PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Zezel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm the Scatman. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Honest Griffin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Zezel
vs
Griffin

180 cm
24
192 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
198 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Knock Out Artistry

Knock Out Artistry
Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Zezel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Honest Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zezel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Griffin misses with a hook. Zezel ducked under it nicely.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Griffin lands the left hand.
Zezel moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zezel, right into the meat.
Zezel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zezel fails in his attempt to clinch.

Zezel clinches up with Griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zezel trying to land knees to the body.
Zezel missing with knees to the body.
Zezel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zezel crunches a lovely knee into Griffin's ribcage.
Griffin is trying to force a seperation but Zezel has the dominant position.
Zezel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Griffin avoids it.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin cracks Zezel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Zezel rushes Griffin and presses him up against the cage.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Zezel.
Zezel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Griffin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zezel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griffin's efforts to push away.
Zezel has Griffin pressed against the cage, preventing Griffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin misses with a punch on the inside.
Zezel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zezel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Griffin.
Zezel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

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.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffin swings for the body but Zezel moves out of range.
Zezel is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zezel on the side of the head.

Zezel clinches up with Griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Zezel misses with a knee strike.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zezel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin avoiding damage as Zezel throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Zezel.
A frustrated look appears on Griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zezel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Zezel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Zezel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Zezel.
Griffin wants to break free but Zezel has control.
A left hand lands to the body for Griffin.
Griffin tries to break free but Zezel pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin avoiding damage as Zezel throws knees to the body.
Griffin wants to break free but Zezel has control.
Griffin has had enough of the clinch but Zezel keeps him there for the moment.
Zezel trying to land knees to the body.
Zezel trying to land knees to the body.
Zezel stalling against the cage.
Zezel has Griffin pressed against the cage, preventing Griffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Zezel prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin lands a shoulder strike.

Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zezel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zezel is breathing heavily.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin lands a nice looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zezel moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Griffin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zezel doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zezel.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Zezel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Zezel takes the fight into the clinch.
Zezel trying to land knees to the body.
Griffin is trying to force a seperation but Zezel has the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zezel effectively controlling the action here.
Zezel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Griffin is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Griffin.
Good body shot from Griffin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Honest Griffin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Griffin connects with a right hand. Zezel shakes it off.
Griffin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zezel tries a head kick but it misses.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zezel was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Zezel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zezel.
Griffin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Peter Zezel has been cut.
Griffin blocks the body kick.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zezel avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Zezel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zezel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Griffin looks to land a combination. Zezel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A jab from Griffin misses.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Zezel is just out of range.
Zezel wants to clinch.
Zezel wants to clinch.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zezel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Honest Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Zezel is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Zezel is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Griffin lands a nice hook to Zezel's body. Zezel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zezel moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Griffin swings for the body but Zezel moves out of range.
Zezel just misses with a punch to the body.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin throws a right hand that Zezel ducks under and follows up with a left that Zezel also avoids with ease.
Zezel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Griffin throws a combination. Zezel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin throws a body punch but Zezel moves out of range.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Zezel tries to clinch up.
Zezel blocks a jab.
Zezel has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Zezel wants to clinch up but Griffin keeps it at a distance.
Griffin throws a hook but Zezel avoids it easily.
Zezel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Zezel tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zezel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Zezel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zezel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.

That's four 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.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Griffin keeps the fight on the outside.
Zezel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zezel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin's sensitive parts.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Zezel moves away and avoids it.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Zezel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zezel tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Zezel fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zezel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin throws out a loose jab but Zezel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin sizes up Zezel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Griffin misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Honest Griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peter Zezel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Zezel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zezel tries to clinch up.
Zezel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin throws a one two combo.
Zezel tries to clinch up.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Griffin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zezel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin misses with a hook.
Zezel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zezel throws a front kick aimed at Griffin's knee but Griffin avoids it well.
Griffin takes a swing at Zezel's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Griffin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Zezel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Zezel is looking to clinch.
Griffin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zezel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Griffin is out of range and Zezel settles back down.

Zezel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zezel tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Zezel is pushing Griffin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Zezel won't allow it.
Zezel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Zezel misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Zezel has him pressed against the cage.
Zezel missing with knees to the body.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Zezel.
Zezel lands a good knee to the midsection. Griffin won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zezel tries to stall but Griffin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Zezel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Zezel tries to clinch up.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Zezel.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zezel moves away.
Griffin lands with an overhand left.
Zezel slips a straight right by Griffin.
Zezel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zezel moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Zezel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Zezel throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a jab when Zezel was well out of range.
Griffin lands a nice hook to Zezel's body. Zezel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zezel moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Zezel wants to clinch up but Griffin keeps it at a distance.
Griffin looks to land a right hand but Zezel moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Zezel.
Griffin throws a predictable looking body shot

and Zezel moves into the clinch.
Zezel tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin wants to break free but Zezel has control.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zezel trying to land knees to the body.
Zezel missing with knees to the body.
Griffin avoiding damage as Zezel throws knees to the body.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zezel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zezel tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Zezel has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin wants to break free but Zezel has control.
Zezel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Griffin is defending well for now.
Zezel is trying to stall.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Zezel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zezel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Griffin.
Griffin throws a hook but Zezel avoids it easily.
Zezel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin cracks Zezel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Zezel is rocked!

Peter Zezel's cut is getting worse.
Griffin drops Zezel with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Zezel! Griffin dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Honest Griffin!
Honest Griffin is the new middleweight champion!