PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forrest Griffin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Evans
vs
Griffin

190 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

204 cm
22
285 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keith Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forrest Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Evans tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.

Evans forces Griffin back against the cage and clinches.
Evans throws an elbow that misses.

Griffin manages to break the clinch.
Forrest Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.

Griffin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evans, pushing him back against the cage.
Griffin has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Evans clinches with his opponent.
Evans wants to break free but Griffin has control.

Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.

Evans forces Griffin back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Evans has him pressed against the cage.
Evans lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Evans is trying to maintain a safe position but Griffin gets an underhook and turns Evans into the cage.
Evans scores with a nice hook to the head.
Griffin keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Evans gets through Griffin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Evans has Griffin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Griffin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evans slowing the pace effectively.
Evans is trying to drag Griffin to the mat but Griffin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Evans presses Griffin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Evans wants to break the clinch but can't.

Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Evans instigates a clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Evans gets a clinch.
Evans looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keith Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evans lands a glancing blow to the side of Griffin's head.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffin throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.
Griffin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Evans has taken the fight to the clinch.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Griffin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Evans.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans tries to clinch up.

Evans clinches.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Evans is working for takedown but Griffin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Griffin has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment.

Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Griffin pushes Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Evans has double underhooks.
Evans prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin wants to break free but Evans has control.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Evans if he has to take too many more of those.

Griffin moves into the clinch successfully.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans works over Griffin's head and body with a nice combination.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a one-two to the body.
Griffin swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Evans checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Evans's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Evans duly obliges.
Griffin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Evans takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Evans has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Griffin finds it's way round the side to connect with Evans's head.
Griffin throws a series of strikes that have Evans backpedaling.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griffin was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Griffin looks to land a combination. Evans sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Griffin throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.
Evans is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Griffin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A cross from Griffin lands.
Evans tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Evans counters with a series of strikes. Griffin will be more careful next time no doubt.

Evans takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Evans dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Griffin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Keith Evans has been cut.
Griffin tries to score with a low kick but Evans moves his leg out of the way.

Evans has managed to clinch.
Evans stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin looks to land a combination. Evans sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A punch lands to the side of Griffin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Griffin lands a glancing blow to the side of Evans's head.
Griffin looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Keith Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
Griffin throws a combination that misses

and Evans counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Evans tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans moves into the clinch.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Evans showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Griffin duly obliges.
Griffin lands a right hook to the body.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Griffin scores with a one two! Evans had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Evans ducks right into an uppercut from Griffin.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evans takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Decent striking displayed by Griffin there.
Evans takes one to the chin there.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Griffin lands with an uppercut that bounces Evans off the cage and back into rage.
Evans connects with a single shot there.
A shot to the body from Griffin misses
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Griffin, pushing him back against the cage.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Evans clinches with his opponent.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Evans has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
Evans drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evans is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Griffin digs a right hand into Evans's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Evans's gas tank.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evans avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Griffin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Griffin scores with a nice head shot.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Evans makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Evans tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Evans throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Evans closes the distance and pushes Griffin back into the cage.
Evans keeps control of Griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Evans has him pressed against the cage.
Evans wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Evans scores with a shot to the side of Griffin's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Evans keeps control of Griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Evans is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Evans.

Evans gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Griffin wants to break free but Evans has control.
Evans changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Griffin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Evans lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans cracks Griffin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A right-left combo lands from Griffin.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Evans throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin fails to land the takedown.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Keith Evans's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans lands a nice hook to Griffin's body. Griffin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donk. Evans catches Griffin right on the button with a cross.
Evans uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Griffin has time to react.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
Griffin misses with a straight right.
Griffin misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch.
Griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Evans has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Evans tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griffin misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jab from Griffin.
Evans looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin wants to slow Evans down by chopping away at his legs.
Griffin throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Griffin throws a combination. Evans tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans scores with the left hand. Griffin knows he should have avoided that one.
Forrest Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evans on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Griffin. Griffin obviously looking to wear him down.
Evans throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Evans misses with a body shot.

Evans has managed to clinch.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Evans takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Griffin fails to land with a series of punches.
Evans is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Griffin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evans's head.
Evans is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Evans counters by clinching up.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Evans fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Griffin misses with a straight right.
Evans lands a jab.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Evans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin misses with a combination

and Evans moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Evans moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Evans tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans blocks a jab.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Griffin keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin blocks an elbow strike.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Evans is working for takedown but Griffin is calmly controlling the position for now.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
Evans doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Evans walks into a straight right hand from Griffin.
Evans lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Evans connects with a single shot there.

Evans instigates a clinch.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Evans lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Griffin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Griffin misses with a few strikes there.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Evans counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Evans lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evans has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keith Evans!