PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kassidy Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes into the arena with The Claw blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griffin
vs
Cullen

170 cm
22
168 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kassidy Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kassidy Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cullen dives in and grabs Griffin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Griffin pushes down on Cullen's head and hops out.
Cullen chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Cullen darts in and clinches Griffin up against the cage.
Cullen works on Griffin's body with a couple of short punches.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin is pressed up against the cage. Cullen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Griffin down to the mat. Griffin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Griffin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cullen lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen misses with a low kick as Griffin jumps back.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Cullen.
Griffin throws a head kick that half lands.
Cullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cullen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griffin swivels and escapes.
Jason Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kassidy Cullen.
Cullen tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cullen throws a low kick, looking for Griffin's leg but Griffin calmly moves out of range.
Cullen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Cullen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Griffin is out of range and Cullen settles back down.

Cullen instigates a clinch.
Cullen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griffin.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cullen stalling.
Cullen continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Cullen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cullen feints and then cracks Griffin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffin down.

Griffin gets tackled into the cage by Cullen. Cullen maintains the clinch.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Cullen avoids the damage to the body.

Cullen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!

Cullen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cullen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cullen is thwarting Griffin's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffin tries to roll over but Cullen keeps him under control.

Cullen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Griffin sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Griffin defending well though.

Cullen seems to be working for a kimura but Griffin defends the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cullen lands a nice short elbow.
Griffin pushes Cullen off looking to stand but Cullen dives back in and keeps control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cullen lands a nice short elbow.
Cullen 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.
Cullen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Griffin's head.
Cullen lands with a punch from half guard.
Griffin keeping hold of Cullen's head, controlling as best he can.
Cullen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Griffin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cullen on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to roll over but Cullen keeps him under control.
Cullen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin wants to hold on but Cullen pushes him away.
Cullen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Cullen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cullen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Cullen is trying to work for a kimura but Griffin is defending well.
Cullen tries to pass to full mount but Griffin defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kassidy Cullen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cullen misses with a low kick as Griffin jumps back.
Cullen shoots in but no luck this time.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Cullen misses with a low kick as Griffin jumps back.
Cullen avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Cullen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cullen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cullen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cullen throws a lazy head kick
and Griffin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cullen misses with a leg kick
and Griffin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cullen really felt that one!
Cullen is breathing heavily.
Griffin blocks a low kick nicely.
Cullen motions for Griffin to come forward. Cullen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cullen rushes Griffin and presses him up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griffin as Cullen tries to tie him up.
Cullen being controlled against the cage.
Cullen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cullen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Griffin dodges an elbow strike from Cullen.
Griffin blocks an elbow strike.
Griffin blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cullen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cullen'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.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters circling a little - Cullen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Griffin thumps Cullen with a low kick.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jason Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cullen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cullen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin checks a low kick from Cullen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Cullen moves away and avoids it.
Griffin moves out of range of the body kick from Cullen.
Griffin throws a wild body kick that Cullen sees coming a mile off.
Cullen doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cullen avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Cullen lands a head kick!

It looks like Jason Griffin has been cut.

Cullen rushes Griffin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin dodges an elbow strike from Cullen.
Cullen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Griffin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Griffin blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cullen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Griffin's brow.
Cullen lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cullen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Griffin.
Cullen throws a sloppy head kick and Griffin moves out of range easily.
Kassidy Cullen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Cullen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Griffin, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen digs a right hand into Griffin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griffin's gas tank.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griffin.

Cullen has clasped his hands together around Griffin's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Griffin dodges the ground and pound from Cullen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen tries to score with some ground and pound. Griffin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
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.
Griffin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Griffin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cullen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kassidy Cullen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

A combination from Griffin does no damage.
That kick from Cullen tenderised Griffin's leg. Griffin is trying to keep his angry face on.

Griffin gets tackled into the cage by Cullen. Cullen maintains the clinch.
Griffin trying to control the position but instead, Cullen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Griffin into the cage.
Cullen misses with an elbow over the top.
Griffin blocks an elbow strike.
Cullen misses with an elbow over the top.
Cullen tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Griffin blocks an elbow strike from Cullen.
Cullen scores with a shoulder strike.
Griffin dodges an elbow strike from Cullen.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Cullen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cullen wants to clinch.
Cullen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A head kick misses from Griffin.
Griffin thumps Cullen with a low kick.
Cullen throws a big shot that misses.

Cullen gets a clinch.
Cullen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kassidy Cullen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cullen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griffin as Cullen tries to tie him up.
Cullen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin avoids a wild elbow strike from Cullen.
Griffin looking to stall.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Cullen throws a leg kick but Griffin moved away.
Cullen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin's sensitive parts.
Good work by Cullen as he checks the leg kick.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin stuffs the takedown.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Griffin is out of range.
Cullen misses with a low kick.
Cullen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cullen moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Griffin checks a leg kick.
Jason Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cullen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cullen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Cullen fails with a takedown attempt.
Cullen motions for Griffin to come forward. Cullen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Cullen.
Cullen tried to score with a low kick but Griffin checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Griffin counters with a right hand to the body.
Jason Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kassidy Cullen.
Griffin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin lands a right hook to the body.
Griffin jabs Cullen right on the nose. Cullen blinks but takes it well.
Griffin is looking to wear down Cullen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin lands a front kick.
Cullen ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin connects with a high kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Cullen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Griffin.
Kassidy Cullen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cullen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cullen 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kassidy Cullen!