PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archie Griffiths (ranked 194 p4p, 27 weight class) and Brody Kavanagh (ranked 404 p4p, 54 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Griffiths
vs
Kavanagh

175 cm
31
147 lbs
16 - 4 - 1

174 cm
30
152 lbs
20 - 9 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Archie Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brody Kavanagh!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kavanagh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kavanagh throws a shot to the body.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kavanagh ducks under a wild hook from Griffiths.
Kavanagh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griffiths looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffiths.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kavanagh misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Griffiths throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kavanagh throws a chopping leg kick but Griffiths manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kavanagh swings for the body but Griffiths moves out of range.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffiths gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kavanagh.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffiths throws a chopping leg kick but Kavanagh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice body kick there by Griffiths.
Kavanagh throws a body punch but Griffiths moves out of range.
Griffiths tried to counter with a leg kick but Kavanagh avoided it.
Kavanagh throws a big shot that misses.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffiths throws a shot from downtown. Kavanagh moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths tries to work over Kavanagh's front leg with a kick but Kavanagh checks it.
Kavanagh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kavanagh throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffiths.
Griffiths looks to land a left hand but Kavanagh moved out of range nicely.
Kavanagh looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Kavanagh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Griffiths throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kavanagh swings widly with a right hand
and Griffiths counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffiths throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffiths tests Kavanagh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffiths throws a leg kick
and Kavanagh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kavanagh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Kavanagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kavanagh lands with an uppercut that bounces Griffiths off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffiths fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kavanagh is out of range.
Griffiths takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh tests Griffiths's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffiths will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kavanagh misses with a low kick.
Griffiths paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kavanagh misses with a straight left.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
Kavanagh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Kavanagh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Griffiths throws a hook but Kavanagh avoids it easily.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.
Kavanagh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffiths makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Griffiths misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kavanagh.
Griffiths fakes the leg kick and cracks Kavanagh in the body.
Kavanagh throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffiths on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griffiths moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffiths feints and then cracks Kavanagh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kavanagh down.
Nice body punch from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh misses with a looping right.
A clash of legs there as Griffiths blocks the low kick.
A jab from Kavanagh misses.
A quick step to the side and Griffiths tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kavanagh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a right hand to the side of the head.
Griffiths lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths misses with an uppercut.
Kavanagh slips under a jab from Griffiths.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kavanagh! But no joy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kavanagh, right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kavanagh. That's going to slow Griffiths down.
Kavanagh misses with a straight left.
Kavanagh lands a nice hook to Griffiths's body. Griffiths takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffiths misses with a low kick as Kavanagh jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a hook but Kavanagh avoids it easily.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Griffiths lands with an uppercut that bounces Kavanagh off the cage and back into range.
Kavanagh moves out of range of the body kick.
Kavanagh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kavanagh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Griffiths counters with a stiff right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Griffiths checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A clash of legs there as Kavanagh blocks the low kick.
Kavanagh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griffiths is able to avoid easily.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Griffiths misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffiths misses with a few strikes there.
Griffiths takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kavanagh is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kavanagh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffiths sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kavanagh looks to land a body kick but Griffiths moved away.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffiths fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brody Kavanagh will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Griffiths thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kavanagh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kavanagh throws a hook but Griffiths avoids it easily.
Griffiths throws a hook to the side of Kavanagh's head but Kavanagh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Kavanagh misses the target.
Kavanagh on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Griffiths's leg. Griffiths is trying to keep his angry face on.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffiths is looking to slow Kavanagh down with leg kicks.
Griffiths takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kavanagh blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffiths missing with a left hand there. Kavanagh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kavanagh connects with a good right hand that stumbles Griffiths. Griffiths circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick
and Griffiths counters with an outside leg kick.
Kavanagh throws a front kick aimed at Griffiths's knee but Griffiths avoids it well.
Griffiths scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffiths tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kavanagh was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffiths.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kavanagh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Griffiths has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A big right from Kavanagh misses.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffiths, right into the meat.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
Griffiths with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kavanagh to score with a decent uppercut.
Griffiths takes a swing at Kavanagh's ribcage but misses.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick and Kavanagh moves out of range easily.
Griffiths misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffiths looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffiths throws an off balance right hand
letting Kavanagh counter with a right hand.
Griffiths looks to throw the jab but Kavanagh is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kavanagh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Griffiths.
Kavanagh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Griffiths lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kavanagh doesn't seem phased though.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Kavanagh.
Griffiths fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Griffiths.
Kavanagh lands a nice shot that snaps Griffiths's head back.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Griffiths appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Good shot there by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh wants to land a leg kick but Griffiths is out of range.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. Griffiths looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kavanagh swings widly with a right hand
and Kavanagh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
Kavanagh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kavanagh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffiths tries to score with a low kick but Kavanagh moves his leg out of the way.
Kavanagh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffiths.
Griffiths throws a jab when Kavanagh was well out of range.
Kavanagh misses with a two punch combination.
Griffiths connects with the punch.
Kavanagh looks to land a left hand but Griffiths moved out of range nicely.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Kavanagh throws a hook but Griffiths blocks it.
Griffiths fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffiths sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kavanagh misses with a wild body shot.
Kavanagh throws a looping overhand right but Griffiths ducks down to avoid it.
Griffiths misses with a straight left.
Kavanagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Griffiths has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kavanagh avoids the head kick by Griffiths.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Kavanagh misses the target.
Griffiths connects with a high kick.
Kavanagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffiths throws a wild body kick that Kavanagh sees coming a mile off.
Griffiths swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh works the jab nicely.
Kavanagh lands a jab to Griffiths's midsection.
A big left from Kavanagh misses.
Kavanagh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kavanagh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffiths has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kavanagh goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kavanagh tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Nice defenses there by Griffiths.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Kavanagh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Griffiths misses with a hook.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but Griffiths sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kavanagh misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Griffiths.
Kavanagh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kavanagh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Griffiths tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kavanagh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Griffiths connects with a right hand. Kavanagh shakes it off.
Kavanagh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kavanagh avoids a kick to the body.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kavanagh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Griffiths's head backwards.
Kavanagh moves out of range as Griffiths strikes.
Kavanagh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Griffiths counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kavanagh's knee momentarily.
Kavanagh looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Griffiths throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kavanagh avoids it.
Kavanagh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffiths.
A little feinted left hand from Griffiths on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.
Kavanagh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kavanagh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kavanagh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kavanagh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffiths. That did some damage!
Griffiths fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kavanagh on the side of the head.
Kavanagh throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Kavanagh. That snapped Griffiths's head back.
Kavanagh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffiths counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kavanagh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffiths pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good work by Kavanagh as he checks the leg kick.
Kavanagh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Griffiths throws an off balance right hand
and Kavanagh counters with an inside leg kick.
Kavanagh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kavanagh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffiths.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Griffiths checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kavanagh.
Griffiths throws a quick counter head kick but Kavanagh was just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kavanagh.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Kavanagh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Griffiths lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kavanagh has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kavanagh and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Griffiths takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffiths.
Griffiths checks a leg kick.
Kavanagh misses with a looping right.
Kavanagh walks forward, straight into a front kick from Griffiths.
Kavanagh walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kavanagh throws the left hand but Griffiths avoids the punch easily.
Griffiths lands a nice looking body shot.
Griffiths misses with a looping left.
Kavanagh connects with an inside leg kick.
Griffiths is looking to score with low kicks.
Griffiths scores with a body shot.
Griffiths swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kavanagh throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Archie Griffiths has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Griffiths on the side of the head.
Kavanagh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Griffiths moves out of range as Kavanagh strikes.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Griffiths's leg. Griffiths is trying to keep his angry face on.
Griffiths is looking to land body kicks.
Kavanagh needs to keep his hands up - Griffiths had a free shot at his head there.
Griffiths looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kavanagh checks a leg kick.
Kavanagh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Kavanagh checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Griffiths throws a front kick that sends Kavanagh stumbling back into the cage.
Kavanagh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kavanagh throws out a counter right but Griffiths avoids it with no problem.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Griffiths scores with a hook to the body. Kavanagh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffiths throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kavanagh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Griffiths checks it well.
Kavanagh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kavanagh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Griffiths misses the jab.
Kavanagh throws a shot from downtown. Griffiths moves away and avoids it.
Kavanagh lands a leg kick that knocks Griffiths off balance momentarily.
Kavanagh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kavanagh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kavanagh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Kavanagh cracks Griffiths with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffiths takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kavanagh moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffiths bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kavanagh.
Griffiths defending well as Kavanagh loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brody Kavanagh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kavanagh has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brody Kavanagh!
A victorious Brody Kavanagh thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.