PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Big Punisher- Beware. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Griffin
vs
Daniels

191 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

194 cm
18
208 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Griffin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Daniels sprawls well initially but Griffin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Griffin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Daniels defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Griffin throwing shots but Daniels is blocking nicely.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Griffin.
Griffin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Daniels defending well though.
Griffin wants to pass the guard but Daniels is defending well.
Griffin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daniels's head.
Daniels moves into full guard.
Griffin is looking to work some ground and pound but Daniels has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Griffin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Daniels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Griffin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Griffin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Griffin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Griffin 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.
Griffin being controlled here momentarily.
Griffin is looking to work some ground and pound but Daniels has wrist control.
Griffin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Daniels's head.
Daniels is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Daniels connects with a nice short shot to Griffin's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Daniels prevents Griffin from standing back up.
Daniels wants to lay and pray for a moment but Griffin keeps working.
Griffin wants to get back to full guard.
Griffin missing with punches from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Daniels connects with a nice short shot to Griffin's temple.
Daniels passes to full mount!
Daniels raining down shots from the mount!
Daniels landing punches.
Griffin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Daniels connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels cracks Griffin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Daniels wants to control the pace but Griffin is squirming around nicely.
Daniels landing punches.
Daniels raining down shots from the mount!
Griffin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Griffin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Daniels scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Daniels lands a nice short elbow.
Daniels is looking to take a break and control but Griffin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daniels not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Griffin tries to get to full guard but Daniels has control of the leg.
Griffin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Griffin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Griffin wants to improve his position but Daniels is controlling well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Daniels moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Griffin has a takedown stuffed.
A punch combination from Daniels misses.
Daniels shoots in but Griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Daniels takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Griffin lands with a hook. Daniels tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Daniels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daniels wants it to stay on the feet.
Daniels throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Daniels with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Griffin is looking to clinch.
Griffin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daniels.
Daniels looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Daniels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Daniels in his tracks.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Forrest Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Griffin.
Griffin needs to keep his hands up - Daniels had a free shot at his head there.

Daniels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Griffin throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels lands an elbow.
Daniels is putting a hurting on Griffin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daniels looks up at the clock and then as Griffin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Daniels smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Daniels is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Griffin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Daniels lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Griffin sneaks back into half guard.
Daniels blocks the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Griffin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Daniels manages to get himself to full guard.
Griffin stopping the sweep attempt from Daniels.
Griffin wants to control from the top but Daniels keeps moving.

That's two 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.
Griffin won't allow Daniels to sweep him here.
Daniels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Griffin passes Daniels's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Daniels moves into full guard.
Griffin is working Daniels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Daniels trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Griffin won't allow Daniels to sweep him here.
Griffin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Griffin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Griffin is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Daniels is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Daniels has escaped and now he's on top!
Daniels must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Daniels avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Griffin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Griffin wants to control the pace but Daniels is squirming around nicely.
Daniels is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Griffin landing strikes from the mount.
Daniels slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Griffin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Griffin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Daniels keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Griffin.
Griffin is nestled in close to Daniels, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Griffin is trying to work for a kimura but Daniels is defending well.
Griffin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daniels's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chuck Daniels will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Daniels blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Griffin misses with a few strikes there.
Daniels swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daniels.

Griffin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Daniels!
Daniels is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Daniels is trying to escape the mount.

Griffin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Daniels is surviving well by controlling Griffin's body position as best he can.
Daniels regains half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin lands with a punch from half guard.
Griffin misses with a head shot. Daniels uses the momentum to regain guard.
Griffin tries to free his leg and advance position but Daniels is retaining full guard.
Griffin throwing strikes but missing.
Daniels is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Griffin stands up from Daniels's guard - Griffin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Griffin but Griffin pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Daniels. No joy for Griffin on that attempt.
A punch combination from Daniels misses.
Griffin fails with the takedown.
Griffin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Forrest Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Daniels scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Daniels works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Griffin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Griffin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels moves into full guard.
Griffin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws and elbow that misses. Daniels uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Griffin's guard. Nice move by Daniels!
Griffin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Daniels regains full guard. Nicely done.
Griffin preventing the sweep.
Daniels is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Griffin thows a big elbow that misses.
Griffin tries to free his leg and advance position but Daniels is retaining full guard.
Daniels utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

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.
Griffin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Griffin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Daniels throws a one two combo.
Daniels misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, jab by Daniels - just one landing.
Daniels dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Daniels scores with a one two! Griffin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice jab there from Daniels.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Chuck Daniels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Daniels looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Daniels is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Daniels trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Forrest Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Griffin has his foot on Daniels's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Daniels works his way back into a safe position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chuck Daniels.
Well Daniels has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Daniels!