PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Santos's choice of entrance music: BLOWN AWAY. Chris Griffin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jesus Santos's chin.

Griffin
vs
Santos

176 cm
26
165 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

176 cm
25
155 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conviction

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chris Griffin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Santos!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Griffin.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Griffin tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Chris Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Santos slips a jab from Griffin.
Santos misses with an uppercut. Griffin saw that one coming.
Griffin slips a jab from Santos.
Santos scores with a nice strike.
Santos lands a body shot.
Griffin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Griffin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Griffin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santos throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santos.
Griffin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Griffin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Santos tries to land a front kick but Griffin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Griffin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santos counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffin doesn't seem phased though.
Santos throws a hook but Griffin avoids it easily.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griffin thows a leg kick but Santos checks it
and Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Griffin blocks the body kick.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Griffin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santos, right into the meat.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Griffin has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Santos.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santos counters with a left to the body.
Griffin thows a leg kick but Santos checks it
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos checks a low kick from Griffin.
Santos scores with a leg kick.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
A shot to the body from Griffin misses
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Griffin misses with a body punch
and Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos misses with a straight right.
Santos stuns Griffin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griffin closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Griffin is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Santos counters with a nice body kick.
Santos cracks Griffin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santos misses with a body punch
and Griffin counters with a nice body shot.
Griffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Griffin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Griffin wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A combination from Griffin does no damage.
A punch lands to the side of Griffin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Griffin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Santos scores with a body shot.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Chris Griffin has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to move into range but Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Santos.
Santos connects with a body shot.
Griffin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santos cracks Griffin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Griffin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice shot by Santos.
Santos scores with a kick to the body.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Griffin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santos lands a body shot.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
That's time! Griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Griffin avoids the head kick by Santos.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Griffin takes one to the chin there.
Griffin wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Griffin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Griffin throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Griffin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santos lands with a straight right. Griffin didn't see that one coming.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Santos.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Griffin misses with a hook to the body
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Santos as he connects with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jesus Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos lands with a slapping head kick.
Griffin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos scores with a one two! Griffin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Griffin rather than just go for the knockout.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
Griffin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.
Santos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Santos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Griffin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Santos finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffin's head.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santos.
Griffin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Santos. That one must have hurt.
Griffin walks into a straight right hand from Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Santos.
Santos dips to his left and cracks Griffin with an uppercut!
Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Griffin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Santos misses with a head kick.
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.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Griffin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Griffin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A nice leg kick lands there from Santos.
Griffin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Santos throws a head kick that half lands.
Santos lands with a straight right. Griffin didn't see that one coming.
Santos lands the left hand.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Griffin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Santos. That's going to slow Griffin down.
Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Chris Griffin's cut is getting worse.
Santos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santos throws out a powerful jab.
Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Griffin. Griffin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Griffin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffin looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Griffin takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Griffin tries to move into range but Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos lunges at Griffin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffin's hand.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos lands a jab to Griffin's midsection.
Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab by Santos.
Santos blocks a jab.
Griffin throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Santos misses with a shot to the body
and Griffin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Griffin misses with a body shot
and Santos counters with a left to the body.
Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Santos scores with a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by Griffin.
Griffin walks into a straight right hand from Santos.
Santos slips under a jab from Griffin.
Griffin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos scores with a jab to the body.
Santos cracks Griffin with an open hand slap.
Santos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Santos cracks the inside of Griffin's front leg.
Griffin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab lands there for Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Santos lands with a nice body kick.
Santos throws a shot to the body.
Griffin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos lands the left hand.
Griffin walks into a stiff left hand from Santos.
Santos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Griffin takes a step back to recover.
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos digs a good body shot into Griffin's ribs.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Santos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Griffin takes a step back to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Griffin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Santos misses with a jab to the body
and Griffin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Santos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santos lands with an overhand left.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Santos.
Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santos misses with a body shot
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos jabs at Griffin's body.
Santos moves away from the strike by Griffin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Santos. That's going to slow Griffin down.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Griffin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Griffin needs to keep his hands up - Santos had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Griffin misses with a body punch
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Santos.
Santos scores with a leg kick.
Griffin misses with a straight right.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Griffin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Griffin takes one to the side of the head.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffin ducks right into an uppercut from Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Santos really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
An inside leg kick lands from Santos.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.
Griffin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Griffin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Griffin backs away looking to recover.
Griffin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Griffin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos catches Griffin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Griffin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Santos misses with a hook. Griffin ducked under it nicely.
Santos slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Griffin.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griffin throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Santos slips under a jab.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos digs a good hook to Griffin's body.
Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Santos lands a nice hook to Griffin's body. Griffin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Santos counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Griffin rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griffin is trying to stall.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos with a hook.
Santos thows a leg kick but Griffin checks it

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Griffin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin trying to control the position but instead, Santos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Griffin into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Griffin.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos jabs Griffin right on the nose. Griffin blinks but takes it well.
Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Santos lands a really nice looking cross but Griffin seems unphased.
Santos feints and then cracks Griffin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffin down.
Santos digs a good body shot into Griffin's ribs.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.

Griffin gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Griffin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Griffin closes the distance and clinches.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos throws a combination that misses
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.
Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Santos staying out of range there.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Griffin tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a thumping low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Santos dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
That's time! Griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Griffin loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Santos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Santos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Santos pushes Griffin away with a front kick.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos fakes the leg kick and cracks Griffin in the body.
Santos cracks Griffin with a good jab.
Santos connects with a single shot there.
Santos lands a really nice looking cross but Griffin seems unphased.
Santos stuns Griffin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santos lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos lands a body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Santos throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
A cross from Santos lands.
Santos throws a one two combo.
Griffin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Santos jabs at Griffin's body.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Santos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Santos with a nice cross.
Santos scores with a kick to the body.
Griffin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Griffin throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santos.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.
Santos punishes Griffin's body with a nice straight punch.
Santos digs a good hook to Griffin's body.
Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Santos throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Santos dips to his left and cracks Griffin with an uppercut!
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos cracks Griffin with a good jab.
Griffin misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Santos cracks the inside of Griffin's front leg.
Santos lands the left hand.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
Santos throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Griffin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Griffin takes a step back to recover.
Santos misses with a hook to the body
and Griffin counters with a right hand to the body.
A slow jab from Griffin misses its intended target.
Griffin tries to clinch up
and Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of Griffin's head.
Santos scores with a hook to the body. Griffin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Griffin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Santos scores with a kick to the midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Santos.
Donk. Santos catches Griffin right on the button with a cross.
Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Griffin's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Santos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chris Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos digs a good hook to Griffin's body.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Jesus Santos!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Jesus Santos!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Jesus Santos!

Jesus Santos wins by unanimous decision! Jesus Santos retains his lightweight title!