PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stewie Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liu Bei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Griffin
vs
Bei

179 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
203 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Crimson Supplements($50 159 Recovery)

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stewie Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Bei!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bei. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bei misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin tries to clinch up
and Bei makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Bei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bei connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bei works the jab nicely.
Bei dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Bei checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Bei. That snapped Griffin's head back.
Bei scores with a jab to the body.
Bei thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Griffin feints and then cracks Bei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bei down.
Bei jabs at Griffin's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bei throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Bei scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Bei misses.
Bei throws a lazy uppercut
and Griffin counters with a leg kick.
Bei fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Griffin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Griffin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bei works Griffin's body with a nice hook.

Bei shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Griffin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bei controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bei gets to his feet - Griffin follows without any prompting.
Bei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Griffin momentarily.
Stewie Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bei throws a jab when Griffin was well out of range.
Bei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Bei tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Griffin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Griffin lands with a straight right. Bei didn't see that one coming.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Bei is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Griffin's half guard.
Bei tries to stand and escape but Griffin is controlling the position.
Bei with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Griffin looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bei thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.
Bei content to control rather than advance.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Griffin is trying to stand up here but Bei is controlling him well.
Bei controlling the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Liu Bei.
Bei lands a nice looking body shot.
Bei's corner calls for a 1-2. Bei obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bei jabs at Griffin's body.
Bei connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bei doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a good, hard body kick but Bei shrugs it off.
Bei looks gassed!
Nice straight punches there by Bei. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bei.
Bei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griffin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bei checks a leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bei.

Bei decides to stand back up. Bei steps back and let's Griffin get back to his feet.
Liu Bei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin tries to move into range but Bei moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bei throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin throws a right hand that Bei ducks under and follows up with a left that Bei also avoids with ease.
Bei misses with a lunging right hand

and Griffin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bei managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Bei. Those never looked like landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffin, right into the meat.
Bei takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A shot to the body from Bei misses
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.
Griffin misses with a hook

and Bei counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bei stops Griffin from standing up.

Bei stands and steps away. Griffin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bei shoots in for a takedown but Griffin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bei throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffin counters with a left and a right that stings Bei.
Griffin lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bei misses with a body punch
and Griffin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bei is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bei throws a right hand that misses

and Griffin moves into the clinch.
Bei has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Bei working hard to break the clinch.
Bei drops down looking for an ankle pick but Griffin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donk. Griffin catches Bei right on the button with a cross.
Griffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stewie Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liu Bei.

Griffin darts in and clinches Bei up against the cage.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bei has Griffin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Griffin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bei jumps guard but Griffin stands there with Bei around his waist. Bei gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a head punch that misses.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bei avoids it.
Griffin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bei drops down looking for an ankle pick but Griffin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Bei circles away.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Bei circles away.
Bei misses with an uppercut

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch.
Bei has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Bei gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Griffin regains guard.
Bei stops Griffin from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bei's corner is telling him to maintain position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Liu Bei hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bei looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Griffin looks to land a right hand but Bei moved out of range.
Bei misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bei looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Bei cracks Griffin with an open hand slap.
Bei scores with a jab to the body.
Bei digs a good body shot into Griffin's ribs.
Bei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stewie Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin closes the distance but Bei moves to the side
and Bei counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bei tries for a takedown but Griffin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Griffin tries to land a front kick but Bei steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bei circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Griffin scores with a decent looking hook.
Bei will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Griffin is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bei paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bei shoots for a takedown but Griffin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Bei closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bei lands in his opponent's guard.
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 Stewie Griffin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Griffin is looking to clinch but Bei is avoiding it.
Bei throws a lazy uppercut
and Griffin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bei's knee momentarily.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Bei.
Bei scores with a body shot.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Bei avoids it.
Griffin is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bei looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Bei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bei looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Griffin catches Bei with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bei throws a hook to the side of Griffin's head but Griffin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bei throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Bei misses with a hook to the body
and Griffin counters with a straight right hand.
Bei thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Bei counters with a stiff right hand.
Bei keeps the fight on the outside.
Bei throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bei lands a slapping body shot.
Bei shoots in looking for a takedown but Griffin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bei's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Bei keeps it at a distance.
Bei misses with a shot to the body
and Griffin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bei's knee momentarily.
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bei thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bei gets the takedown into side control.

Griffin sneaks out the side door and pushes Bei away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Nice uppercut there from Griffin.
Bei moves out of range of the leg kick from Griffin.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Bei keeps it at a distance.
Griffin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Bei. Bei gets slowly back to his feet.
Bei swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Bei is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bei misses the body punch
and Griffin counters with an inside leg kick.
Stewie Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
Griffin tries to clinch up
letting Bei counter with a right hand.
Bei is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Griffin rather than just go for the knockout.
Bei misses with a hook
and Griffin counters with a straight right hand.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bei throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bei rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Bei moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Bei pushes him off.
Bei chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Griffin can pounce on him.

Griffin darts in and clinches Bei up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Griffin.

Bei is trying to trip Griffin. He has hold of a leg but Griffin is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bei persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Bei stands and steps away. Griffin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bei misses with a body shot
and Griffin counters with a nice leg kick.
Griffin cracks the inside of Bei's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bei avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bei.
Bei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stewie Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Griffin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Liu Bei!