PBP Commentary

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

Griffin
vs
Stone

170 cm
29
170 lbs
19 - 7 - 1

183 cm
21
183 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, tyson Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone misses with a looping right.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stone throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stone has time to react.

Stone clinches.
Griffin fails to pull guard.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Stone holds him up against the cage and eventually Griffin drops back down to his feet.
Griffin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Griffin is trying to drag Stone to the mat but Stone just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for tyson Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin fails to pull guard.
Griffin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Griffin lands with a right to the head.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Griffin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Stone manages to get underhooks.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone prevents the takedown attempt.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Griffin is looking to control Stone's arms but Stone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Griffin has his back to the cage.
Stone working Griffin over with knees to the body.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Griffin won't want to take too many of those.
Stone has Griffin pressed against the cage.
Griffin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Griffin won't want to take too many of those.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin working aggressively here.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Stone misses with a knee strike.
Stone blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Griffin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Griffin avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Stone is stalling here.
Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Griffin is trying to stall.
Griffin avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Griffin pushes Stone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Griffin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Griffin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

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 scores with a hook to the body. Stone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Griffin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Griffin scores with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Stone. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stone.
Stone misses with a body shot.
Griffin with a poor takedown
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stone can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Stone dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good work by Griffin as he checks the leg kick.
Griffin checks the leg kick.
A jab from Stone misses.

Stone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone misses with a knee to the head.
Stone blocks an uppercut.
Griffin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Griffin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stone lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stone scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Griffin takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
Stone tries to clinch up.
Griffin misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone wants to slow Griffin down by chopping away at his legs.
Ben Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stone scores with a leg kick.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Stone loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
Stone avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Griffin throws a right hand that Stone ducks under and follows up with a left that Stone also avoids with ease.
Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
Stone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two 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.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Griffin finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.

Griffin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Griffin lands an elbow.
Stone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Griffin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stone wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Griffin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Griffin working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Stone some visible discomfort.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stone is trying to buck Griffin off.
Stone manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Stone tries to stand but can't do so whilst Griffin controls his leg.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Griffin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Griffin.
Griffin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Griffin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stone's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin works over Stone with some ground and pound from guard.
Griffin trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin tries to free his leg and advance position but Stone is retaining full guard.
Stone working a defensive guard here.
Griffin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Griffin throwing strikes but missing.
Griffin showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Stone has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tyson Griffin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stone throws a nice inside leg kick.
Griffin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Griffin misses the jab.
Griffin misses with a jab to the body
and Stone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Griffin is defended easily by Stone.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Stone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Griffin misses
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stone throws a poor cross that misses

and Griffin counters with a takedown into side control.
Stone tries to improve position but can't.
Griffin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Griffin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Griffin is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stone knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Griffin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stone, who protects the arm well.
Stone is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Griffin working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Griffin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griffin throwing strikes but Stone manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Stone trying to control the position but Griffin is working away.
Griffin can't do much from the bottom here.
Stone controlling the position from side mount.

Stone decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stone darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Griffin.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Some bone on bone action there as Griffin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stone throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.

Stone darts in and clinches Griffin up against the cage.
Stone lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Griffin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for tyson Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin wants to stall.
Stone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Stone has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Griffin stalling in the clinch but Stone improves position.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griffin's efforts to push away.
Stone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Griffin is keeping busy.
Griffin misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Stone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stone has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Stone!