PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stewie Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Mickele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Stewie Griffin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Griffin
vs
Mickele

179 cm
22
200 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
23
190 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 9 - 5 - 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Mickele!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Mickele misses
and Griffin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Mickele misses with the combination.
Mickele connects with a nice looking jab.

Griffin rushes Mickele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mickele has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Mickele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mickele manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Mickele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffin closes the distance but Mickele moves to the side
and Mickele counters with a good, hard body kick but Griffin shrugs it off.

Griffin has closed the distance and engaged Mickele in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mickele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mickele manages to break the clinch.
Mickele throws a leg kick that is checked
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Mickele is avoiding it.
Griffin misses with a hook.
Mickele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffin.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Mickele is just out of range.
Griffin connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Mickele lands a right hook to the body.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mickele.
Mickele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Griffin throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Mickele counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mickele takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mickele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Griffin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands a two punch combo.
Griffin connects with a looping right hand.
Mickele lands a lovely overhand right.
Mickele shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Griffin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Mickele counters with an inside leg kick.
Mickele misses with a straight left.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mickele manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mickele takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.

Griffin rushes Mickele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mickele breaks the clinch.
Griffin checks a low kick from Mickele.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with an inside leg kick.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Mickele misses with a body shot.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mickele keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin darts in trying to clinch
and Mickele counters with a right hand to the body.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mickele has time to react.
Griffin tries to clinch

and Mickele counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mickele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mickele pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mickele swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mickele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin throws a solid leg kick but Mickele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Griffin.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mickele swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin moves out of range as Mickele strikes.

Mickele pushes Griffin up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mickele breaks from the clinch.
A lazy left from Mickele finds it's target.
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 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!

Griffin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mickele under the eye.
Mickele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mickele throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mickele on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Griffin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mickele counters with a head kick. That will keep Griffin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mickele manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Mickele pushes Griffin up against the cage in a clinch.

Mickele breaks the clinch.
Mickele keeps the fight on the outside.
Mickele throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mickele.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Griffin gets a clinch.
Mickele misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mickele working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mickele slows down the pace here.
Mickele tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Mickele's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Mickele blocks with his arms.
Mickele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
Mickele tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mickele tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mickele backwards.
Mickele is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mickele blocks it with crossed arms.
Mickele wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin has Mickele pressed against the cage, preventing Mickele from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin prevents Mickele from breaking the clinch.

Mickele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mickele throws out the jab.

Griffin has closed the distance and engaged Mickele in a clinch.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mickele has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Mickele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mickele moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin misses the jab.
Stewie Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mickele swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Mickele misses the shot to the body.
Mickele blocks a low kick nicely.
Mickele showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
Mickele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mickele takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mickele.

Mickele rushes Griffin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mickele breaks the clinch.
Griffin closes the distance but Mickele moves to the side

and Mickele holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Griffin crunches a lovely knee into Mickele's ribcage.
Griffin misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mickele.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Mickele blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mickele is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Mickele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mickele is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Griffin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mickele tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Griffin moves to clinch but Mickele breaks away
and Mickele counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mickele.
Griffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mickele.
Mickele keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin loads up on a big right hand but Mickele slips the punch.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Griffin.
Mickele misses with a wild body shot.
Mickele buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michael Mickele will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Griffin.
Stewie Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Mickele misses.
Griffin misses with a few strikes there.
Mickele doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Mickele tries to score with a low kick but Griffin moves his leg out of the way.
Mickele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Mickele avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stewie Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.

Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Mickele blocks with his arms.

Mickele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Mickele.
Mickele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mickele. That's going to slow Griffin down.
Griffin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mickele keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mickele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mickele connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Griffin's hands.
Mickele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mickele thows a body shot but no joy.
Mickele connects with a body shot.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Mickele circles away.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Mickele moved away.
Mickele misses with a series of wild punches.
Mickele scores with a hook.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mickele's calf.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mickele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mickele.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mickele misses the shot to the body.
Griffin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mickele throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mickele manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Griffin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mickele is out of range and Griffin settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mickele's calf.
Mickele blocks the body kick.

Mickele tries to keep at a distance but Griffin has taken the fight into the clinch.

Mickele breaks from the clinch.
Mickele lands a nice hook to Griffin's body. Griffin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffin checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin moves to clinch but Mickele breaks away
and Mickele counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffin's knee momentarily.
Griffin throws a right hand that misses
and Mickele counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mickele avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Mickele misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mickele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.

Mickele closes the distance and pushes Griffin back into the cage.
Mickele managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Mickele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mickele 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Michael Mickele!