PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Griggs (ranked 5383 p4p, 4877 weight class) and Nermin Varupa (ranked 511 p4p, 492 weight class). Vinny Griggs had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Griggs
vs
Varupa

180 cm
26
177
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
165
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinny Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nermin Varupa!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Varupa throws a series of punches but Griggs moves out of range.
Varupa misses with a double jab.
Varupa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Varupa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Griggs closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Varupa fails to land.
Griggs lands a right hand.
Varupa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griggs scores with a shot to the side of Varupa's head.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Griggs.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
Varupa looking to slow down the pace here.
Varupa lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Varupa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Varupa is looking to break free of the clinch but Griggs has double underhooks.
Varupa is trying to break the clinch but Griggs has him pressed against the cage.
Griggs misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Varupa fails to land.
Griggs definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Griggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Varupa misses with a punch on the inside.
Varupa working aggressively here.
Griggs can't find room to land a body shot as Varupa controls the action.
Griggs misses with a punch to the body.
Varupa trying to stall but Griggs improves his position.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griggs.
Griggs misses with the head strike.
Griggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs keeps control of Varupa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Varupa tries a body shot but Griggs blocks it.
Griggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griggs lands a right hand.
Griggs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Varupa's efforts to push away.
Varupa is trying to stall.
Griggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Griggs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varupa throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Varupa tries to break the clinch but Griggs is controlling the position.
Griggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Varupa's elbow.
Griggs pushes Varupa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Griggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Varupa on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Varupa fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Varupa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Griggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Varupas head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griggs as Varupa tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Varupa taking a breather.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Griggs scores with a nice short uppercut.
Varupa blocks an uppercut.
Griggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Griggs to work.
Griggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Varupa is trying to push Griggs away but Griggs has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Varupa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Varupa blocking some punches.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griggs lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Griggs dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Varupa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Varupa throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
A short uppercut from Griggs.
Varupa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griggs blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Varupa.
Griggs gets through Varupa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Griggs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Varupa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Varupa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Varupa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griggs's elbow.
Varupa wants to get back to striking at distance but Griggs won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Varupa.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Varupa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Varupa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Varupa misses with a punch on the inside.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
Varupa throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Varupa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Griggs prevents a body shot from Varupa.
Griggs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Varupa tries to circle away but Griggs has him pinned against the cage.
Griggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Varupa backwards.
Griggs has Varupa pressed against the cage, preventing Varupa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Varupa is stalling here.
Griggs lands a nice uppercut.
Varupa misses with a punch on the inside.
Griggs prevents Varupa from breaking the clinch.
Varupa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Griggs lands a nice uppercut.
Griggs working aggressively here.
Griggs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Varupa throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Vinny Griggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs digs a right hand into Varupa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Varupa's gas tank.
Varupa blocks an uppercut.
Varupa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griggs's elbow.
Griggs can't find room to land a body shot as Varupa controls the action.
Varupa is stalling here.
Varupa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Griggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Griggs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Varupa tries to work over Griggs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Varupa throws a head punch that misses.
Varupa struggles to land a body shot inside as Griggs controls his hands.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Griggs misses with some punches.
Varupa misses with some punches.
Griggs will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Varupa up against the cage.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Griggs scores with a shot to the side of Varupa's head.
Varupa wants to get back to striking at distance but Griggs won't allow it.
Varupa blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Griggs dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Varupa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've been informed that Varupa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nermin Varupa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Varupa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Varupa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Varupa.
Varupa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Griggs clinches up with Varupa and pushes him back against the cage.
Griggs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Griggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Varupa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griggs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Varupa is rocked!
Varupa misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Varupa wants to get back to striking at distance but Griggs won't allow it.
Varupa is trying to break the clinch but Griggs is controlling him.
Varupa has had enough of the clinch but Griggs keeps him there for the moment.
Griggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Varupa is still on wobbly legs! Can Griggs finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Varupa misses with the head strike.
A short right from Griggs.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Griggs scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griggs.
A short uppercut from Griggs.
Good body shot from Varupa.
Varupa is trying to push Griggs away but Griggs has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Varupa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griggs.
Varupa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griggs lands a body punch.
Varupa seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griggs.
The referee is keeping an eye on Griggs - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Griggs fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Griggs.
Varupa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griggs has him pressed against the cage.
Griggs blocks a body shot from Varupa.
Griggs prevents Varupa from breaking the clinch.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Varupa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Varupa wants to break free but Griggs has control.
Varupa throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Griggs drops Varupa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Varupa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Griggs pushes Varupa against the cage. Griggs is working some dirty boxing. Griggs pushes off with a quick right hook! Varupa goes down! Varupa tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Griggs moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Griggs!