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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Tamutmot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arnold Tamutmot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tamutmot counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Griffin has an active guard here but Tamutmot has managed to pass into half guard.
Tamutmot landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Griffin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tamutmot stops Griffin from standing up.
Tamutmot looking to pass the guard.
Tamutmot won't allow Griffin to get back to his feet.
Griffin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tamutmot. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tamutmot is pushing down on Griffin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Griffin is fighting to maintain full guard but Tamutmot has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamutmot looks to land a strike but Griffin avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Griffin keeping full guard, as Tamutmot tries to pass.
Tamutmot with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tamutmot's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Griffin can't keep his opponent in guard - Tamutmot advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Griffin wants to control but Tamutmot is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Griffin looks gassed!
Tamutmot seems to be working for a kimura but Griffin defends the submission attempt.
Tamutmot slips a nice elbow through Griffin's hands, connecting with Griffin's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is trying to maintain the position but Tamutmot is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Griffin is looking to improve his position.
Griffin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamutmot.
Tamutmot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Griffin wants to get back to full guard.
Tamutmot working Griffin over with strikes.
Griffin taking some punishment here, with Tamutmot in his half guard.
Griffin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tamutmot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Griffin is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamutmot working the head and body with strikes.
Tamutmot working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tamutmot lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Tamutmot there.
Griffin has hold of Tamutmot's hands but Tamutmot slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamutmot working Griffin over with strikes.
Tamutmot working the head and body with strikes.
Tamutmot lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tamutmot looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tamutmot looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Griffin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tamutmot prevents Griffin from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin trying to control from the bottom.
Griffin wants to improve his position but Tamutmot is controlling well.
Tamutmot scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tamutmot lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Griffin is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin wants to control but Tamutmot is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Tamutmot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tamutmot tries for a takedown but Griffin circles away easily
and Griffin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Griffin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tamutmot backwards.
Griffin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Tamutmot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Griffin stands up and waves to Tamutmot to follow him.
Tamutmot scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Griffin trying to control from the bottom.
Tamutmot lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin is trying to stand.
Tamutmot is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Griffin is trying to control the position but Tamutmot postures up.
Tamutmot advances to half guard.
Tamutmot is thwarting Griffin's attempts to control the position.
Griffin has hold of Tamutmot's hands but Tamutmot slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Griffin is pressing down on Tamutmot's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tamutmot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tamutmot wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
Griffin keeping full guard, as Tamutmot tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamutmot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arnold Tamutmot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tamutmot won't allow Griffin to sweep him here.
Tamutmot landing with the ground and pound.
Griffin can't keep his opponent in guard - Tamutmot advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Griffin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Griffin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tamutmot scores with a couple of nice shots.
Griffin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Griffin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Griffin taking some punishment here, with Tamutmot in his half guard.
Tamutmot is thwarting Griffin's attempts to control the position.
Griffin is looking to improve his position.
Griffin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tamutmot scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Tamutmot.
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.
Griffin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tamutmot looking to pass the guard.
Griffin striking from his own guard.
Tamutmot passes Griffin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Griffin trying to control but Tamutmot postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tamutmot connects with a nice short shot to Griffin's temple.
Tamutmot looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tamutmot not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Tamutmot dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Griffin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Griffin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Griffin raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tamutmot regains half guard.
Tamutmot looking for submissions off his back.
Griffin stands up out of the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tamutmot has Griffin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Griffin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Griffin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Griffin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tamutmot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tamutmot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Griffin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Griffin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tamutmot lands a couple of elbows.
Tamutmot works over Griffin with some ground and pound from guard.
Griffin wants to stand and escape but Tamutmot is having none of it.
Tamutmot tries to free his leg and advance position but Griffin is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamutmot won't allow Griffin to get back to his feet.
Griffin wants to sweep but no luck.
Griffin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tamutmot defends it easily.
Griffin trying to control the position.
Tamutmot trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tamutmot works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin has hold of Tamutmot's hands but Tamutmot slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Tamutmot.
Tamutmot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Griffin tries to kick Tamutmot off but Tamutmot keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Griffin is defending against the submission attempts here by Tamutmot.
Tamutmot working Griffin over with strikes.
Griffin moves into full guard.
Tamutmot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamutmot works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tamutmot not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tamutmot working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Arnold Tamutmot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tamutmot is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Griffin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tamutmot.
Tamutmot scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Riley Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arnold Tamutmot.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tamutmot, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnold Tamutmot!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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