PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Conway (ranked 1715 p4p, 2306 weight class) and Fran Griggs (ranked 220 p4p, 295 weight class). Griggs comes into a darkened arena with his song building. U2 - Beautiful Day kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ricky Conway has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Conway
vs
Griggs

180 cm
26
185
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
195
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fran Griggs!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griggs gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Conway.
Conway lands with a left to the head.
Conway lands a nice uppercut.
Conway lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Conway softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Conway scores with a shoulder strike.
Conway scores with a hook to the body.
The referee calls for Griggs to work.
Conway lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Conway throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Conway lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Griggs manages to break the clinch.
Griggs throws a right hand that misses
and Conway counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conway looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Conway lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Griggs at a distance.
Conway thuds a left hand into Griggs's body.
Conway scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Conway misses with a right hand
and Griggs counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Conway misses.
It seemed like Griggs was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice body punch from Conway.
Conway slips under a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Conway misses its target.
Conway scores with a decent looking hook.
Conway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griggs moves away.
Griggs looks to clinch
and Conway counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Conway counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Conway sizes up Griggs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griggs throws a poor cross that misses
and Griggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Griggs is rocked!
Griggs tries to clinch up
and Conway counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Griggs is still on wobbly legs! Can Conway finish him?
Griggs misses with a hook
and Conway counters with a huge left! Griggs is in big trouble! He's backing up but Conway isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Griggs from any more damage. A dominating finish by Conway!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Conway!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ricky Conway made sure he mentioned MKFC , along with how happy he was to win his fight.