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Graves clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Graves trying to land knees to the body.
Mison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mison is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mison wants to break free but Graves has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Graves.
Graves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mison avoids it.
Graves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mison is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graves misses with an elbow over the top.
Mison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Graves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mison circles away quickly and effectively.
Graves throws a right and a left that Mison avoids nicely.
Mison looks to land a left hand but Graves moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Graves.
Graves checks a low kick from Mison.
Mison throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mison tries to keep at a distance but Graves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Graves wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mison.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mison's elbow.
Graves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Graves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mison counters with a series of strikes. Graves will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mison cracks the inside of Graves's front leg.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mison lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mison is defending well for now.
Mison wants to break free but Graves has control.
Mison stops a takedown attempt from Graves.
Mison avoiding damage as Graves throws knees to the body.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Mison controls the action.
Mison tries to throw a body punch but Graves avoids it by throwing Mison back against the cage.
Mison lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mison.
Mison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graves is stalling here.
Mison breaks from the clinch.
Graves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves looks to land a body kick but Mison moved away.
Mison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick by Graves misses
and Mison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mison looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
Mison wants to slow Graves down by chopping away at his legs.
Some bone on bone action there as Mison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Graves tries to clinch up but Mison circles away and keeps his distance.
Graves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A combination from Graves does no damage.
Mison throws a series of strikes that have Graves backpedaling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graves throws a body kick that misses.
Mison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Graves.
James Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Graves changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mison tries to avoid it but Graves manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mison to the ground. Mison escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tyke Mison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A lazy left from Mison finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyke Mison dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mison throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mison thows a body shot but no joy.
Graves looks to land a left hand but Mison moved out of range nicely.
Graves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mison backs up against the cage.
Graves punishes Mison's body with a nice straight punch.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Graves takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Graves tries to clinch but Mison is having none of it.
Mison jabs at Graves's body.
Graves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Graves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Mison pushes him off.
Graves is looking to clinch but Mison is avoiding it.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mison.
Mison tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves dives in and grabs Mison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mison pushes down on Graves's head and hops out.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mison.
It looks like James Graves has been cut.
Mison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graves.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Graves throws a sloppy head kick
and Mison counters with a nice leg kick.
Mison avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mison.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Mison lunges at Graves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Graves's hand.
Graves moves to clinch but Mison breaks away
and Mison counters with an outside leg kick.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mison moves away.
Mison misses with a two punch combination.
Mison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graves stuns Mison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mison just misses with a punch to the body.
Mison circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mison counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Graves connects with a body shot that sends Mison's belly button to the back.
Mison misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Mison there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Mison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Mison pushes him off.
Graves is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mison.
Graves takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mison connects with an inside leg kick.
Tyke Mison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mison cracks the inside of Graves's front leg.
Mison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mison lands a two punch combo.
Graves throws a jab but it's blocked by Mison.
Graves is looking to wear down Mison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Graves checks the leg kick.
Graves takes a swing at Mison's ribcage but misses.
Graves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice sprawl there from Mison as Graves shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Graves takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mison throws a leg kick but Graves checks it.
Graves misses with a body punch
and Mison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mison slips a jab and a cross from Graves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mison.
Graves dodges the punch combination from Mison.
Mison lands a nice looking body shot.
Mison connects with the punch.
Graves is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Graves jabs at Mison's body.
Graves moves into the clinch.
Mison wants to get back to striking at distance but Graves won't allow it.
Graves struggles to land a body shot inside as Mison controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mison managing to block the knees to the body from Graves.
Graves tries to land knees in the clinch but Mison avoids the damage to the body.
Mison prevents a body shot from Graves.
Mison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyke Mison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Graves's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Graves lands a nice hook to Mison's body. Mison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mison.
Mison misses with a wild combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mison.
Mison throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Graves.
Graves walks into a left hand.
Graves fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Graves misses with a shot to the body
and Mison counters with a right hand to the body.
Graves misses with a head kick.
Graves blocks the body kick.
Mison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Graves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves moves forwards but Mison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mison cracks Graves with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Mison pushes him off.
Mison avoids the body shot from Graves.
Mison is looking to slow Graves down with leg kicks.
Mison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Graves throws a hook but Mison blocks it.
Mison avoids the body shot from Graves.
The fighters circling - Mison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves checks a leg kick.
Graves checks a leg kick.
Graves looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mison misses with a low kick.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mison manages to avoid it.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mison.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
James Graves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mison dips to his left and cracks Graves with an uppercut!
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Graves on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves misses with a head kick.
Mison's corner calls for a 1-2. Mison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mison scores with a nice strike.
Graves throws a sloppy head kick and Mison moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mison. That's going to slow Graves down.
Mison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Graves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mison.
Mison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Graves takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mison scores with a jab. Graves acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mison tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mison lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch but Mison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mison scores with a jab. Graves acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mison cracks Graves with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mison avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Graves misses.
Graves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Graves comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mison lands with a straight right. Graves didn't see that one coming.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Graves throws a lazy head kick
and Mison counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy left from Graves finds it's target.
Graves misses with a hook to the body
and Mison counters with a two punch combo.
James Graves's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mison.
Mison misses with a two punch combination.
Graves throws a nice head kick!
Tyke Mison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mison dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Graves. That did some damage!
Graves scores with a three punch combo!
Mison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Graves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mison.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mison thows a body shot but no joy.
Mison avoids the head kick by Graves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyke Mison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyke Mison!
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energy
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hype
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