PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stewie Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Munoz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Griffin
vs
Munoz

179 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stewie Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Munoz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Munoz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Munoz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Munoz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.

Griffin moves into range and clinches up with Munoz.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin pushes Munoz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Griffin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griffin pushes Munoz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munoz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Munoz looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Munoz won't want to take too many of those.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munoz backwards.
Griffin lands a nice uppercut.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Munoz is blocking nicely.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Munoz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin working Munoz over with knees to the body.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Munoz 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.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Munoz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Griffin obliges.
Munoz tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Munoz avoids the damage to the body.
Munoz blocks an uppercut.
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Munoz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Munoz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Munoz blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Munoz avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Munoz is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Munoz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Munoz blocks with his arms.
Munoz managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munoz is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Munoz blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz can't break the clinch.
Munoz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Munoz blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.

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 tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Munoz tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz can't break the clinch.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewie Griffin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Munoz looks to land a combination but Griffin avoids it well.
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.

Griffin clinches.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Munoz's face.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munoz blocks an uppercut.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz blocking some punches.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Munoz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Munoz managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Munoz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Munoz 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.
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.
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Munoz controls the action.
Munoz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin has a couple of punches blocked by Munoz.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Munoz managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Griffin tries to work over Munoz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Munoz blocks with his arms.
Griffin tries to throw a body punch but Munoz avoids it by throwing Griffin back against the cage.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Munoz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Munoz tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Munoz can't break the clinch.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Griffin connects with a knee to the head.
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin throws a punch but it's blocked by Munoz.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Griffin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Munoz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewie Griffin dominated that second round.
That's time! Griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Munoz lands with a nice body punch.
Munoz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Danga de danga de dang - Munoz scores with a four punch combination!
Munoz misses with a series of wild punches.
Munoz tests Griffin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Munoz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Munoz falls off balance throwing a combination

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Griffin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Griffin scores with a shot to the side of Munoz's head.
A short uppercut from Griffin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Griffin lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Griffin has Munoz pressed against the cage, preventing Munoz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin working aggressively here.
Munoz tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin misses with a body punch.
Munoz tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Munoz is blocking nicely.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.

That's two 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.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Munoz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stewie Griffin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munoz working hard to break the clinch.
Munoz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Munoz avoids the damage to the body.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Munoz can't break the clinch.
Griffin prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Munoz wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

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 throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munoz is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Munoz is trying to break free.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Munoz is blocking nicely.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin keeps control of Munoz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Griffin - that landed with a thud.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mark Munoz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stewie Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Munoz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.

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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26

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