PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shelton Griffith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byou Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shelton Griffith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Griffith
vs
Philips

206 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shelton Griffith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Byou Philips!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griffith changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Philips looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Philips looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Griffith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Philips is working to avoid the ground and pound but Griffith connects with a decent elbow.
Griffith looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Philips is avoiding damage well.
Griffith fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Griffith is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Philips's shoulder. That is not cool.
Griffith working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Griffith.
Griffith creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Philips sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Griffith throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Philips is looking for a sweep.
Griffith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Griffith lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Griffith throws an elbow but Philips slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Griffith crashes against the mat.
Griffith is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffith misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Griffith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Griffith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Griffith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Philips on the ground.
Griffith landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffith is looking to take a break and control but Philips is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Griffith is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Griffith.
Griffith working the ground and pound.
Griffith working the ground and pound from side control.

Griffith looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Griffith grinds an elbow into Philips's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffith cracks Philips with a big elbow.
Griffith trying to control the position but Philips is working away.
Griffith working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelton Griffith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Griffith moves into range and clinches up with Philips.
Griffith jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Philips walks away with a smile on his face. Griffith gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Philips has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Griffith scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Philips tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Griffith manages to move to mount!
Griffith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Philips is trying desperately to improve position.
Shelton Griffith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Griffith dominating with strikes here.
Philips is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffith lands a heavy elbow.
Griffith lands a heavy elbow.
Griffith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Griffith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Philips is bucking up trying to escape but Griffith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Griffith raining down shots from the mount!
Griffith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Philips can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips is wriggling around trying to escape.
Griffith lands with some strikes.
Griffith cracks Philips with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philips taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Philips that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffith with a couple of short strikes.
Griffith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Griffith landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Philips that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Griffith lands a big shot there that rocks Philips but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Griffith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Griffith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Griffith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griffith scoring with strikes but Philips is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffith avoids the attempt from Philips to control.
Griffith lands a big shot there that rocks Philips but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelton Griffith dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Griffith throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Philips tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Griffith is in Philips's guard.
Philips preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Griffith stands up over Philips, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Griffith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Philips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffith throwing strikes from guard but Philips blocks nicely.
Griffith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Philips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffith engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Griffith looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Philips isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Griffith stacks Philips on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Griffith!
Griffith scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Griffith is trying to get an arm triangle but Philips is defending well.
Griffith controls the position from side control.
Philips avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Griffith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips taking a bit of punishment here - Griffith scoring with strikes.
Griffith landing a few strikes.
Griffith looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Philips is avoiding damage well.
Griffith is putting a hurting on Philips here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Griffith working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Griffith lands a nice forearm strike.
Griffith is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Philips will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Griffith goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Philips rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Griffith's guard! Nice work there by Philips!
Byou Philips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shelton Griffith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Griffith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shelton Griffith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Griffith 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:25
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shelton Griffith!