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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guss Griswald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griswald comes to the cage accompanied by I Set My Friends On Fire - Aiden. Richard Evans will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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210 cm
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270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guss Griswald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Evans!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griswald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griswald looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griswald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Evans.
Griswald drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griswald is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Griswald trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Evans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Griswald won't allow Evans to get back to his feet.
Griswald is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswald stops Evans from standing up.
Griswald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Evans misses with a hook. Griswald ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griswald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griswald tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Griswald ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Griswald drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Evans is trying to buck Griswald off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswald throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Evans is pushing Griswald's head away, looking to escape. Griswald manages to hold on to the position though.
Griswald lands some shots froms side control.
Griswald is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Evans will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Evans is not content to let Griswald control the position.
Evans managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Griswald.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is not content to let Griswald control the position.
Griswald wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Evans, who protects the arm well.
Griswald is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Griswald trying to control the position but Evans is working away.
Evans is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Griswald has just dragged him back down to the mat.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Griswald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Richard Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griswald tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
Griswald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Griswald is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Evans.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.
Evans connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Evans throws a series of punches but Griswald avoids them all with ease.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Griswald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griswald fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Evans is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griswald.
Griswald forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Evans wants to break free but Griswald has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Richard Evans will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Griswald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Griswald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griswald ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Griswald moves into the clinch.
Griswald drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Evans gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Evans wants to break free but Griswald has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griswald prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.
Griswald taking a breather.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Griswald is controlling the position.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Griswald won't allow it.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griswald has him pressed against the cage.
Griswald keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is looking to break free of the clinch but Griswald has double underhooks.
Griswald is looking to control Evans's arms but Evans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Griswald has his back to the cage.
Griswald tries to pull guard but Evans won't allow it.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griswald is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guss Griswald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Griswald is controlling the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans stops a takedown attempt from Griswald.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Griswald keeps him there for the moment.
Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Griswald is rocked!
Griswald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans throws a one two combo.
Oh Griswald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griswald tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Griswald.
Evans is looking to clinch but Griswald is avoiding it.
Griswald seems to have got his legs back now.
Griswald closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Evans lands a left hand.
Griswald gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Evans wants to get back to his feet but Griswald is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Griswald passes Evans's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Griswald is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griswald pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Griswald controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswald dominating with strikes here.
Evans really wants to buck Griswald off and get back to his feet.
Griswald with good strikes from the mount here!
Griswald landing punches.
Evans really wants to buck Griswald off and get back to his feet.
Griswald working the ground and pound effectively.
Griswald with shots to the head and body - Evans looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswald can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evans is looking to escape.
Griswald controlling the position easily from mount.
Evans is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Griswald sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Griswald trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guss Griswald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Griswald avoids the body shot from Evans.
A slow jab from Griswald misses its intended target.
Griswald wants to clinch
and Evans counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Griswald!
Evans tries to stand and escape but Griswald actually recovers to full guard.
Griswald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Evans has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Griswald is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswald is trying to control the position but Evans postures up.
Evans wants to get up but he can't break Griswald's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Evans is fighting to break Griswald's control of his arms but Griswald is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Griswald trying to keep a closed guard but Evans is proving a slippery customer.
Griswald is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Griswald working for a triangle but Evans defends it easily.
Griswald working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evans trying to stand up but can't free himself from Griswald's guard.
Evans wants to stand and escape but instead Griswald has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Griswald stops Evans from standing up.
Griswald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswald prevents Evans from getting back to his feet.
Griswald is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Griswald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Griswald takes the fight into the clinch.
Griswald misses with the head strike.
Griswald controlling the action here for a moment.
Evans is trying to break free.
Griswald lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Griswald misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griswald has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Griswald won't allow it.
Griswald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evans is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griswald tries for a takedown but Evans manages to get underhooks.
Evans wants to break free but Griswald has control.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griswald misses with a knee strike.
Griswald is working for takedown but Evans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Evans manages to break the clinch.
Griswald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griswald shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Evans's guard.
Griswald stops Evans from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Guss Griswald.
I think Griswald has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Guss Griswald!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Guss Griswald!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Guss Griswald!
Guss Griswald wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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