PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Del Carma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffon comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping out to Boston by Dropkick Murphys. Del Carma is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 300 Violin Orchestra-Jorge Quintero. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Griffon
vs
Del Carma

191 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
204 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Goodness You Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forrest Griffon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Del Carma!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Carma loads up on a big right hand but Griffon slips the punch.
No joy there for Del Carma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Del Carma swinging wilding here.
Griffon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Del Carma. That did some damage!

Griffon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Griffon is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Del Carma is in real trouble.
Del Carma is trying to stand back up.

Del Carma is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Griffon missing with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffon is looking for the choke from the back position but Del Carma is controlling his hands well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffon lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Del Carma hold on?!
Del Carma looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Griffon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Griffon punishes Del Carma with strikes from the back mount.
Del Carma is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Griffon is persistently looking for the submission but Del Carma is defending it well.

Del Carma defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Griffon is breathing heavily.
Del Carma trying to get back to his feet but Griffon is in full control for now.
Del Carma has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Griffon.
Griffon throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

Griffon is persistently looking for the submission but Del Carma is defending it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Carma is really stuck here.
Griffon lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Del Carma hold on?!
Del Carma holding both Griffon 's hands and preventing any damage.

Griffon looking for the choke but no joy.
Del Carma rolls, trying to escape but Griffon keeps control of the position.
Del Carma controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Del Carma showing good submission defense here.
Del Carma is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffon lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Griffon is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Del Carma up.

Del Carma is rocked!

Griffon is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Del Carma showing good submission defense here.

Griffon looking for the choke but no joy.

Griffon is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Del Carma defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Del Carma is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Griffon is persistently looking for the submission but Del Carma is defending it well.
Del Carma is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Griffon is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Griffon gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Griffon gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Griffon apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Griffon moves out of range of the strikes.

Griffon scores with a takedown into Del Carma's guard.
Griffon prevents Del Carma from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Del Carma striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Del Carma throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Griffon dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Del Carma throws a right hand that Griffon ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffon also avoids with ease.
Griffon is looking to clinch but Del Carma is avoiding it.
Del Carma moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Forrest Griffon has been cut.
Del Carma misses with a wild combination.
Del Carma throws a leg kick
and Griffon counters with a good low kick that Del Carma was not able to check.
Del Carma lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Griffon sprawling to the canvas. Del Carma follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Griffon hang on?

Griffon is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Carma scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Griffon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Forrest Griffon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Griffon works his way to full guard. Good work.
Griffon seems to have got his legs back now.
Del Carma distracts Griffon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Del Carma wants to stand but Griffon is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Del Carma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Griffon looking for a guillotine here but Del Carma defends easily.
Del Carma wants to stand but Griffon is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Carma trying to control but Griffon is working from the bottom.
Del Carma throwing strikes from guard but Griffon blocks nicely.
Del Carma trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Griffon striking off his back but it's not causing Del Carma any problems.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Griffon scores a takedown into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Del Carma tries to hold on but Griffon pushes him away.

Griffon is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Del Carma can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Del Carma has given up his back here.
Griffon lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Griffon is punishing Del Carma with strikes - can he finish him?!

Griffon is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Griffon cracks Del Carma with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Del Carma from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Griffon scores with punches and elbows.

Griffon is persistently looking for the submission but Del Carma is defending it well.
Del Carma has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Griffon throwing sloppy strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Del Carma is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Griffon gets his way!
Del Carma is trying to stand back up.
Del Carma can't escape the position.
Del Carma holding both Griffon 's hands and preventing any damage.
Del Carma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Griffon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Griffon controlling well, preventing Del Carma from escaping the position.
Del Carma is trying to get back to his feet but Griffon has full control of the position and if anything, Del Carma has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Griffon seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Del Carma's chin but Del Carma turns very nicely into Griffon's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Del Carma.

Griffon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Griffon has a closed guard, preventing Del Carma from standing up.
Del Carma must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Griffon lands with a thumping leg kick.

Griffon scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Griffon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Griffon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Del Carma is looking for a sweep.

Griffon wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Del Carma, who protects the arm well.

Griffon is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Del Carma has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffon fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Forrest Griffon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Forrest Griffon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Del Carma throws a combination that misses
and Griffon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Del Carma throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Griffon counters with a nice double leg into side control. Del Carma won't be happy with that.
Griffon scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Carma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Del Carma manages to work his way to half guard, despite Griffon's best efforts.
Griffon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Del Carma taking some punishment here, with Griffon in his half guard.
Griffon works his way into side control.
Del Carma is trying to improve his position.

Griffon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Griffon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Del Carma knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Del Carma is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Griffon is controlling him well.
Del Carma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffon tries for a kimura but Del Carma is defending well.

Griffon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Del Carma sneaks back into half guard.
Del Carma looks like he's trying to stand up.
Del Carma is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Griffon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Griffon misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffon prevents Del Carma from getting the reversal.
Griffon blocks Del Carma's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Del Carma is working to get back to half guard.
Griffon breaks from Del Carma's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Griffon looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Griffon unloads with some shots from mount but Del Carma bucks and avoids them well.
Griffon landing strikes from the mount.
Del Carma is still in real trouble! Can Griffon finish him?

Griffon looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Griffon working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Del Carma turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Griffon off and cradles Del Carma's limp body as Griffon celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Forrest Griffon!