PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Graham (ranked 7859 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Landry (ranked 5202 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Graham
vs
Landry

178 cm
25
173 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Landry!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry throws a looping overhand right but Graham ducks down to avoid it.
Graham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Landry swivels and escapes.
Landry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landry cracks Graham with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab from Landry misses.
Graham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Graham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Graham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Graham tries a head kick but it misses.
Landry only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Graham closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Graham lands in his opponent's guard.
Graham throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham controls from within his opponent's guard.
Graham trying to control but Landry is working from the bottom.
Graham is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Graham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Landry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Landry is working an open guard so Graham takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Graham with a poor takedown
and Landry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Landry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Landry wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Landry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graham throws a right hand that Landry ducks under and follows up with a left that Landry also avoids with ease.
Donk. Landry catches Graham right on the button with a cross.
David Graham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Landry. No joy for Graham on that attempt.
Landry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
No luck for Graham with that takedown attempt.
Graham is breathing heavily.
Landry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry lands with a hook. Graham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Landry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Graham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Graham on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Landry misses the shot to the body.
Landry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
No luck for Graham with that takedown attempt.
Ryan Landry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Landry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Graham on the side of the head.
Landry jabs Graham right on the nose. Graham blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graham tries to score a power double leg takedown but Landry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Graham somewhat.
Landry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Graham looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Graham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice cross by Landry.
Landry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Landry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graham was well out of range. Poor timing from Landry.
Graham shoots in looking for a takedown. Landry tries to sprawl out of it but Graham keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Landry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Landry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Graham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Landry as he avoids it easily.
Graham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Landry connects with a single shot there.
Graham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Graham gets a clinch.
Landry misses with the head strike.
Landry has Graham pushed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Landry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landry controlling the action here for a moment.
Landry controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry has Graham pushed against the cage.
Graham looking to stall.
Landry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Landry is trying to break free.
Graham is stalling here.
Landry is trying to push Graham away but Graham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Landry's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Graham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
No luck for Graham with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Landry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graham shoots in looking for a takedown. Landry tries to sprawl out of it but Graham keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Landry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Landry throws out a counter right but Graham avoids it with no problem.
Graham has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Landry finds it's way round the side to connect with Graham's head.
The crowd cheers as Landry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Graham doesn't seem phased though.
David Graham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Landry lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Landry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graham fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Landry clobbers Graham with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Graham walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Graham tries to move into range but Landry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Landry throws a one two combo.
Landry avoids the head kick by Graham.
Landry works Graham's body with a nice hook.
Graham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Landry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Graham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Landry throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Graham is able to avoid easily.
Graham throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Landry's waist but Landry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Graham off to one side.
Landry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Graham shoots for a takedown but Landry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Landry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Graham has his takedown stuffed
and Landry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Landry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Graham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Landry lands a jab to the head.
Landry cracks Graham with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Landry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Landry misses with a low kick.
Landry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Graham checks a leg kick.
Graham misses with a double jab.
Graham shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Landry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Landry lands the left hand.
Graham looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Graham shoots in looking for a takedown. Landry tries to sprawl out of it but Graham keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Landry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landry checks a leg kick.
Landry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Landry throws a body punch but Graham moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Landry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graham takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Graham takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheers as Landry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Graham doesn't seem phased though.
Graham takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
Landry connects with the punch.
Graham with a lazy takedown attempt
and Landry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Landry scores with a jab to the body.
Landry looks to score with a jab to the body but Graham is just out of range.
Landry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Graham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Landry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Graham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Landry as he avoids it easily.
Landry misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry cracks Graham with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Landry connects with a right hand. Graham shakes it off.
Ryan Landry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Landry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham.
Landry lands a jab.
Landry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Landry thuds his right hand into Graham's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Graham misses with a takedown attempt
and Landry counters with a nice uppercut.
Landry lands a jab to the head.
Landry dips to his left and cracks Graham with an uppercut!
Landry looks to score with a jab to the body but Graham is just out of range.
Graham doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry slaps away a takedown attempt from Graham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Landry lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A lazy left from Landry finds it's target.
Landry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Graham has time to react.
Landry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graham manages to avoid it.
David Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Graham takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Landry lands a head shot.
Landry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Landry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Graham looks for a takedown but Landry sprawls well.
Landry with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Graham there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ryan Landry is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Landry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Graham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Graham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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!
Landry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Landry swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Landry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Landry thuds a left hand into Graham's body.
An inside leg kick from Landry misses.
Graham tries a head kick but it misses.
Landry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Landry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Landry 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 25:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Landry!