PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between fred griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobbie Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobbie Jones has the eye of the tiger tonight.

griffin
vs
Jones

185 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, fred griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobbie Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

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

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with griffin, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
griffin wants to break free but Jones has control.

Jones successfully pulls guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
griffin stops Jones from standing up.
griffin throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
griffin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.
Jones wants to stand but griffin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Jones stands and steps away. griffin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch up but griffin keeps it at a distance.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
griffin tries to clinch

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
griffin working hard to break the clinch.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
griffin can't break the clinch.
griffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
griffin is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
griffin is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
griffin can't break the clinch.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jones breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

griffin clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.

Jones gets control of griffin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jones will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
griffin prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
griffin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
griffin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but griffin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks gassed!
griffin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
griffin throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in griffin's guard. Nice move by Jones!
Jones wants to stand but griffin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

griffin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
griffin is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones prevents griffin from breaking the clinch.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
fred griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a good low kick that griffin was not able to check.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin moves out of range.
griffin tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones working griffin over with knees to the body.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. griffin smiles and moves away.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
griffin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jones counters by clinching up.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones trying to stall but griffin improves his position.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. griffin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
fred griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Jones.
griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
griffin is trying to break free.
griffin is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.

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

griffin rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite griffin's efforts to push away.
griffin lands an uppercut.
Jones is working for takedown but griffin is calmly controlling the position for now.
griffin tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
griffin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones keeps control of griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Jones breaks the clinch.
griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as griffin throws out the jab.
griffin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobbie Jones will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.

Jones drives through and clinches with griffin against the cage.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like fred griffin has been cut.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin moves out of range.
griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

griffin tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
griffin is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag griffin down to the mat. griffin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin is having none of it.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones wants to clinch up but griffin keeps it at a distance.
griffin throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from griffin.
griffin slips under a jab from Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones wants to clinch.
griffin moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones wants to clinch up but griffin keeps it at a distance.
griffin throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged griffin in a clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones scores with a head kick.

Jones gets a clinch.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
griffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones stalling.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
griffin goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. griffin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
griffin tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones closes the distance and pushes griffin back into the cage.
griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
griffin is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning griffin up against the cage.

Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics griffin uses from the top position.

Jones is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Jones has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed griffin clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
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 manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
griffin wants to clinch
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin is having none of it.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but griffin pushes him off.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by griffin.
A right-left combo lands from griffin.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin moves out of range.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Jones stalling.

Jones manages to pull guard.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst griffin is controlling him.

griffin gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones has griffin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. griffin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones tries to stall but griffin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
griffin tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
fred griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Jones.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - griffin circles away.
Jones tries to clinch but griffin is having none of it.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to clinch up but griffin keeps it at a distance.
griffin tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones is looking to slow griffin down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones looks to land a combination but griffin avoids it well.
Nice cross by griffin.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
griffin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobbie Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on fred griffin'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jones instigates a clinch.
griffin tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones can't get the takedown.
griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
griffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from griffin.
Jones tries to clinch there but griffin circles away.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - griffin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
griffin throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.

Jones has griffin up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones has griffin pushed against the cage.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
griffin moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

griffin instigates a clinch.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through griffin's defenses.
griffin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch there but griffin circles away.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jones darts in and clinches griffin up against the cage.

Jones drags the fight down to the ground.
griffin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones is looking to stand up but griffin isn't so interested in that idea.

Jones is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
griffin is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics griffin uses from the top position.
griffin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones pushes griffin off and gets back to his feet.
griffin swinging wildly here.

Jones clinches.
Jones tries to pull guard but griffin won't allow it.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones dodges the punch combination from griffin.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with griffin.

Jones manages to pull guard.

Jones has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes griffin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
fred griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones wants to clinch.
griffin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
griffin tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but griffin pushes him off.
No joy there for griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Jones gets a clinch.

Jones manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
griffin throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in griffin's guard. Nice move by Jones!

griffin is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
fred griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
griffin misses with a double jab

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch there but griffin circles away.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as griffin throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
griffin throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones wants to clinch up but griffin keeps it at a distance.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jones gets a clinch.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Bobbie Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
griffin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
griffin prevents the takedown attempt.
fred griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Jones.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, griffin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.

Jones is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. griffin can't fight it off and eventually Jones manages to take the fight to the floor. griffin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

griffin is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobbie Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobbie Jones!