PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchhill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and anderson griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Churchhill comes to the cage accompanied by Killswitch engage- My curse. Winston Churchhill could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to anderson griffin's chin.

Churchhill
vs
griffin

185 cm
19
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Winston Churchhill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, anderson griffin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Churchhill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches griffin on the side of the head.
Churchhill works the jab nicely.
Churchhill fails with the takedown.
griffin fails with the takedown

and Churchhill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
griffin can't break the clinch.

griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Churchhill looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for griffin!
griffin looks gassed!
Churchhill postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. griffin looks a forlorn figure.
Churchhill lands a big elbow.

griffin is rocked!
griffin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
griffin is still in real trouble! Can Churchhill finish him?
griffin is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Churchhill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish griffin?
Churchhill 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Churchhill dominating with strikes here.
Churchhill is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Churchhill scoring with strikes but griffin is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin is bucking up trying to escape but Churchhill cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Churchhill with the ground and pound from mount.
Churchhill lands a nice shot to the head.
Churchhill sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Churchhill lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Churchhill punishing his opponent with strikes.
Churchhill controlling the position easily from mount.
Churchhill won't let griffin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Churchhill lands with some strikes.
griffin wants to try and get back to his feet.
Churchhill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of griffin's face.
Churchhill scoring with strikes but griffin is staying in there.
griffin is trying to stand up.
Churchhill punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Churchhill cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
griffin is trying to stand.
Churchhill cracks griffin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Churchhill.
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!
Churchhill working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Churchhill is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns griffin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Churchhill breaks from griffin's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Churchhill working for a submission but griffin is keeping him at bay.
The referee warns griffin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Churchhill scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Churchhill breaks from griffin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Churchhill lands a heavy elbow.
Churchhill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of griffin's face.
Churchhill unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Churchhill cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
griffin is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchhill with the ground and pound from mount.
griffin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Churchhill lands a nice shot to the head.
Churchhill lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Churchhill landing strikes from the mount and griffin is in trouble!
Churchhill dominating with strikes here.
Churchhill lands with some strikes.
Churchhill is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Churchhill landing strikes, looking to finish!
griffin wants to try and get back to his feet.
Churchhill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of griffin's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Churchhill landing punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Churchhill putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Churchhill in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Churchhill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchhill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Churchhill with a couple of short strikes.
Churchhill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Churchhill is landing with some decent strikes but griffin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Churchhill.
Churchhill raining down shots from the mount!
griffin is bucking up trying to escape but Churchhill cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
griffin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Churchhill dominating with strikes here.
Churchhill fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Churchhill won't let griffin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Churchhill in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Churchhill postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. griffin looks a forlorn figure.
Churchhill with shots to the head and body - griffin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Churchhill lands with some vicious ground and pound - can griffin hang on?
Churchhill landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Churchhill 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.

Churchhill shoots in looking for a takedown. griffin tries to sprawl out of it but Churchhill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. griffin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Churchhill shoots in for a double leg but griffin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Churchhill tries for a takedown but griffin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Churchhill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Churchhill shoots in looking for a takedown. griffin tries to sprawl out of it but Churchhill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. griffin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice takedown defense from griffin. No joy for Churchhill on that attempt.
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with griffin but griffin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Churchhill shoots in but griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Churchhill tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but griffin swivels and escapes.
griffin is breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by Churchhill or perhaps it was just good defense by griffin which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchhill misses with a takedown attempt - griffin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Churchhill.
Churchhill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Churchhill or perhaps it was just good defense by griffin which made him look bad.
Churchhill shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Churchhill with that takedown attempt.
Churchhill closes this distance looking for a takedown but griffin circles away.
Churchhill shoots in looking for a takedown. griffin tries to sprawl out of it but Churchhill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. griffin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Churchhill. Churchhill gets slowly back to his feet.
Churchhill shoots in for a double leg but griffin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
No luck for Churchhill with that takedown attempt.
Churchhill closes the distance and clinches up with griffin, looking for a takedown. Churchhill pushes griffin against the cage but griffin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Winston Churchhill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Churchhill changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. griffin tries to avoid it but Churchhill manages to keep hold of a leg and drag griffin to the ground. griffin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Winston Churchhill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Churchhill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has griffin pinned against the cage. griffin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice takedown defense from griffin. No joy for Churchhill on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from griffin as Churchhill shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts griffin as he jumps to the side.
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with griffin but griffin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Churchhill looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice sprawl there from griffin as Churchhill shoots in.
Churchhill closes this distance looking for a takedown but griffin circles away.
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown but griffin shows good takedown defense.
Churchhill fails to land the takedown.
Churchhill throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around griffin's waist but griffin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Churchhill off to one side.
Churchhill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has griffin pinned against the cage. griffin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Churchhill misses with a takedown attempt - griffin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Churchhill or perhaps it was just good defense by griffin which made him look bad.
Nice sprawl there from griffin as Churchhill shoots in.
Churchhill looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Churchhill looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Churchhill looks for a takedown but griffin sprawls well.
Churchhill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that griffin can do to turn this around?
Churchhill closes this distance looking for a takedown but griffin circles away.
Churchhill shoots in for a double leg but griffin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

anderson griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Churchhill scores with a four punch combination!

Churchhill darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Churchhill is looking to advance position but griffin won't allow it.

griffin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Churchhill closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Churchhill.

griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
griffin throws a head kick that misses.

Churchhill looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for griffin!
griffin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Churchhill working the ground and pound effectively.
griffin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Churchhill with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
griffin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Churchhill scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Churchhill wants to control the pace but griffin is squirming around nicely.
griffin is trying to stand.
Churchhill working the ground and pound effectively.
Winston Churchhill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Churchhill trying to control but he's not successful this time.
griffin is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Churchhill dominating with strikes here.
Churchhill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchhill lands a big shot there that rocks griffin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
griffin is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Churchhill is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Churchhill with the ground and pound from mount.
Churchhill dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Churchhill trying to control but griffin is having none of it.
You get the feeling that griffin really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Churchhill trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Churchhill with a couple of short strikes.
Churchhill in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Churchhill won't let griffin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchhill scoring with strikes but griffin is staying in there.

griffin somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Churchhill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts griffin as he jumps to the side.
A head kick misses from griffin.
Nice takedown defense from griffin. No joy for Churchhill on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from griffin as Churchhill shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Churchhill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Churchhill lands with a right and another and another! griffin is in big trouble! Churchhill lands again and this time it's lights out for griffin! A quality knockout there for Churchhill.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Winston Churchhill!