PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathew Garza has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Garza
vs
Griffin

181 cm
24
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mathew Garza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lou Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin throws a right and a left that Garza avoids nicely.
Griffin throws a leg kick that misses.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Garza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.

Garza has managed to clinch.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Garza is controlling him.
Griffin looks winded!
Griffin working hard to break the clinch.

Garza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garza circles away quickly and effectively.

Garza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Griffin, pushing him back against the cage.

Garza breaks the clinch.
Griffin misses with a combination

and Garza counters by moving into the clinch.
Garza throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garza breaks the clinch.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Griffin is looking to chop away at Garza's legs.
Garza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin thows a leg kick but Garza checks it

and Garza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Garza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Garza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garza scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Garza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Garza is trying to work for a kimura but Griffin is defending well.
Garza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Griffin defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garza is working for a kimura but Griffin is defending it quite comfortably.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Garza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Griffin is just riding it out for now. Garza eventually gives up the hold.
Griffin tries to kick Garza off but Garza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garza.

Garza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Griffin looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Garza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Griffin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Griffin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Garza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Garza decides to return to a standing position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garza doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Garza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Griffin.
Griffin throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Griffin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Garza dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Garza wants to clinch up but Griffin keeps it at a distance.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Garza staying out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Garza.
Garza is looking to clinch.

Griffin tries to keep at a distance but Garza has taken the fight into the clinch.

Garza breaks from the clinch.
Griffin throws a chopping leg kick but Garza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garza blocks a leg kick.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garza moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garza tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.
Garza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lou Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garza tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Garza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin is looking to chop away at Garza's legs.
Garza tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Garza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griffin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Griffin keeps the fight on the outside.
Mathew Garza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Garza.
Garza shoots in for a takedown but Griffin shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garza tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Garza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Garza clinches with his opponent.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Garza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garza wants to clinch up but Griffin keeps it at a distance.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.

Garza decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garza thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Garza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Garza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Garza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Garza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Garza is looking for a kimura but Griffin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Garza to get the leverage.
Garza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Garza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Griffin defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garza is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Griffin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garza.
Griffin is trying to stand up here but Garza is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Garza dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Garza instigates a clinch.
Garza prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.

Garza manages to break the clinch.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Garza avoids it well.
Griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garza.
Griffin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garza tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.
Garza slips a jab from Griffin.
Griffin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Garza clinches.
Griffin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Garza breaks the clinch.
Griffin throws a leg kick
and Garza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Garza darts in and clinches Griffin up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Garza trying to land knees to the body.
Garza misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin is trying to break free.

Garza has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Griffin uses from the top position.
Garza throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Griffin prevents Garza from getting back to his feet.
Griffin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garza is trying to keep Griffin in close.

Garza is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garza looking for subs off his back but Griffin has passed one foot through into half guard.
Garza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Griffin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Garza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Griffin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Griffin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Garza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza wants to control but Griffin passes easily into half guard.
Garza wants to get back to full guard.
Garza is in trouble now - Griffin has advanced to mount!

Griffin wants to finish this one by submission but Garza is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Griffin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Griffin. What's that going to do exactly?
Garza is trying to stand.
Garza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Garza squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garza is bucking up trying to escape but Griffin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lou Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mathew Garza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garza manages to regain half guard. Good work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mathew Garza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mathew Garza!