PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keane Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Killing In The Name. Forrest Griffin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Griffin
vs
Kane

190 cm
29
213 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

185 cm
28
212 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keane Kane!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kane.
Kane throws out a powerful jab.
Forrest Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Griffin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Kane sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Griffin feints a jab promting Kane to slip. Griffin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kane slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Keane Kane has been cut.
Griffin ducks under a wild hook from Kane.
Kane throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin throws a right hand that Kane ducks under and follows up with a left that Kane also avoids with ease.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Kane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kane.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kane throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
Kane sizes up Griffin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Griffin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Griffin throws a jab when Kane was well out of range.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Griffin ducks right into an uppercut from Kane.
Griffin looks to land a combination. Kane sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A big right from Kane misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Kane misses the target.
Kane scores with a nice right hand.
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 loads up on a big right hand but Kane slips the punch.
Griffin misses with a low kick as Kane jumps back.
Griffin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kane misses with a straight left.
Kane avoids the head kick by Griffin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kane lands with a cross.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Kane is looking to score with low kicks.
Kane lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
Kane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kane throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Kane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Kane avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Griffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kane.
Griffin scores with a sloppy right hand. Kane should have avoided that one.
Kane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kane slips under a jab.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kane takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Griffin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Kane makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin shoots for a takedown but Kane saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Kane saw that one coming.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kane throws out the jab.
Kane misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Griffin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin walks into a straight right hand from Kane.
Griffin throws a head kick but Kane moves out of range.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Kane throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Kane blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Griffin lands a nice looking body kick.
Griffin misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Kane to counter with a crisp jab.
Griffin lands with a good body shot.
Griffin lands an overhand right.
Griffin slips a straight right by Kane.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Kane.
Griffin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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 Forrest Griffin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Keane Kane's cut.
That's time! Griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A head kick misses from Griffin.
Kane throws a low kick but it's checked well by Griffin.
Kane moves out of range as Griffin throws a body kick.
Kane attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Griffin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kane finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffin's head.
Kane moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Kane uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Griffin has time to react.
Jab from Griffin.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Kane to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin defending well as Kane loads up on a big left hand.
Kane throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Forrest Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Kane counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Griffin throws a head kick but Kane moves out of range.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Kane fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Griffin on the side of the head.
Griffin motions for Kane to come forward. Griffin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kane scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.
Griffin misses with a leg kick
letting Kane counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Kane.
Kane throws a leg kick that misses.
Griffin tries to bum rush Kane with a series of wild strikes but Kane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin drops his hands momentarily and Kane takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kane throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a low kick, looking for Kane's leg but Kane calmly moves out of range.
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 throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin misses with a straight right.
Kane looks to land a combination but Griffin avoids it well.
Kane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kane feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Griffin's calf.
Kane throws a leg kick but Griffin checks it.
Kane attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Kane shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kane just misses with a punch to the body.
Kane stalks Griffin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Griffin's face. Griffin staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kane.
Griffin lands a front kick.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kane.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kane in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Griffin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Griffin swings for the body but Kane moves out of range.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kane throws a nice looking combination but Griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice defenses there by Kane.
Kane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kane moves away.
Griffin lands a two punch combo.
Griffin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Kane does a little dance to reset his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Griffin blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Griffin.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Kane moves away and avoids it.
Kane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kane moves out of range of the body kick from Griffin.
Kane digs a good body shot into Griffin's ribs.
Griffin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kane has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kane cracks the inside of Griffin's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Kane misses the shot to the body.
Kane throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keane Kane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Keane Kane's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kane misses with a hook. Griffin ducked under it nicely.
Kane looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Griffin.
A leg kick checked by Kane.
Good standup being displayed there by Kane as he connects with a hook.
A low kick from Griffin is predictable there
and Kane counters with a stiff right hand.
Kane loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
Griffin connects with a leg kick. Kane looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Griffin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Kane misses.
Kane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kane throws a combination. Griffin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kane.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kane lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Kane misses its intended target.
Griffin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sloppy strikes from Kane. Those never looked like landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Griffin. That's going to slow Kane down.
Griffin blocks a low kick nicely.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Kane avoids it well.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Kane avoids nicely.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Kane throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Kane as Griffin shoots in.
Some wild striking there from Kane.
Griffin slips under a jab.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Kane blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Kane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Griffin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kane blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Kane blocks a jab.
Kane throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Kane checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands a high kick!
Kane comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kane looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Kane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kane cracks Griffin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin lands a high kick!
Kane paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kane swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.
Kane looks to throw the jab but Griffin is out of range.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Griffin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin thows a leg kick but Kane checks it
and Kane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kane throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Kane - just one landing.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Kane is just out of range.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
No joy there for Kane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Kane as he connects with a hook.
Kane scores with the left hand. Griffin knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin swings for the body but Kane moves out of range.
Kane throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Kane throws a solid leg kick but Griffin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kane.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keane Kane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kane has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keane Kane!