PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolfo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho has chosen Casa do Sol Nascente as his entrance music. Rodolfo Carvalho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Griffin
vs
Carvalho

172 cm
18
158 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

176 cm
25
150 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodolfo Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho misses with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Griffin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Carvalho moves out of range easily.
Griffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Carvalho misses with a two punch combination.
Carvalho goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Carvalho throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Carvalho throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carvalho misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griffin.
Carvalho with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Griffin moves forwards but Carvalho connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvalho misses with a series of wild punches.

Griffin rushes Carvalho and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Carvalho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
I was talking to Griffin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Carvalho is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carvalho blocks it with crossed arms.
Carvalho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carvalho tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Carvalho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carvalho blocks an elbow strike.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carvalho avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Carvalho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin has a couple of punches blocked by Carvalho.
Griffin prevents Carvalho from breaking the clinch.
Carvalho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin lands a left hand.
Carvalho is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Carvalho blocking some punches.
Carvalho is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Griffin throws a head punch that misses.
Griffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Carvalho uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Carvalho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Carvalho blocks an elbow strike from Griffin.
Carvalho has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.
Griffin has Carvalho pressed against the ropes, preventing Carvalho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin throws a head punch that misses.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Carvalho's face.
Griffin has a couple of punches blocked by Carvalho.
Griffin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carvalho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carvalho blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Carvalho won't want to take too many of those.
Carvalho blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carvalho is defending well for now.
Carvalho can't break the clinch.
Carvalho avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the ropes.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carvalho avoids it.
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Griffin lands a hook that snaps the head of Carvalho backwards.
Carvalho has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Griffin has Carvalho pressed against the ropes, preventing Carvalho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Griffin.
Griffin lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carvalho.
Carvalho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carvalho wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin lands an elbow that stopped Carvalho in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvalho is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin throws an elbow but it misses.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin lands an elbow just above Carvalho 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.
Carvalho working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Carvalho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Griffin working Carvalho over with knees to the body.
Carvalho is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Griffin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carvalho takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Carvalho's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Griffin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Carvalho scrambles back to his feet.
Carvalho scores with a nice head shot.
Carvalho moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carvalho misses with a hook. Griffin ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Carvalho misses.
Carvalho looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Carvalho looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Carvalho misses.
Carvalho lands a jab to Griffin's midsection.
Griffin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Carvalho loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
Carvalho misses the shot to the body.
Carvalho swings away with a body shot that misses
and Griffin counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodolfo Carvalho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Carvalho saw that one coming.
Carvalho unleashes a big counter combination but Griffin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Griffin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carvalho wants to break free but Griffin has control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carvalho takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Carvalho is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carvalho is defending well for now.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carvalho is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carvalho is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Carvalho is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Carvalho tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Carvalho wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Griffin keeps control of Carvalho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
A short left from Griffin.
Griffin lands an elbow that stopped Carvalho in his tracks for a moment.
Chris Griffin has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carvalho can do to turn this around?
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carvalho managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Carvalho wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin prevents Carvalho from breaking the clinch.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carvalho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Griffin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griffin lands a right hand.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carvalho.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.
Carvalho wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin working Carvalho over with knees to the body.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin misses with an elbow over the top.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Griffin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carvalho backwards.
Carvalho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Griffin lands an elbow that stopped Carvalho in his tracks for a moment.
Griffin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carvalho blocking some punches.

Carvalho manages to break the clinch.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carvalho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carvalho lands with a right hand.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Griffin feints and then cracks Carvalho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carvalho down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Carvalho pushes him off.
Jab from Griffin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Carvalho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carvalho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Carvalho throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carvalho on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Griffin connects with a nice looking jab.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Carvalho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carvalho misses with the combination.

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Carvalho managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Griffin misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Griffin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Carvalho. Those never looked like landing.
Carvalho misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Carvalho. Those never looked like landing.
Carvalho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Carvalho.
A nice combination there by Carvalho.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Carvalho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Carvalho tries to move into range but Griffin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carvalho swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Carvalho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Griffin - the referee stops the clock and Carvalho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Griffin. Carvalho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Carvalho avoids nicely.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Carvalho misses its intended target.
Carvalho with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Griffin.
Carvalho misses with an uppercut.
Griffin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carvalho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Carvalho throws a counter combo.
Griffin scores with a leg kick.
Carvalho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin tries to clinch up but Carvalho circles away and keeps his distance.
Carvalho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin.
Carvalho moves out of range as Griffin throws a body kick.
Carvalho throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.

Griffin darts in and clinches Carvalho up against the ropes.
Carvalho blocks an uppercut.
Griffin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carvalho takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carvalho's defenses.
Griffin has Carvalho pressed against the ropes, preventing Carvalho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Griffin scores with a shot to the side of Carvalho's head.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Griffin lands a shoulder strike.
Carvalho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Carvalho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin landing knees to the body.
Griffin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Carvalho is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carvalho's defenses.
Griffin crunches a lovely knee into Carvalho's ribcage.
Carvalho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carvalho avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the ropes.
Griffin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Griffin.
Griffin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carvalho backwards.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Carvalho's face.
Griffin has Carvalho pressed against the ropes, preventing Carvalho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carvalho wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Carvalho is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Carvalho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Carvalho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carvalho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Carvalho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Carvalho blocks it.
Carvalho blocks an uppercut.
Griffin lands with a right to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Carvalho tries to break free but Griffin pushes him back against the ropes.
Carvalho tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the ropes.
Carvalho blocks an uppercut.
Rodolfo Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chris Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Griffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Carvalho uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Griffin, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Griffin!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Chris Griffin made sure he mentioned Museum of Monsters & Madmen, along with how happy he was to win his fight.