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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between tyson griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odin Wotan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wotan has chosen Pastor Troy- I Want War as his entrance music. Odin Wotan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
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169 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, tyson griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Odin Wotan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
griffin lands with a good body shot.
Wotan digs a good body shot into griffin's ribs.
Wotan fails to land with a series of punches.
griffin connects with a crisp jab.
griffin throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for griffin. That snapped Wotan's head back.
Wotan throws a nice looking combination but griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wotan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
griffin avoids the body shot from Wotan.
Wotan throws a one two combo.
Wotan moves out of range of the strikes.
Odin Wotan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wotan tries to close the distance and clinch up but griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wotan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Wotan throws a right and a left that griffin avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wotan was well out of range. Poor timing from griffin.
griffin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wotan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wotan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the body from griffin misses
and Wotan moves into the clinch.
griffin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wotan has a couple of punches blocked by griffin.
griffin fails to pull guard.
griffin blocking some punches.
griffin has Wotan pressed against the cage.
Wotan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wotan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wotan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wotan fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wotan throws a punch but it's blocked by griffin.
Wotan lands a right hand that snaps the head of griffin backwards.
Wotan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wotan misses with the head strike.
Wotan misses with a punch on the inside.
Wotan working aggressively here.
Wotan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wotan swings for the body but griffin moves out of range.
Wotan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
griffin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wotan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
griffin trying to control the position from guard on top but Wotan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
griffin passes Wotan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
griffin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
griffin with the ground and pound but Wotan uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
griffin thows a big elbow that misses.
griffin 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.
Wotan keeping moving, preventing griffin from controlling successfully.
Wotan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from griffin.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
griffin trying to control but Wotan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that tyson griffin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
griffin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
griffin throws an overhand right that lands on Wotan's shoulder, as Wotan tries to avoid the shot.
Wotan swinging wildly here.
griffin misses the shot to the body.
Wotan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wotan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but griffin moves away.
Some wild striking there from Wotan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wotan thows a body shot but no joy.
tyson griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wotan tries to close the distance and clinch up but griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Wotan misses.
griffin swings for the body but Wotan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wotan looks to land a combination but griffin avoids it well.
griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from Wotan both land. Nice combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Wotan scores with a four punch combination!
griffin thuds a left hand into Wotan's body.
griffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wotan.
griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Wotan. No joy for griffin on that attempt.
griffin looks to land a right hand but Wotan moved out of range.
Wotan tries to clinch there but griffin circles away.
griffin misses with a double jab.
Wotan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from griffin.
Wotan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from griffin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wotan slips under a jab from griffin.
griffin misses with a looping left.
Wotan misses with a looping left.
Wotan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
griffin cracks Wotan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
griffin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wotan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wotan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and griffin counters with a nice body shot.
Wotan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wotan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
griffin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for tyson griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
griffin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
griffin prevents Wotan from improving his position.
griffin working Wotan over with strikes.
griffin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
griffin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wotan is not content to let griffin control the position.
Wotan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with griffin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wotan works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that tyson griffin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Wotan misses with a jab, cross combination.
griffin fails with a takedown attempt.
Wotan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wotan misses the shot to the body.
Wotan clinches up with griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Wotan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
griffin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wotan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
griffin breaks from the clinch.
griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wotan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wotan tries to clinch up
letting griffin counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin staying out of range there.
griffin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wotan on the side of the head.
griffin throws a jab when Wotan was well out of range.
Wotan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wotan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wotan throws a series of punches but griffin moves out of range.
Wotan connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice defenses there by Wotan.
griffin misses with a straight right.
Wotan throws a combination. griffin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wotan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but griffin manages to avoid it.
Wotan looks to land a combination but griffin avoids it well.
Wotan lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wotan fails in his attempt to clinch.
griffin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wotan counters with a stiff right hand.
griffin drives through with a takedown into guard.
griffin advances to half guard.
Wotan is not content to let griffin control the position.
Wotan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wotan tries to regain full guard. Instead though, griffin has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Wotan is looking to get to half guard.
That's four 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.
griffin dominating with strikes here.
Wotan is desperately trying to improve his position but griffin has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
griffin cracks Wotan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that's the end of the fight!
tyson griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for griffin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... tyson griffin!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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