PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dollar Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bill
vs
Griffin

165 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

172 cm
17
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dollar Bill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin scores with a head kick.
Griffin lands a head shot.

Bill shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Griffin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bill is working away from the top position though.
Bill tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Griffin.
Bill thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.
Griffin is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bill is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Griffin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bill is just content to waste time from the top position. Griffin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Griffin looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bill passes into side control.
Bill scoring with punches from side control.
Griffin struggling a bit here.

Bill is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Griffin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bill wants to lay and pray for a moment but Griffin keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin wants to control but Bill postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Griffin is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bill is staying active.
Griffin tries to control but Bill manages to take his back.
Griffin tries to escape but Bill has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Griffin is still trying to improve position.
Griffin trying to control the hands but Bill breaks the grip.
Griffin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bill haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Bill avoiding Griffin 's attempts to control his hands.
Griffin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Bill's guard. Nice work there by Griffin.
Griffin wants to pass the guard but Bill is keeping the position.
Bill keeping moving, preventing Griffin from controlling successfully.
Griffin controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Griffin drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Griffin as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Bill screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Griffin! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Chris Griffin!
Chris Griffin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.