PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Faustos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faustos's entrance music is Heartbeats. A fine choice. Griffin has chosen Killing In The Name as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faustos
vs
Griffin

188 cm
22
209 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Faustos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin tried to score with a low kick but Faustos checks it.
Faustos blocks a jab.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Faustos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Faustos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Faustos misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Faustos is just out of range.
Griffin misses with a hook. Faustos ducked under it nicely.
Faustos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin takes one on the button.
Faustos scores with a nice right hand.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Faustos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Griffin.
Griffin throws a low kick, looking for Faustos's leg but Faustos calmly moves out of range.
Faustos staying out of range there.
Faustos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin ducks under a wild hook from Faustos.
Griffin works Faustos's body with a nice hook.
Faustos throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Faustos misses with a body punch
and Faustos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Diego Faustos has been cut.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Faustos.
Griffin slips a jab from Faustos.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Griffin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Faustos misses the target.
Faustos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faustos.
Griffin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Faustos circles away.
Faustos swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Griffin defending well as Faustos loads up on a big left hand.
Faustos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Griffin tries to clinch but Faustos moves out of range.
Griffin connects with a body shot.
Faustos slips a jab from Griffin.
Faustos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four 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.
Faustos loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
Griffin tries to clinch but Faustos moves out of range.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Forrest Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faustos looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Griffin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Faustos.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faustos moves away.
Faustos misses with a wild body shot.
Faustos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Griffin tries to clinch but Faustos moves out of range.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Faustos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Griffin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Faustos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Faustos's corner calls for a 1-2. Faustos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Faustos checks a leg kick nicely.
Griffin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faustos.
Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faustos.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Faustos throws out the jab.
Faustos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Forrest Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Faustos keeps the fight on the outside.
Faustos avoids the head kick by Griffin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faustos blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Griffin scores with a hook.
Faustos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faustos just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Faustos. Faustos obviously looking to wear him down.
Faustos misses with a body shot.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Faustos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faustos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Faustos doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Faustos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Faustos swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Faustos swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faustos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Griffin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Faustos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Faustos blocks a head kick by Griffin.
A swing and a miss from Griffin.
Faustos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Griffin tries to clinch but Faustos moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Faustos.
Faustos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffin throws a lazy right hand but Faustos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Griffin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faustos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faustos works Griffin's body with a nice hook.
Faustos looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Faustos.
A low kick from Faustos misses
and Griffin counters with a left to the body.
Griffin throws out a powerful jab.
Faustos wants to clinch
and Griffin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Faustos moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws out a loose jab but Faustos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Faustos does it's job there.
Faustos misses with a double jab
and Griffin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Faustos throws an overhand right that lands on Griffin's shoulder, as Griffin tries to avoid the shot.
Faustos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Faustos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Faustos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faustos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Diego Faustos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faustos thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin throws a hook but Faustos avoids it easily.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Faustos moves out of range easily.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Faustos to score with a decent uppercut.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faustos throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Faustos's head but Faustos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faustos misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Faustos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Faustos counters with a nice uppercut.
Forrest Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Faustos counters with an inside leg kick.
Faustos misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Faustos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Griffin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Griffin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Griffin throws a shot to the body.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Faustos counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin blocks a jab.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Faustos.
Faustos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Griffin counters with a nice leg kick.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Faustos keeps it at a distance.
Griffin works over Faustos's head and body with a nice combination.
Faustos throws a big shot that misses.
Diego Faustos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faustos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Griffin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Griffin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Faustos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Faustos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Griffin's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos moves out of range of the body kick from Griffin.
Griffin throws a right hand that Faustos ducks under and follows up with a left that Faustos also avoids with ease.
Faustos misses with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Griffin.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faustos.
Faustos misses with a leg kick
and Griffin counters with a low kick, right behind Faustos 's knee.
Faustos avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Faustos throws a lazy right hand but Griffin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faustos misses with an uppercut.
Forrest Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Griffin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Faustos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Griffin.
A punch combination from Faustos misses.
Faustos throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faustos avoids the head kick by Griffin.
A slow jab from Faustos misses its intended target.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faustos.
Griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faustos throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Forrest Griffin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Griffin 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

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