PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Griffiths (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney has chosen Korn - Twisted Transistor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Griffiths
vs
Toney

170 cm
26
175 lbs
21 - 6 - 1

185 cm
27
174 lbs
12 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Griffiths!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angel Toney!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toney throws a combination. Griffiths tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
Griffiths pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Toney dips to his left and cracks Griffiths with an uppercut!
Griffiths shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Toney sprawls well. Toney wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Griffiths gets slowly back to his feet.
Griffiths takes a jab right on the kisser.
Griffiths keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toney.
Griffiths lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griffiths moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Griffiths scores with a spinning back kick!
Toney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Griffiths counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffiths shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Toney as he jumps to the side.
Toney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Toney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griffiths counters with a straight right hand.
Griffiths scores with a hook to the body. Toney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Toney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griffiths counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Angel Toney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffiths fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Toney looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Toney slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Toney.
Good shot there by Griffiths.
Toney misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffiths moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Griffiths has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zero Tolerance in the buildup to the fight.
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Griffiths scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffiths turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Toney.
Griffiths connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Toney's hands.
Nice shot lands for Griffiths.
Toney swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths scores with a kick to the body.
Toney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griffiths counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Toney avoids the head kick by Griffiths.
Toney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griffiths counters with a low kick, right behind Toney 's knee.
Toney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffiths counters with an inside leg kick.
Toney misses with a few strikes there.
Toney throws a right and a left that Griffiths avoids nicely.
Toney looks winded!
Griffiths scores with a nice head shot.

Toney is rocked!
Toney has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Griffiths slips under a jab from Toney.
A solid leg kick lands there for Griffiths.

Griffiths looking to score a takedown here. Toney is defending well but Griffiths drives through and ends up in Toney's guard.
Griffiths slips nicely into half guard.

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

Griffiths in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Toney tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Griffiths!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stephen Griffiths!
Stephen Griffiths retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Stephen Griffiths made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.