PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stewie Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkhou Anakin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anakin has chosen Breaking Benjamin - Firefly as his entrance music. Jarkhou Anakin struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Stewie Griffin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Griffin
vs
Anakin

179 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 Helsinki, Stewie Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarkhou Anakin!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anakin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anakin looks gassed!
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Griffin lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anakin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Anakin is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Anakin goes for a takedown attempt but Griffin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Anakin circles away.
Griffin closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Griffin has Anakin up against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin landing knees to the head.

Anakin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anakin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Anakin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Griffin pushes Anakin off looking to stand but Anakin dives back in and keeps control.
Anakin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Griffin kicks Anakin off and gets back to his feet.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Anakin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Griffin rushes Anakin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin keeps control of Anakin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anakin is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Anakin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Griffin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Anakin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin gets through Anakin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Anakin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Griffin prevents the takedown attempt.
Stewie Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarkhou Anakin.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Griffin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Anakins head.
Griffin keeps control of Anakin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anakin is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Anakin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anakin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.

Anakin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anakin misses with a combination

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Anakin wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Anakin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anakin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Griffin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Griffin landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anakin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anakin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Griffin walks away with a smile on his face. Anakin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Anakin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anakin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anakin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Anakin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Griffin.

Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Anakin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin crunches a lovely knee into Anakin's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anakin tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Anakin tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Anakin wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anakin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anakin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anakin has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Anakin blocks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewie Griffin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Anakin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Griffin counters with a three punch combo that has Anakin backing up. Anakin nods at Griffin to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anakin.
Griffin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Griffin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Anakin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Anakin tries to keep at a distance but Griffin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stewie Griffin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anakin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Anakin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anakin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anakin tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anakin is trying to stall.
Griffin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anakin wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anakin tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin scores with a hook to the body.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Anakin won't want to take too many of those.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Griffin blocking some punches.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Anakin is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Anakin blocks it.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Griffin.
Griffin with a knee to the head.

That's two 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.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Anakin tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Anakin back against the cage.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Anakin breaks the clinch.
Griffin delivers a nice body kick.
Anakin swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Griffin tries to clinch but Anakin moves out of range.
Anakin keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Anakin circles away.
Stewie Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Anakin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Anakin is avoiding it.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to clinch.
Griffin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Griffin wants it to stay on the feet.

Griffin closes the distance and pushes Anakin back into the cage.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anakin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Anakin wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin scores with a shot to the side of Anakin's head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Anakin blocks it.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anakin jumps guard but Griffin stands there with Anakin around his waist. Anakin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anakin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Anakin is trying to break free.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anakin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stewie Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarkhou Anakin.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anakin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anakin wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Griffin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Anakin pulls guard effortlessly.

Griffin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Griffin tries to clinch but Anakin moves out of range.
Griffin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anakin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Stewie Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Griffin rushes Anakin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Anakin has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Anakin blocks it.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a left hand.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Griffin obliges.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewie Griffin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anakin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Stewie Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin tries to clinch but Anakin moves out of range.
Anakin keeps the fight on the outside.
Anakin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Anakin circles away.
Anakin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Griffin rushes Anakin and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anakin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Griffin crunches a lovely knee into Anakin's ribcage.
Anakin has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anakin's efforts to push away.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anakin tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin working Anakin over with knees to the body.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Anakin is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Griffin keeps control of Anakin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anakin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anakin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Anakin tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Griffin.
Anakin wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anakin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin prevents Anakin from breaking the clinch.
Griffin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anakin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griffin as Anakin tries to tie him up.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin scores with a shot to the side of Anakin's head.
Anakin wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Anakin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.
Griffin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Anakin tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Anakin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anakin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Anakin blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Anakin is blocking nicely.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Anakin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Anakin can't break the clinch.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Anakin fails to pull guard.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anakin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Anakin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anakin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin is working Anakin over against the cage.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anakin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin crunches a lovely knee into Anakin's ribcage.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Anakin blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Griffin with a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a shot to the body.
Anakin is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Anakin wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Jarkhou Anakin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Griffin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anakin.
Stewie Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarkhou Anakin.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Anakin is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anakin 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.
Anakin swings wildly with an uppercut but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anakin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anakin lands an uppercut.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anakin's face.
Anakin working hard to break the clinch.
Stewie Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anakin is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
A right hook to the body lands for Anakin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stewie 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stewie Griffin!