PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Sander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Griffin
vs
Sander

190 cm
21
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
210 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Knockout power

Grappling Pro Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Sander!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sander throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin blocks a jab.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sander moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big right from Sander misses.
Griffin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sander.

It looks like Tommy Sander has been cut.
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Sander.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Sander avoids it well.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sander scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Sander moves out of range easily.
Sander displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Griffin tries to move into range but Sander moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Griffin looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big right from Griffin misses.
Sander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffin throws a head kick but Sander moves out of range.
Griffin throws a hook but Sander avoids it easily.
Griffin slips under a jab.
Sander throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Forrest Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sander blocks the body kick.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Griffin slips under a jab.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sander throws a right and a left that both miss.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin takes a swing at Sander's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sander scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sander with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Griffin misses.
Sander avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Sander cracks Griffin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sander looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Sander scores with a shot to the body.
Griffin throws a shot to the body.
Sander thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Sander scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Griffin.
Sander ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sander scores with a jab to the body.
Sander digs a good body shot into Griffin's ribs.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Griffin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griffin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sander.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sander avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sander lands a nice looking body shot.
Sander fails to land with a series of punches.
Sander bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sander throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sander ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch lands to the side of Griffin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sander misses with a low kick as Griffin jumps back.
Sander fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sander.
Griffin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sander throws a left and a right that both miss
and Griffin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sander will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sander lands with a nice body punch.
A combination from Sander does no damage.
Sander cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs.
Sander misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Sander fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Sander misses the target.
Sander connects with a body shot.
Griffin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sander counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sander tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Sander dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Sander's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sander misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Sander closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sander throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sander.
Sander jabs at Griffin's body.
Sander lands a with a good body shot.
A left lands for Sander.
Sander lands with a nice combination. Griffin backs away looking to recover.
Sander looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Sander jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Sander.
Forrest Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sander ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Sander swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sander looks to throw the jab but Griffin is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws the left hand but Sander avoids the punch easily.
Sander lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sander darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tommy Sander seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sander checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sander keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sander.
Sander scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sander throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Sander ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Griffin slips a jab from Sander.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Griffin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin 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.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sander, as that shot connected.
Sander connects with a looping right hand.
Sander rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griffin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sander throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
Sander takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sander swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sander wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Sander scores with a four punch combination!
Sander cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sander looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Sander cracks Griffin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sander swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Sander.
Griffin misses the body punch
and Sander counters with a nice uppercut.
Sander lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sander is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sander there.
Sander scores with a crisp jab that stopped Griffin in his tracks.
A head kick misses from Griffin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sander. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sander, as that shot connected.
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sander throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Griffin throws a right hand that Sander ducks under and follows up with a left that Sander also avoids with ease.
Sander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Sander avoids it well.
Sander has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sander misses with a double jab.
Griffin slips under a jab.
Sander fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Griffin on the side of the head.
Griffin avoids a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Griffin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sander connects with the punch.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Sander counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Sander.
Griffin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sander.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sander swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sander ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Sander is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sander lands a with a good body shot.
Griffin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sander.

Griffin darts in and clinches Sander up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sander trying to control the position but instead, Griffin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sander into the cage.
Sander tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sander throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sander is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Griffin throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Sander showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Sander's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sander misses with a series of wild punches.
Sander jabs at Griffin's body.
Sander is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Griffin rather than just go for the knockout.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Sander moves away and avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sander tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Griffin clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griffin.
Sander wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Sander working hard to break the clinch.
Sander is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sander avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
Sander is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Sander tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Sander can't break the clinch.
Sander takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls for Griffin to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sander takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sander displaying some good clinch control by pressing Griffin up against the cage.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sander's efforts to push away.
Griffin slowing the pace effectively.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Sander avoids the damage to the body.
Sander tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sander throws a head punch that misses.
Griffin has Sander pressed against the cage, preventing Sander from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin throws the left hand but Sander avoids the punch easily.
Sander throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Sander moves away from the strike by Griffin.
Griffin walks into a stiff left hand from Sander.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sander ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sander scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.
Griffin is looking to clinch.
Sander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Griffin scores with a four punch combination!
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!
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sander swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sander swings away with a body shot that misses

and Griffin counters with a head kick that drops Sander to the mat! Sander scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Sander is rocked!
Sander is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Griffin doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Sander crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Sander's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Forrest Griffin!
Forrest Griffin is the new light heavyweight champion!