PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Collins (ranked 3984 p4p, 4604 weight class) and Vinny Griggs (ranked 483 p4p, 517 weight class). Abraham Collins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Collins
vs
Griggs

180 cm
26
168
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
177
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abraham Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinny Griggs!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Collins.
Griggs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collins misses with a looping left.
Collins throws a series of punches but Griggs moves out of range.
Griggs defending well as Collins loads up on a big left hand.

Griggs moves into the clinch.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Griggs - that landed with a thud.
Collins blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Griggs.
Collins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Collins's efforts to push away.
Griggs gets through Collins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Griggs working aggressively here.
Griggs taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Griggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Griggs.
Griggs lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Griggs.
Griggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Griggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Griggs keeps control of Collins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griggs working aggressively here.
Griggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs lands a nice uppercut.
Griggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griggs stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Griggs slows down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Griggs.
Griggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Griggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Collins.
Griggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Collins backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griggs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griggs misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Griggs.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Griggs clinches with his opponent.
Collins can't break the clinch.
Griggs misses with some punches.
Collins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Collins blocks an uppercut.
Griggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Griggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Collins backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Collins is rocked!
Collins blocks an uppercut.
Oh Collins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Collins blocking some punches.
Collins seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs prevents Collins from breaking the clinch.
Griggs has a couple of punches blocked by Collins.
Collins tries to break the clinch but Griggs is controlling the position.
Griggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins tries to break free but Griggs pushes him back against the cage.
Vinny Griggs seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Griggs has Collins pressed against the cage, preventing Collins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Collins blocking some punches.
Collins working hard to break the clinch.
Griggs is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Collins is trying to break free.
Collins working hard to break the clinch.
Griggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Collins backwards.
Griggs lands a nice uppercut.
Griggs throws a head punch that misses.
Collins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griggs has him pressed against the cage.
Griggs gets through Collins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griggs unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Collins! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Griggs is unloading with more strikes now! Collins drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Griggs!