PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Laish Tenedos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Gryphen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Tenedos
vs
Gryphen

182 cm
26
220 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

191 cm
20
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Laish Tenedos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Forrest Gryphen!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenedos with a jab.

It looks like Forrest Gryphen has been cut.
Gryphen cracks Tenedos with an open hand slap.
Tenedos takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Laish Tenedos has been cut.
Forrest Gryphen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gryphen blocks a head kick by Tenedos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tenedos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tenedos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gryphen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gryphen.
Tenedos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tenedos tries to clinch there but Gryphen circles away.
Gryphen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tenedos avoids it really well and circles away.
Gryphen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Gryphen closes the distance and clinches.
Gryphen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tenedos's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryphen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tenedos's defenses.
Tenedos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gryphen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tenedos backwards.
Tenedos is looking to break free of the clinch but Gryphen has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryphen throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gryphen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tenedos's brow.
Nice elbow from Gryphen.

Laish Tenedos's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryphen throws an elbow but misses.
Gryphen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tenedos tries to circle away but Gryphen has him pinned against the cage.
Gryphen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gryphen pushes off an throws an elbow but Tenedos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gryphen throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryphen throws an elbow but misses.
Gryphen throws an elbow but it misses.
Gryphen throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos dodges an elbow strike from Gryphen.
Gryphen stalling in the clinch.
Gryphen throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryphen throws an elbow but misses.
Gryphen pushes off an throws an elbow but Tenedos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tenedos can't break the clinch.
Gryphen misses with an elbow over the top.
Tenedos dodges an elbow strike from Gryphen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gryphen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tenedos's brow.
Gryphen throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Gryphen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tenedos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tenedos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryphen.
Gryphen blocks an elbow strike.
Gryphen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tenedos missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tenedos is trying to stall.
Tenedos dodges an elbow strike from Gryphen.
Gryphen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tenedos throws an elbow but it misses.
Gryphen is stalling here.
Gryphen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tenedos's defenses.
Tenedos is trying to break the clinch but Gryphen is controlling him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gryphen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gryphen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gryphen throws an elbow but misses.
Gryphen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gryphen looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos tries to stall but Gryphen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gryphen misses with an elbow strike.
Tenedos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tenedos wants to get back to striking at distance but Gryphen won't allow it.
Tenedos is trying to drag Gryphen to the mat but Gryphen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tenedos blocks an elbow strike from Gryphen.
Gryphen throws an elbow but it misses.
Tenedos avoids the elbow strike from Gryphen, against the cage.
Tenedos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gryphen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gryphen lands an elbow inside that Tenedos shrugs off.

Laish Tenedos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gryphen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tenedos goes for a takedown attempt but Gryphen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tenedos tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Gryphen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tenedos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gryphen counters with a series of strikes. Tenedos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gryphen misses with a head kick.
Forrest Gryphen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tenedos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gryphen.
Tenedos takes one to the side of the head.

Gryphen clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tenedos connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gryphen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tenedos's brow.
Tenedos working hard to break the clinch.
Gryphen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Tenedos manages to break the clinch.
Tenedos throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tenedos.
Laish Tenedos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gryphen closes the distance and clinches up with Tenedos, looking for a takedown. Gryphen pushes Tenedos against the cage but Tenedos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tenedos throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryphen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tenedos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gryphen tries to land a body kick
and Tenedos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gryphen's knee momentarily.
Gryphen is breathing heavily.
Tenedos throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tenedos. That's going to slow Gryphen down.
Tenedos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tenedos misses with a head kick.
Tenedos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gryphen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tenedos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gryphen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gryphen throws the kick towards the body but Tenedos avoids it.
Tenedos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tenedos wants to clinch up but Gryphen keeps it at a distance.
Tenedos swings for the body but Gryphen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tenedos!
Tenedos scores with a head kick. Gryphen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Gryphen clinches up against the cage.
Gryphen pushes off an throws an elbow but Tenedos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gryphen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gryphen misses with an elbow over the top.
Gryphen throws an elbow that misses.

Tenedos breaks from the clinch.
Gryphen misses with a series of wild punches.
Tenedos misses with a head kick.

Tenedos gets tackled into the cage by Gryphen. Gryphen maintains the clinch.
Gryphen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Forrest Gryphen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gryphen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tenedos working hard to break the clinch.
Tenedos blocks an elbow strike from Gryphen.
Tenedos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gryphen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gryphen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tenedos's brow.
Tenedos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tenedos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tenedos is trying to break the clinch but Gryphen has him pressed against the cage.
Tenedos is trying to break free.
Gryphen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gryphen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tenedos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tenedos tries to break the clinch but Gryphen is controlling the position.
Gryphen misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gryphen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tenedos wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gryphen lands an elbow just above Tenedos 's eye.

Jeez, Laish Tenedos's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tenedos takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Laish Tenedos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Forrest Gryphen!