PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flex Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Griffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Steele
vs
Griffen

175 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flex Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Forrest Griffen!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Griffen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Steele throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Steele throws a nice outside leg kick.
Griffen looks gassed!

Steele looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Steele has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele is stalling in the full guard.
Steele postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Steele showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Steele postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Griffen's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steele is stalling in the full guard.
Steele seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Griffen for as long as he can get away with.
Griffen will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Griffen being controlled here, momentarily.

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.
Steele working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Steele controls from within his opponent's guard.
Steele's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Flex Steele just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Steele clinches up with Griffen and pushes him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Steele.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Griffen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Griffen tries to pull guard but Steele won't allow it.
Flex Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Forrest Griffen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Steele walks away with a smile on his face. Griffen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Griffen checks a leg kick.
Griffen checks a leg kick.
Steele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steele attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Steele feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Griffen's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steele pushes Griffen away with a front kick.
A good leg kick by Steele.
Steele buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steele, right into the meat.
Steele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steele throws a leg kick but Griffen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steele, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffen blocks a low kick nicely.

Steele changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Griffen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele scoring with punches and elbows.
Steele landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on Griffen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Steele is staying tight to Griffen's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Steele landing a few strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steele working the head and body with strikes.
Steele cracks Griffen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Steele dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Steele scores with a spinning back kick!

Steele closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Steele lands in his opponent's guard.
Steele distracts Griffen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steele is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Griffen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Steele controls the pace.
Griffen trying to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steele won't allow Griffen to sweep him here.
Steele is pushing down on Griffen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Griffen is fighting to maintain full guard but Steele has managed to sneak the leg through.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Steele.
Steele controlling the action here.
Steele scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Griffen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Steele is working away from the top position though.
Steele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffen can do to turn this around?
Steele drops an elbow to the side of Griffen's head.
Griffen has hold of Steele's hands but Steele slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Steele 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.
Steele knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Griffen on the ground.
Steele winds up and cracks Griffen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Steele landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele prevents Griffen from improving his position.
Steele looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Griffen taking some punishment here, with Steele in his half guard.
Steele is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steele is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Steele lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Steele perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Steele drops an elbow to the side of Griffen's head.
Steele is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Steele scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steele is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Steele keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffen has hold of Steele's hands but Steele slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Griffen is looking for a sweep. Steele is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Still in half guard, Steele seems content to control.
Steele working over Griffen with some ground and pound. Griffen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Griffen tries to roll over but Steele keeps him under control.
Steele is controlling the pace.
Griffen wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steele landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Steele dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Steele feints and then cracks Griffen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffen down.

Steele is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Griffen's half guard.
Steele drops an elbow to the side of Griffen's head.
Steele winds up and cracks Griffen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Steele sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Steele prevents Griffen from standing back up.
Flex Steele overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Steele working Griffen over with strikes.
Steele perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steele drops an elbow to the side of Griffen's head.
Steele lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steele lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Steele there.
Steele lands with a punch from half guard.
Steele prevents Griffen from improving his position.
Griffen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Steele perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Steele working Griffen over with strikes.
Steele working over Griffen with some ground and pound. Griffen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Steele is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Griffen trying to control but Steele postures up.
Flex Steele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Steele scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steele performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Steele is thwarting Griffen's attempts to control the position.
Griffen looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Griffen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Steele slows the pace down in half guard.
Steele scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steele keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Steele has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Griffen is trying to stand back up but Steele is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Griffen taking some punishment here, with Steele in his half guard.
Well, if Steele is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Flex Steele just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Steele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steele throws a head kick but Griffen moves out of range.
Forrest Griffen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Steele closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flex Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flex Steele!