PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Dasilva (ranked 1403 p4p, 172 weight class) and Ernest Graves (ranked 1457 p4p, 178 weight class). Dasilva comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dasilva
vs
Graves

165 cm
29
155 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

172 cm
22
160 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Humberto Dasilva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernest Graves!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Dasilva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dasilva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graves sprawls well. Graves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dasilva gets slowly back to his feet.

Dasilva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Graves manages to get back to half guard.

Graves looking for submissions off his back.
Dasilva works his way into full mount!
Graves is working to get back to half guard.
Dasilva with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves is trying desperately to improve position.
Graves manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Graves gets full guard.
Dasilva passes into half guard.
Graves tries to roll over but Dasilva keeps him under control.
Graves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dasilva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dasilva's back!
Dasilva is trying to break free.
Dasilva is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Far-Q Fight Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Dasilva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Dasilva is looking to improve his position but Graves isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dasilva tries to hold on but Graves pushes him away.

Graves jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Dasilva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Graves is looking to take a break and control but Dasilva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dasilva prevents Graves from improving position.
Graves trying to control the action but Dasilva is working from the bottom.
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That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dasilva is trying to control Graves's posture but Graves avoids it.
Graves is looking to take a break and control but Dasilva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Graves tries for a kimura but Dasilva is defending well.
Graves tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dasilva is not content to let Graves control the position.

That's four 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.
Graves working the strikes but Dasilva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Dasilva is trying to control but can't.
Graves tries to pass to full mount but Dasilva defends it.
Dasilva is looking for a sweep. Graves is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dasilva trying to control from the bottom.
Graves is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dasilva reverses the position - he's now on top in Graves's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Graves is on top in guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ernest Graves will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dasilva feints and as Graves raises his hands in defense, Dasilva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dasilva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dasilva wants to control from the top but Graves keeps moving.
Dasilva tries to free his leg and advance position but Graves is retaining full guard.

Graves throws his legs up looking for a submission but Dasilva uses it to pass to side control.
Graves has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

Dasilva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dasilva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Graves gets back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dasilva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Graves is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dasilva is trying to control the action in half guard but Graves is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Graves wants to control but Dasilva is keeping busy.
Graves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Graves makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Graves.
Graves 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.
Dasilva trying to control but Graves is working from the bottom.
Dasilva is really struggling to control Graves but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Dasilva postures up.

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.

Graves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dasilva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dasilva working the head with strikes.

Dasilva is trying to get an arm triangle but Graves is defending well.
Graves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dasilva's best efforts.
Graves is staying active underneath Dasilva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dasilva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Graves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Graves 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Dasilva tries to free his leg and advance position but Graves is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Graves is on top in guard.

Graves postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graves works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dasilva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Graves wants to control from the top but Dasilva keeps moving.
Dasilva is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dasilva keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
Humberto Dasilva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dasilva 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.
Graves wants to pass the guard but Dasilva is keeping the position.
Graves looking to sit in guard and control but Dasilva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dasilva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Graves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dasilva is working hard here to advance position.
Dasilva stands and throws Graves's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Graves can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Dasilva dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Dasilva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dasilva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dasilva lands a nice looking body shot.
Dasilva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A telegraphed right hand from Dasilva misses the target.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dasilva throws a right hand that misses
and Dasilva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dasilva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Graves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dasilva thinking.
Graves lands a slapping body shot.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Dasilva is just out of range.
Graves throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves slips a straight right by Dasilva.
Dasilva has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Humberto Dasilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves lands a nice looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dasilva throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Ernest Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Dasilva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graves doesn't seem bothered though.
Graves throws a hook to the side of Dasilva's head but Dasilva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dasilva manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Dasilva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dasilva misses with a hook
and Graves counters with a right hand to the body.
Dasilva lands with a good body shot.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dasilva.
Dasilva throws a right hand that misses
and Graves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves throws a body punch but Dasilva moves out of range.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dasilva lands with a straight right. Graves didn't see that one coming.
Dasilva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Dasilva.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves digs a good hook to Dasilva's body.
Dasilva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dasilva has a takedown stuffed.
Ernest Graves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Graves digs a good hook to Dasilva's body.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Dasilva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Graves sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graves avoids the body shot from Dasilva.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Dasilva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Graves gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Graves keeping moving, preventing Dasilva from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dasilva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Graves wants to sweep here but Dasilva controlling him for the moment.
Graves working a defensive guard here.
Dasilva looking to pass the guard.
Dasilva trying to control but Graves is working from the bottom.
Graves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dasilva's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dasilva looking to control.
Graves passes Dasilva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dasilva is trying to control but can't.
Dasilva is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Graves jumps into side control!

Graves is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dasilva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dasilva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Graves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dasilva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernest Graves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Graves has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernest Graves!
An out of breath Ernest Graves thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.