PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by The Claw. Nazarethyan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jason Griffin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Griffin
vs
Nazarethyan

170 cm
30
157 lbs
23 - 11 - 1

155 cm
26
150 lbs
21 - 3 - 1

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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarethyan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Griffin.
Griffin wants to land a leg kick but Nazarethyan is out of range.
Nazarethyan wants to clinch.
Griffin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Griffin tries to work over Nazarethyan's front leg with a kick but Nazarethyan checks it.
Nazarethyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin tries to land a leg kick but Nazarethyan saw it coming and moves away.
Nazarethyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griffin is able to avoid easily.
Nazarethyan checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Griffin. That's going to slow Nazarethyan down.
Nazarethyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Griffin clinches with his opponent.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Nazarethyan.
A shot in the inside from Nazarethyan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nazarethyan as Griffin tries to tie him up.
Nazarethyan is trying to stall.
Nazarethyan takes a knee to the side of the body.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazarethyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griffin thuds his shin into the meat of Nazarethyan's side.
Nazarethyan thuds his right hand into Griffin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nazarethyan is looking to score with low kicks.
Jason Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarethyan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nazarethyan misses with a leg kick.
Griffin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A cross from Nazarethyan lands.
Griffin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Griffin connects with an inside leg kick.
Nazarethyan misses with a right hand

and Griffin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nazarethyan works on Griffin's body with a couple of short punches.
Griffin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nazarethyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin throws a push kick but Nazarethyan slaps the foot to one side.
Nazarethyan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Griffin.
Griffin lands an overhand right.

Griffin clinches up with Nazarethyan and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a nice uppercut.
Nazarethyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan effectively controlling the action here.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nazarethyan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griffin taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws a head punch that misses.
Griffin misses with a punch to the body.
Nazarethyan tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Nazarethyan lands a right hand.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Nazarethyan tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffin throws a body punch but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nazarethyan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin blocks a head kick by Nazarethyan.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nazarethyan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin lands a nice shot that snaps Nazarethyan's head back.
Griffin connects with a looping right hand.
Nazarethyan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Griffin checks a leg kick.
Nazarethyan moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nazarethyan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nazarethyan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nazarethyan if he has to take too many more of those.
Nazarethyan 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.

Griffin gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nazarethyan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch to the body.
Nazarethyan lands with a short shot to the head.
Nazarethyan controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Griffin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nazarethyan throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin tests Nazarethyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nazarethyan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the leg kick from Griffin.
Nazarethyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nazarethyan.
Some wild striking there from Nazarethyan.
Griffin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nazarethyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nazarethyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Nazarethyan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffin doesn't seem phased though.
Griffin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nazarethyan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nazarethyan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Griffin connects with a body shot that sends Nazarethyan's belly button to the back.
Griffin works Nazarethyan's body with a nice hook.
Griffin tries to clinch but Nazarethyan is having none of it.
Griffin connects with an inside leg kick.
Nazarethyan jabs Griffin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nazarethyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nazarethyan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin connects with a solid leg kick.
Nazarethyan throws a solid leg kick but Griffin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nazarethyan.
Jab, jab by Griffin - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazarethyan.
Griffin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Griffin lands a shot to the body.
Nazarethyan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Griffin.
Griffin is trying to break free.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Griffin lands a leg kick that knocks Nazarethyan off balance momentarily.
Nazarethyan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nazarethyan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffin, right into the meat.
Nazarethyan wants to slow Griffin down by chopping away at his legs.
It looks like Griffin has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Nazarethyan tried to score with a low kick but Griffin checks it.
Crunch! Griffin slams his shin into Nazarethyan's torso.
Nazarethyan checks a low kick from Griffin.
Nazarethyan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nazarethyan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Griffin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazarethyan moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Nazarethyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Griffin throws a front kick aimed at Nazarethyan's knee but Nazarethyan avoids it well.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Griffin - that will leave a mark!
Jason Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
Griffin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazarethyan circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Griffin.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
Nazarethyan misses the shot to the body.
Nazarethyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nazarethyan blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Nazarethyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nazarethyan cracks Griffin with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nazarethyan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nazarethyan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan thuds a left hand into Griffin's body.
Nazarethyan swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
Nazarethyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Griffin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nazarethyan at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jason Griffin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nazarethyan lands a body shot.
Nazarethyan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarethyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin's sensitive parts.
Griffin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nazarethyan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice body punch from Griffin.

Griffin gets tackled into the cage by Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan maintains the clinch.
Nazarethyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin blocks a leg kick.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan checks it.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Nazarethyan is avoiding it.
Nazarethyan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nazarethyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Griffin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Griffin throws a body punch but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan throws a low kick but Griffin avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nazarethyan.

Nazarethyan clinches up against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a shot to the body.
Griffin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nazarethyan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazarethyan avoids the damage to the body.
Nazarethyan lands a body shot.
Griffin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Griffin lands a right hand.
Nazarethyan looking to slow down the pace here.
Nazarethyan lands a hook that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Suren Nazarethyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to throw a body punch but Nazarethyan avoids it by throwing Griffin back against the cage.
Nazarethyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griffin blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands with a thumping leg kick.

Nazarethyan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Griffin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin tries a body shot but Nazarethyan blocks it.
Nazarethyan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Nazarethyan has him pressed against the cage.
Nazarethyan blocks a body shot from Griffin.
A short uppercut from Nazarethyan.
Griffin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan throws a head punch that misses.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Nazarethyan managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
Nazarethyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin swings widly with a right hand

and Nazarethyan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin throws an elbow but it misses.
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.
Griffin being controlled against the cage.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Nazarethyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jason Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nazarethyan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan trying to stall but Griffin improves his position.
Nazarethyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees to the body from Griffin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Nazarethyan blocks with his arms.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Nazarethyan has double underhooks.
Nazarethyan tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Griffin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Griffin!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jason Griffin made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.