PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name. Young has chosen Shut 'Em Down as his entrance music. Charles Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Griffin
vs
Young

190 cm
30
213 lbs
16 - 14 - 1

198 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Young!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Young swinging wildly here.
Young takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Young throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Griffin which made him look bad.
Young misses with a double jab.
Griffin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Young misses with the combination.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Young connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a head kick that Young semi-blocks.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griffin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Griffin digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Good shot there by Griffin.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Young blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Griffin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Forrest Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charles Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Griffin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Young wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
Young stays in close to Griffin's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Griffin holds on and takes a little breather.

Charles Young has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Young throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Griffin throws a head kick that half lands.
Griffin feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Griffin enables Young to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Griffin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Young looks gassed!
Griffin trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.

Young stands and steps away. Griffin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Griffin.
Griffin scoring well with a low kick there.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Griffin throws a series of strikes that have Young backpedaling.
Young blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Griffin stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young missing with a left hand there. Griffin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Griffin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice sprawl there from Griffin as Young shoots in.
Forrest Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Young.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young throws a series of punches but Griffin avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Young.
Griffin connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Griffin scores with a head kick. Young tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A good leg kick by Griffin.
Griffin connects with an inside leg kick.
Griffin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Young blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin dodges the punch combination from Young.
Griffin lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Griffin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Griffin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Griffin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Young.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Young tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Young swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young takes one on the button.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griffin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Griffin.
Griffin is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Griffin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Young's calf.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Griffin throws a nice head kick!
Griffin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Young is rocked!
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Griffin finish him?
Griffin connects with a looping right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Griffin.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
Griffin scores with a nice strike.
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!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Griffin! Young is out on his feet! Griffin rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Young is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Young is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Forrest Griffin!