PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between fred griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Lipkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

griffin
vs
Lipkin

185 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 10 - 0

179 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, fred griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Lipkin!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
griffin lands a body shot.
griffin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
griffin scores with a shot to the body.
griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lipkin manages to avoid it.
Lipkin blocks a head kick by griffin.
griffin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Alexander Lipkin has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lipkin.
griffin takes a swing at Lipkin's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Lipkin.
griffin lands with a good body shot.
Lipkin looks gassed!
Lipkin throws a low kick but it's checked well by griffin.
fred griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lipkin dodges the punch combination from griffin.
Lipkin tries to clinch but griffin is having none of it.
griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lipkin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipkin shoots for a double leg takedown but griffin sprawls well. He's pushed Lipkin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lipkin avoids a punch combination nicely.
griffin scores with a decent looking hook.
griffin throws a head kick but Lipkin moves out of range.
Lipkin throws a head kick that misses.
Lipkin lands a nice leg kick that just misses griffin's sensitive parts.
Lipkin avoids a punch combination nicely.
griffin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
griffin throws a head kick that misses.
fred griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lipkin connects with a leg kick. griffin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
griffin throws a push kick but Lipkin slaps the foot to one side.
griffin throws a sloppy head kick
and Lipkin counters with a low kick, right behind griffin 's knee.
griffin throws a hook but Lipkin avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lipkin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
griffin tries to bum rush Lipkin with a series of wild strikes but Lipkin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lipkin avoids a punch combination nicely.
griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
griffin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lipkin can pounce on him.
Lipkin lands a nice looking body kick.
Lipkin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
griffin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lipkin.
Lipkin lands with a nice body kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from griffin enables Lipkin to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. griffin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lipkin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lipkin passes griffin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
griffin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lipkin on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipkin is looking to take a break and control but griffin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lipkin lands strikes from half guard.
griffin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if griffin tries to get out of the position.
Lipkin drops an elbow to the side of griffin's head.
Lipkin stalling.
Lipkin is trying to control. griffin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lipkin drops an elbow to the side of griffin's head.
Lipkin wants to control but griffin is keeping him busy.
griffin is in trouble now - Lipkin has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lipkin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lipkin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lipkin lands a nice shot to the head.
Lipkin trying to control but griffin is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lipkin controlling his opponent.
Lipkin landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Lipkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that fred griffin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Lipkin's cut.
That's time! griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lipkin shoots in and bounces griffin off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Lipkin is working griffin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lipkin is pushing down on griffin's leg trying to pass to half guard. griffin is fighting to maintain full guard but Lipkin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lipkin wants to lay and pray for a moment but griffin keeps working.
Lipkin wants to pass to mount but griffin is defending the position.
Lipkin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for griffin!
Lipkin content just to control the position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipkin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lipkin working griffin over with strikes here.
Lipkin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish griffin?
Lipkin landing strikes from the mount.
Lipkin breaks from griffin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lipkin unloading with bombs!
griffin wants to try and get back to his feet.
Lipkin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish griffin?
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!
Lipkin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lipkin working the ground and pound effectively.
Lipkin tries to control but griffin wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns griffin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lipkin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lipkin lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lipkin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lipkin lands a heavy elbow.
Lipkin raining down shots from the mount!
Lipkin dominating with strikes here.
Lipkin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lipkin cracks griffin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
griffin taking shots to the head.
Lipkin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipkin with good strikes from the mount here!
Lipkin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. griffin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lipkin lands a heavy elbow.
griffin squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The referee warns griffin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
griffin wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Lipkin content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lipkin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
griffin is in a horrible position here. Lipkin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lipkin is landing with some decent strikes but griffin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lipkin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lipkin lands a big elbow.
Lipkin lands a big elbow.
griffin taking shots to the head.
Lipkin lands a big shot there that rocks griffin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lipkin trying to control but griffin is having none of it.
Lipkin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by Lipkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Lipkin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Lipkin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lipkin connects with a high kick.
griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lipkin circles away quickly and effectively.
Lipkin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lipkin avoids the body shot from griffin.
Lipkin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
griffin is looking to wear down Lipkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lipkin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lipkin throws a nice head kick!

Lipkin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with griffin, pushing him back against the ropes.

Lipkin breaks the clinch.
griffin throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
griffin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
griffin throws a head kick that misses
and Lipkin counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lipkin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lipkin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipkin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
griffin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lipkin.

griffin gets tackled into the ropes by Lipkin. Lipkin maintains the clinch.
Lipkin misses with an elbow over the top.
griffin wants to break free but Lipkin has control.
Lipkin looking to stall.

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

Lipkin has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can griffin defend it? Lipkin steps over the head and cranks it - griffin is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lipkin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexander Lipkin!