PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolaos Prouxontas (ranked 908 p4p, 91 weight class) and Anthony Griffith (ranked 2049 p4p, 219 weight class). Prouxontas comes to the cage accompanied by Σταμάτης Γονί&#. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Prouxontas
vs
Griffith

200 cm
28
240 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

225 cm
21
265 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikolaos Prouxontas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Griffith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Prouxontas makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Griffith really felt that one!
We've been informed that Griffith has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Prouxontas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prouxontas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Griffith's calf.
Griffith misses with a two punch combination.
Prouxontas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prouxontas throws a push kick but Griffith slaps the foot to one side.
Prouxontas wants to clinch up but Griffith keeps it at a distance.
Prouxontas avoids the body shot from Griffith.
Prouxontas looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Griffith throws a right and a left that Prouxontas avoids nicely.
Griffith swats away the attempt to clinch by Prouxontas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prouxontas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Griffith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prouxontas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffith paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Prouxontas counters with a leg kick.
Griffith misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffith. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prouxontas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Prouxontas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Griffith, as that shot connected.
Prouxontas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Griffith scores with a punch to the head.
Prouxontas scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Anthony Griffith has been cut.
The fighters circling - Griffith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prouxontas defending well as Griffith loads up on a big left hand.
Griffith throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffith misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griffith swats away the attempt to clinch by Prouxontas.
Griffith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Griffith throws a right hand that Prouxontas ducks under and follows up with a left that Prouxontas also avoids with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prouxontas.
Prouxontas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffith's sensitive parts.
Prouxontas jabs Griffith right on the nose. Griffith blinks but takes it well.
Prouxontas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Griffith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prouxontas manages to avoid it.
Prouxontas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Griffith takes a step back to recover.
Griffith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Prouxontas rather than just go for the knockout.
Good exchange - Prouxontas coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prouxontas throws a leg kick which misses Griffith's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffith tries to avoid it.
Prouxontas throws a head kick that misses.
Griffith throws a counter combo.
Griffith misses with a looping right.
Prouxontas appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prouxontas.
Prouxontas feints and then cracks Griffith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffith down.
Prouxontas throws a low kick but Griffith avoids it.
Prouxontas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Griffith misses.
Griffith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Prouxontas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Griffith.
Griffith throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Griffith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Griffith throws a jab but it's blocked by Prouxontas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffith throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Griffith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prouxontas misses with a hook. Griffith ducked under it nicely.
Griffith connects with a crisp jab.
Prouxontas connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffith ducks right into an uppercut from Prouxontas.
Prouxontas tries to move into range but Griffith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice body punch from Prouxontas.
Prouxontas connects with a high kick.
Griffith misses with a combination
and Prouxontas finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Prouxontas lands with a nice combination. Griffith backs away looking to recover.

Griffith is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolaos Prouxontas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Griffith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Prouxontas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Griffith is still on wobbly legs! Can Prouxontas finish him?
Prouxontas tries a head kick but it misses.
Griffith now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Griffith seems to have recovered his senses.
Prouxontas with a nice cross.
Griffith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Prouxontas.
Prouxontas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Griffith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Prouxontas counters with a thumping low kick.
Prouxontas throws a push kick but Griffith slaps the foot to one side.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Prouxontas - that will leave a mark!
Griffith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Prouxontas lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prouxontas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nikolaos Prouxontas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prouxontas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffith's sensitive parts.
Griffith looks to score with a jab to the body but Prouxontas is just out of range.
Prouxontas tests Griffith's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffith defending well as Prouxontas loads up on a big left hand.
Griffith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prouxontas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Prouxontas avoids the body shot from Griffith.
Prouxontas is looking for a counter combo.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Griffith might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Prouxontas has got the better of the exchanges.
Prouxontas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Prouxontas misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffith. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
It appears Prouxontas was looking to counter with a kick there.
Prouxontas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Prouxontas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffith can do to turn this around?
Prouxontas throws a solid leg kick but Griffith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Prouxontas.
A punch combination from Griffith misses.

Prouxontas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Prouxontas throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffith trying to stall but Prouxontas improves his position.
Prouxontas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffith's elbow.
Griffith is pushing Prouxontas up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Griffith has Prouxontas pressed against the cage.
Prouxontas presses Griffith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Prouxontas.
I was talking to Prouxontas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short left from Prouxontas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prouxontas lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas misses with a body punch.
Prouxontas cracks Griffith with a nice body shot.
Prouxontas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffith's elbow.
Griffith prevents a body shot from Prouxontas.
Prouxontas lands a body punch.
Griffith wants to break the clinch but can't.

Prouxontas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prouxontas digs a good body shot into Griffith's ribs.
Prouxontas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Griffith in his tracks.
Griffith walks into a jab.
Griffith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prouxontas was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas feints and then cracks Griffith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffith down.
Griffith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Griffith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Prouxontas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffith's knee momentarily.
Prouxontas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Griffith misses.
Griffith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Prouxontas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Prouxontas moves into range and clinches up with Griffith.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffith prevents a body shot from Prouxontas.
Griffith throws an elbow but it misses.
Griffith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Prouxontas misses with a body punch.
Prouxontas can't find room to land a body shot as Griffith controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolaos Prouxontas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Griffith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters circle, before Prouxontas throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Griffith's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Prouxontas lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Nikolaos Prouxontas!
Nikolaos Prouxontas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.