PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Griffiths (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Griffiths
vs
Anderson

170 cm
33
175 lbs
30 - 15 - 1

180 cm
35
173 lbs
23 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 30 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Stephen Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Mr Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a leg kick
and Griffiths counters with a right hand to the body.
Anderson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Griffiths keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Griffiths thows a leg kick but Anderson checks it
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Griffiths staying out of range there.
A left and a right from Anderson both land. Nice combination.
Anderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Griffiths displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
Anderson misses with a low kick as Griffiths jumps back.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been hearing reports that Griffiths has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a combination

and Griffiths counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Anderson!

Griffiths tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Griffiths working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Anderson can't do much from the bottom here.

Griffiths is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anderson has escaped the position, nice work there.

Griffiths is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Anderson looks calm but he's in trouble here. Griffiths gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Anderson is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Griffiths lets go of the hold and Anderson can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stephen Griffiths!
After winning the bout, Stephen Griffiths thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.