PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Griffin
vs
Wong

225 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
202 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, James Wong!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wong throws out the jab.
Wong connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffin misses with a takedown attempt - Wong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wong throws a nice looking combination but Griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wong staying out of range there.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffin shoots in but Wong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Griffin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Griffin ducks under a wild hook from Wong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin shoots for a double leg takedown but Wong sprawls well. He's pushed Griffin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wong defends it nicely.
Wong keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Griffin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wong displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Griffin.

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 moves away from the strike by Wong.
Nice takedown defense from Wong. No joy for Griffin on that attempt.
Wong looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Griffin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wong but Wong pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice takedown defense from Wong. No joy for Griffin on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
James Wong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wong misses with a body kick.
Griffin dives in and grabs Wong's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wong pushes down on Griffin's head and hops out.
Wong is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Wong throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Wong slaps away a takedown attempt from Griffin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Wong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wong lands a nice shot that snaps Griffin's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong thumps Griffin with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wong misses with a series of wild punches.
Wong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffin tries to move into range but Wong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wong lands a big right hand that sends Griffin crashing to the mat! Wong stays standing though and waves Griffin back to his feet!
James Wong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griffin slips a jab from Wong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Wong dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griffin slips a jab and a cross from Wong.
Wong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
James Wong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Wong throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Wong as Griffin shoots in.
James Wong seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Griffin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wong slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wong has his hands on Griffin's head, controlling the position.
Wong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Griffin manages to get himself to full guard.
Wong wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
Wong sitting in guard, not really doing much.

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.

Griffin working for a triangle but Wong defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Griffin looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Wong has picked Griffin up and slammed him! Griffin can't keep hold of the triangle and Wong manages to pass to side control!
Wong taking a breather here.
Griffin is trying to control Wong's posture but Wong avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong is looking to take a break and control but Griffin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wong controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Griffin tries to improve position but can't.
Wong working the body and head with strikes.

Wong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Griffin wants to control but Wong postures up.

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.
Griffin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Wong is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Griffin has escaped the position, nice work there.

Wong stands up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jab by Wong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Wong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Wong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Wong throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Wong stuffs the takedown attempt from Griffin. Griffin gets slowly back to his feet.
Wong stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wong wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Wong does no damage.
Griffin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wong misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wong sends Griffin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Wong is motioning to the referee to let Griffin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like Mike Griffin has been cut.
Wong ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wong throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Wong.
Wong throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Wong scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Griffin doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffin's head.
Wong throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Griffin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wong misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The fighters circling - Wong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Griffin shoots in for a double leg but Wong sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffin staying out of range there.
Wong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Wong.
Wong looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Griffin moves out of range as Wong strikes.
Mike Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James Wong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wong misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Wong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wong 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for James Wong!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for James Wong!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for James Wong!

James Wong wins by unanimous decision!