PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Tua (ranked 1700 p4p, 45 weight class) and Tito Griffin (ranked 1336 p4p, 57 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tua
vs
Griffin

178 cm
28
235 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

185 cm
31
270 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Tito Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griffin connects with a crisp jab.
Griffin misses with a hook to the body
and Tua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slapping leg kick lands for Griffin.
Tua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Tua there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tua pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griffin misses with a hook
and Tua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Tua avoids nicely.
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Tua 's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin lands a two punch combo.
Griffin scores with a nice strike.
Griffin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tua misses with an uppercut. Griffin saw that one coming.
Griffin tries to bum rush Tua with a series of wild strikes but Tua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tua tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Tua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tua .
Tua chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Tua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
A quick step to the side and Tua tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tito Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses
and Tua counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Tua drops Griffin with a beautiful combination! Griffin stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tua is looking for the KO!

It looks like Tito Griffin has been cut.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tua throws a quick counter kick to the body but Griffin avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tua throws a monster overhand right that drops Griffin! Tua follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Tua !
Our winner, David Tua , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Tito Griffin spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank you for the fight thank you fans and my opponet you were the better fighter'.