PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Griffith (ranked 1194 p4p, 142 weight class) and Richie Fortune (ranked 1184 p4p, 141 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griffith
vs
Fortune

225 cm
27
265 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

190 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

UnderGround Clothing Co.

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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Griffith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Richie Fortune!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortune misses with a looping right.
Fortune looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fortune slips under a jab from Griffith.
Fortune missing with a left hand there. Griffith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffith is looking to counter punch.
Griffith swings for the body but Fortune moves out of range.

Griffith lands a left and a right that send Fortune crashing to the mat, dazed. Griffith thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fortune looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fortune misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortune with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fortune throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Fortune does it's job there.
Fortune throws a jab when Griffith was well out of range.
Griffith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fortune throws out the jab.
Fortune is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffith.
Fortune throws a nice looking combination but Griffith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Griffith fires out a quick counter leg kick but Fortune just manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffith sends Fortune crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Griffith is motioning to the referee to let Fortune up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Fortune is rocked!
Fortune takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fortune is still on wobbly legs! Can Griffith finish him?
Griffith connects with a leg kick. Fortune looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fortune fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffith jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Richie Fortune seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffith drops Fortune with a huge uppercut! Fortune drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Griffith is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Griffith!
A very excited looking Anthony Griffith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.