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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Griggs (ranked 4575 p4p, 4598 weight class) and Peter Bland (ranked 0 p4p, 430 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Bland!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griggs looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bland is fending him off so far but Griggs persists. Nope, Bland circles away and we're back to standing.
Griggs takes a swing at Bland's ribcage but misses.
Griggs tries to clinch but Bland moves away
and Bland counters with a nice body shot.
Griggs displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bland.
Bland gets a clinch.
Bland manages to break the clinch.
Griggs moves out of range as Bland throws a body kick.
Bland closes the distance and clinches up with Griggs, looking for a takedown. Bland pushes Griggs against the cage but Griggs circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs has Bland up against the cage in a clinch.
Griggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bland misses with a takedown attempt - Griggs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nick Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Bland.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bland shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bland fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bland misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griggs darts in looking for a takedown but Bland gets double underhooks and turns Griggs into the cage.
Bland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griggs slips under a jab.
Griggs instigates a clinch.
Bland jumps guard.
Bland pulls Griggs in close to his closed guard and prevents Griggs from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bland keeping moving, preventing Griggs from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Griggs throws a big elbow that misses.
Bland looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Griggs looking to sit in guard and control but Bland gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Griggs is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bland defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bland pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griggs is keeping the position for now.
Griggs looking for a sweep. Not yet Griggs, not yet.
Bland gets to his feet. Griggs looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Griggs dives in for a single leg takedown but Bland sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bland drags the fight down to the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bland is on top in guard.
Bland works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bland uses his free foot to push down on Griggs's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Griggs.
Bland looking to finish with strikes here!
Griggs working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griggs is breathing heavily.
Bland punching from mount but Griggs doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bland takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Bland misses with punches from the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Bland dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bland looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bland has closed the distance and engaged Griggs in a clinch.
Griggs stalling in the clinch but Bland improves position.
Bland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Bland as Griggs shoots in.
Bland shoots in looking for a takedown but Griggs manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bland's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs misses with a body kick.
Griggs tries to keep at a distance but Bland has taken the fight into the clinch.
Griggs wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bland is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Griggs is defending well.
Nick Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Bland.
Griggs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griggs is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bland to keep the fight standing.
Bland pulls guard successfully.
Bland wants to sweep but no luck.
Griggs wants to control from the top but Bland keeps moving.
Bland preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bland is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bland is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bland bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Griggs's guard.
Bland throwing strikes but missing.
Griggs is trying to keep Bland in close.
Griggs wants to stand up but Bland is controlling him.
Griggs can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bland controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bland gets to his feet. Griggs looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bland keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Griggs throws a hook but Bland avoids it easily.
Bland steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Griggs.
Bland slaps away a takedown attempt from Griggs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bland shoots in looking for a takedown. Griggs tries to sprawl out of it but Bland keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Griggs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bland misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nick Griggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bland shoots for a takedown but Griggs saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bland slaps away a takedown attempt from Griggs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bland closes the distance and clinches up with Griggs, looking for a takedown. Bland pushes Griggs against the cage but Griggs circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Griggs stuffs the takedown attempt from Bland. Bland gets slowly back to his feet.
Bland fails with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Bland showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
No luck for Griggs with that takedown attempt.
Griggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Bland swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bland tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Griggs defends well and Bland ends up having to push Griggs into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Griggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bland counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bland leaves Griggs with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bland gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Griggs counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bland tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griggs breaks the clinch.
Bland looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Griggs is fending him off so far but Bland persists. Nope, Griggs circles away and we're back to standing.
Nick Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Bland.
Bland takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bland throws a big shot that misses.
Bland has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Griggs tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bland sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Griggs somewhat.
No luck for Griggs with that takedown attempt.
Griggs throws a right and a left that Bland avoids nicely.
Bland shoots in but Griggs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Griggs thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bland shoots in looking for a takedown. Griggs tries to sprawl out of it but Bland keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Griggs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bland shoots in for a double leg but Griggs sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
An attempted straight right counter from Griggs misses the target.
Griggs fails with the takedown
and Bland holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Griggs goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bland prevents it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Griggs - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bland wants a takedown but no success here.
Bland prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bland manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs is looking to clinch but Bland is avoiding it.
Bland misses with a leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Bland. No joy for Griggs on that attempt.
Bland instigates a clinch.
Bland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bland moves into the clinch.
Griggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bland has managed to clinch.
Bland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A head punch on the inside from Bland fails to land.
Griggs dodges an elbow strike from Bland.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bland is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Griggs to keep the fight standing.
Griggs looking for a takedown.
Bland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bland is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bland is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Griggs is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griggs tries to break the clinch but Bland is controlling the position.
Griggs is trying to maintain a safe position but Bland gets an underhook and turns Griggs into the cage.
Nick Griggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Bland is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Griggs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bland is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Bland comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bland 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Peter Bland!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Peter Bland!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Peter Bland!
Peter Bland wins by unanimous decision!
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