PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Indiana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name. Indiana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jay Z - 99 problems. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griffin
vs
Indiana

190 cm
23
210 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

189 cm
28
214 lbs
10 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Indiana!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Griffin closes the distance and pushes Indiana back into the cage.
Griffin blocks the elbow strike.
Indiana lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffin blocks an uppercut.
Griffin slows down the pace here.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Indiana is blocking nicely.
A short body shot lands from Indiana as the two fighters clinch.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Griffin takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Forrest Griffin has been cut.

Indiana manages to break the clinch.
Griffin tries to clinch but Indiana moves out of range.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Indiana tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griffin swivels and escapes.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Indiana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Griffin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Indiana.
Forrest Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Griffin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Indiana to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Griffin pushes Indiana off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Donk. Indiana catches Griffin right on the button with a cross.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Indiana swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Griffin counters with a thumping low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Griffin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Indiana checks the leg kick nicely there.
Griffin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Indiana blocks a jab.
Indiana throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
Indiana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Griffin misses its intended target.
Indiana cracks Griffin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Indiana instigates a clinch.
Griffin throws an elbow that misses.
Indiana lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Indiana.
Indiana tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Indiana tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Griffin letting Indiana take a breather here.
Griffin wants to stall.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Indiana is defending well for now.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Indiana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Griffin's brow.
Indiana avoids a wild elbow strike from Griffin.
Indiana tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Indiana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin landing knees to the head.

It looks like Gary Indiana has been cut.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin has Indiana pushed against the cage.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Indiana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Indiana is pushing Griffin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Indiana misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Indiana lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
Griffin avoiding damage as Indiana throws knees to the body.
Griffin works on Indiana's body with a couple of short punches.
Indiana working aggressively here.
Griffin prevents a body shot from Indiana.
Indiana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Indiana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Indiana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Indiana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Indiana avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Indiana scores with a hook to the body.
Indiana managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Indiana up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Indiana throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Indiana scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Griffin.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Indiana avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Griffin prevents the takedown attempt.
Indiana throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Indiana dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Griffin misses.
Griffin throws a head kick but Indiana moves out of range.
No luck for Indiana with that takedown attempt.
Indiana fails with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a right hand to the body.
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Indiana. Indiana gets slowly back to his feet.
Forrest Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Indiana.
Griffin walks into a stiff left hand from Indiana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin throws a hook but Indiana blocks it.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Indiana tries to work over Griffin's front leg with a kick but Griffin checks it.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Indiana counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Griffin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Indiana.
Griffin lands with a nice body punch.

Indiana shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Griffin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Indiana.
Indiana is trying to control. Griffin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Griffin is doing well to control the position and prevent Indiana from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Indiana throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Indiana wants to free his trapped foot but Griffin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Indiana is trying to control. Griffin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Indiana is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Griffin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Indiana.
Griffin has hold of Indiana's hands but Indiana slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Indiana trying to control the action but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Griffin is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Indiana thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Indiana throwing shots but Griffin is blocking nicely.

Indiana is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Griffin defends it well.
Indiana throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Indiana passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Griffin!
Griffin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Indiana lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Indiana lands a big shot there that rocks Griffin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Indiana scoring with strikes but Griffin is staying in there.
Indiana landing strikes from the mount and Griffin is in trouble!

Griffin is rocked!
Indiana dominating with strikes here.
Oh Griffin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Griffin bucks Indiana off and manages to get back to his feet!
Griffin seems to have got his legs back now.

Indiana clinches up with Griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Indiana throws a punch but it's blocked by Griffin.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Indiana avoids the damage to the body.
Indiana tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gary Indiana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Indiana throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Indiana on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin is trying to maintain a safe position but Indiana gets an underhook and turns Griffin into the cage.
Indiana tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Griffin smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Indiana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Griffin slips under a jab from Indiana.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Indiana.
Indiana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Indiana throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Indiana moves out of range of the body kick.
Indiana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice jab there from Indiana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Indiana counters with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Indiana throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Indiana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Indiana tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griffin is able to avoid easily.
Indiana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Griffin at a distance.
Griffin looks to land a combination. Indiana sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Indiana cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs.
Griffin throws a sloppy body shot
and Indiana counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Forrest Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to clinch.
Griffin misses with a hook. Indiana ducked under it nicely.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Indiana moved away.
Indiana motions for Griffin to come forward. Indiana throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Indiana.
Indiana lands a glancing blow to the side of Griffin's head.
Indiana fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Griffin throws a jab when Indiana was well out of range.
Griffin with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Indiana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Indiana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Indiana misses with a low kick.
Indiana throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Indiana throws a low kick but it's checked well by Griffin.
Indiana scores with a decent looking hook.
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Indiana has his takedown stuffed
and Griffin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nice shot lands for Indiana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Indiana closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griffin circles away.
Indiana throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Indiana takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Indiana counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffin's knee momentarily.
Indiana circles away from the clinch attempt
and Indiana counters with a thumping low kick.
Gary Indiana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Indiana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Indiana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Indiana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Indiana 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Indiana!