PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shred Kaczynski (ranked 4394 p4p, 4358 weight class) and Jai Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Kaczynski
vs
Griffin

191 cm
18
217
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shred Kaczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jai Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaczynski misses with the combination.
That kick from Kaczynski tenderised Griffin's leg. Griffin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Griffin shoots in and drives through. Kaczynski sprawls well.
Kaczynski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kaczynski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kaczynski's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kaczynski duly obliges.
Kaczynski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kaczynski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kaczynski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaczynski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shred Kaczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Griffin has closed the distance and engaged Kaczynski in a clinch.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Kaczynski holds him up against the cage and eventually Griffin drops back down to his feet.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczynski scores with a spinning back kick!
Kaczynski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Shred Kaczynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jai Griffin.
Kaczynski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kaczynski works the jab nicely.

Kaczynski tries to keep at a distance but Griffin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kaczynski tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Kaczynski wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Kaczynski is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kaczynski walks away with a smile on his face. Griffin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kaczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaczynski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Griffin counters with a left and a right that stings Kaczynski.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kaczynski.
Kaczynski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaczynski looks to land a combination but Griffin avoids it well.
Kaczynski misses with a few strikes there.
Kaczynski scores with a decent looking hook.

Griffin clinches with his opponent.
Griffin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kaczynski working hard to break the clinch.
Griffin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kaczynski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kaczynski is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin wants a takedown.
Kaczynski can't break the clinch.
Griffin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaczynski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kaczynski tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Kaczynski is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Kaczynski won't allow it.
Kaczynski wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Kaczynski tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Kaczynski is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Kaczynski is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Griffin tries to score a body lock takedown but Kaczynski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Griffin tries to score a body lock takedown but Kaczynski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Kaczynski blocks with his arms.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Kaczynski forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kaczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin misses with a punch to the body.
Kaczynski is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kaczynski can't break the clinch.
Griffin looking for a takedown.
Griffin is trying to pull guard but Kaczynski has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shred Kaczynski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kaczynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Griffin.

Griffin has closed the distance and engaged Kaczynski in a clinch.

Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kaczynski tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kaczynski.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Kaczynski.
Griffin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kaczynski with a body shot.
Griffin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kaczynski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Griffin takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Griffin closes the distance and pushes Kaczynski back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shred Kaczynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jai Griffin.
Griffin is trying to pull guard but Kaczynski turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kaczynski's efforts to push away.
Griffin stalling in the clinch.
Griffin stalling the fight.
Kaczynski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Kaczynski manages to get underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kaczynski wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kaczynski is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin cracks Kaczynski with a nice body shot.
Kaczynski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kaczynski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kaczynski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffin can do to turn this around?
Griffin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kaczynski smiles and moves away.
Griffin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kaczynski swivels and escapes.
Kaczynski is looking to counter with a body kick.
Griffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kaczynski. Kaczynski obviously looking to wear him down.
Griffin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaczynski.
Kaczynski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griffin slips a straight right by Kaczynski.
Kaczynski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaczynski slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kaczynski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Kaczynski. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kaczynski tries to avoid it but Griffin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kaczynski to the ground. Kaczynski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kaczynski scores with a hook.
Kaczynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kaczynski connects with an inside leg kick.
Kaczynski throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin tries a quick counter leg kick but Kaczynski is wise to it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kaczynski.
Shred Kaczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Griffin has closed the distance and engaged Kaczynski in a clinch.
Kaczynski is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kaczynski blocks the elbow strike.
Kaczynski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kaczynski is defending well for now.
Griffin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kaczynski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczynski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Kaczynski manages to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Griffin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting on Griffin's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Kaczynski throws a nice looking combination but Griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Kaczynski both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kaczynski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffin's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shred Kaczynski dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Kaczynski lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Griffin shoots in and drives through. Kaczynski sprawls well.
Kaczynski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Griffin on the side of the head.
Griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griffin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kaczynski misses with an uppercut.
Griffin feints a counter leg kick.
Griffin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kaczynski's waist but Kaczynski gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Griffin off to one side.
Shred Kaczynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jai Griffin.
Kaczynski slaps away a takedown attempt from Griffin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaczynski lands a leg kick that knocks Griffin off balance momentarily.
Kaczynski feints and then cracks Griffin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffin down.
Griffin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Shred Kaczynski has been cut.
Griffin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaczynski.
Shred Kaczynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczynski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kaczynski misses with the combination.
Griffin dives in and grabs Kaczynski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kaczynski pushes down on Griffin's head and hops out.
Kaczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griffin was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kaczynski cracks Griffin with an open hand slap.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Kaczynski.
Kaczynski clobbers Griffin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kaczynski swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
Kaczynski fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from Kaczynski. No joy for Griffin on that attempt.
Kaczynski fires out a quick counter leg kick but Griffin just manages to avoid it.
Kaczynski throws a sloppy head kick
and Griffin counters with a series of strikes. Kaczynski will be more careful next time no doubt.
No joy there for Kaczynski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin lands with a nice combination. Kaczynski backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaczynski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Griffin.
Griffin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kaczynski with the inside leg kick.
Kaczynski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kaczynski leaves Griffin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kaczynski appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kaczynski throws a nice looking combination but Griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Griffin wants to counter with a clinch but Kaczynski pushes him away.
Kaczynski misses with the combination.

Griffin pushes Kaczynski up against the cage in a clinch.
Kaczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.

Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin goes for a double leg but Kaczynski avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kaczynski continues to drive forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaczynski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Griffin.
Sloppy strikes from Kaczynski. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin unleashes a big counter combination but Kaczynski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kaczynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Griffin.
Kaczynski tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Griffin misses with a takedown attempt
and Kaczynski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaczynski connects with a right hand. Griffin shakes it off.
Griffin is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kaczynski is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Griffin.

Griffin takes the fight into the clinch.
Griffin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kaczynski after a bit of a struggle.

Griffin breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczynski lands a head kick. Griffin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kaczynski misses with a body shot.
Kaczynski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Griffin wants to counter with a clinch but Kaczynski pushes him away.
Kaczynski misses the shot to the body.

Griffin forces Kaczynski back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaczynski gets underhooks to prevent Griffin's takedown attempt.
Kaczynski can't break the clinch.
Kaczynski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Griffin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kaczynski pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shred Kaczynski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaczynski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin stalling against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shred Kaczynski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kaczynski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shred Kaczynski!