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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaston Tellurique (ranked 918 p4p, 1634 weight class) and Vinny Griggs (ranked 114 p4p, 229 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaston Tellurique !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Griggs!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellurique moves into the clinch.
Tellurique misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tellurique struggles to land a body shot inside as Griggs controls his hands.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Tellurique tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tellurique working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Griggs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Tellurique working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tellurique working aggressively here.
Tellurique swings wildly with an uppercut but Griggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tellurique gets through Griggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellurique tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Griggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Tellurique won't allow it.
Tellurique tries a knee to the head but Griggs blocks it.
Tellurique tries to land knees in the clinch but Griggs avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellurique throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Griggs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Griggs blocks an elbow strike from Tellurique .
Tellurique goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Tellurique keeps control of Griggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tellurique stalling against the cage.
Tellurique misses with a punch to the body.
Tellurique tries a body shot but Griggs blocks it.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Tellurique with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griggs looks to throw the jab but Tellurique is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Griggs. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Griggs if he has to take too many more of those.
Tellurique clinches up against the cage.
Griggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tellurique slows down the pace here.
Tellurique lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Vinny Griggs has been cut.
Tellurique swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Tellurique .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Tellurique won't allow it.
Tellurique is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tellurique pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellurique tries a body shot but Griggs blocks it.
Tellurique working aggressively here.
Tellurique tries to work over Griggs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Tellurique slows down the pace here.
Tellurique throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
Tellurique lands a left hand that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Tellurique misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griggs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tellurique takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tellurique keeps control of Griggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Tellurique fails to land.
Tellurique connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griggs's face.
Tellurique content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Griggs is looking to break free of the clinch but Tellurique has double underhooks.
Tellurique stalling in the clinch.
Tellurique scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tellurique fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellurique softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Griggs manages to break the clinch.
Tellurique takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tellurique clinches.
Tellurique lands a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gaston Tellurique dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinny Griggs's cut.
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.
Tellurique lands a head kick. Griggs smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Griggs drops Tellurique with a beautiful combination! Tellurique stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Griggs is looking for the KO!
Tellurique is rocked!
It looks like Gaston Tellurique has been cut.
Tellurique clinches with his opponent.
Oh Tellurique is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gaston Tellurique has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tellurique scores with a shot to the side of Griggs's head.
Tellurique seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griggs wants to break free but Tellurique has control.
Tellurique lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tellurique doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tellurique tries a knee to the head but Griggs blocks it.
Tellurique has Griggs pressed against the cage, preventing Griggs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tellurique lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griggs is trying to force a seperation but Tellurique has the dominant position.
Griggs has had enough of the clinch but Tellurique keeps him there for the moment.
Tellurique is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griggs can do to turn this around?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique .
Griggs managing to block the knees to the body from Tellurique .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellurique prevents Griggs from breaking the clinch.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Tellurique tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griggs's elbow.
Tellurique goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Tellurique 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tellurique with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tellurique misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griggs.
A bit of stalling here from Tellurique .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique .
Tellurique working aggressively here.
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellurique swings wildly with an uppercut but Griggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique can't find room to land a body shot as Griggs controls the action.
Tellurique slows down the pace here.
Griggs tries to break free but Tellurique pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tellurique takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tellurique is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tellurique misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Griggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellurique trying to land knees to the body.
Tellurique keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griggs's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique .
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Griggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tellurique has him pressed against the cage.
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Griggs tries to circle away but Tellurique has him pinned against the cage.
Griggs blocking some punches.
Griggs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Tellurique keeps control of Griggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griggs takes a shot to the head.
Tellurique trying to land knees to the body.
Griggs blocks a body shot from Tellurique .
Tellurique prevents Griggs from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique throws a head punch that misses.
Tellurique missing with knees to the body.
Griggs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griggs breaks from the clinch.
Tellurique closes the distance and clinches.
Griggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Tellurique won't allow it.
Tellurique swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tellurique tries to land knees in the clinch but Griggs avoids the damage to the body.
Tellurique digs a right hand underneath Griggs's ribcage. Griggs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tellurique working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Griggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tellurique slowing the pace effectively.
Griggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Tellurique misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gaston Tellurique dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tellurique moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griggs.
Griggs is trying to break the clinch but Tellurique has him pressed against the cage.
Tellurique swings wildly with an uppercut but Griggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tellurique misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tellurique lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Griggs is trying to break the clinch but Tellurique has him pressed against the cage.
Griggs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tellurique misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique .
Tellurique throws a head punch that misses.
Tellurique fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellurique tries a knee to the head but Griggs blocks it.
Griggs is trying to break the clinch but Tellurique has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellurique trying to land knees to the body.
Tellurique lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Tellurique lands a nice uppercut.
Tellurique tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique .
Tellurique keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griggs's efforts to push away.
Tellurique stalling in the clinch but Griggs improves position.
Griggs has had enough of the clinch but Tellurique keeps him there for the moment.
Tellurique working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Tellurique .
Tellurique works on Griggs's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tellurique swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tellurique misses with a punch to the body.
Tellurique has a couple of punches blocked by Griggs.
Griggs is trying to break the clinch but Tellurique is controlling him.
Tellurique manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tellurique throws a punch but it's blocked by Griggs.
A short body shot lands from Tellurique as the two fighters clinch.
Griggs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tellurique misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tellurique tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tellurique lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tellurique tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Tellurique .
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tellurique .
Griggs is trying to break the clinch but Tellurique is controlling him.
Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Griggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellurique struggles to land a body shot inside as Griggs controls his hands.
Tellurique lands a shoulder strike.
Tellurique lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Griggs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tellurique fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique tries a body shot but Griggs blocks it.
Tellurique tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tellurique with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tellurique .
Griggs blocks an uppercut.
Tellurique landing knees to the head.
Griggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tellurique has him pressed against the cage.
Tellurique lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griggs backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tellurique lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Tellurique dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tellurique swings wildly with an uppercut but Griggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gaston Tellurique clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Tellurique looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griggs throws out a counter right but Tellurique avoids it with no problem.
Tellurique tries to clinch up but Griggs circles away and keeps his distance.
Griggs with a jab.
A big left from Griggs misses.
Griggs is pawing at Tellurique , trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Tellurique 's nose. Tellurique is badly hurt! Griggs pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Tellurique tries desperately to hold on but Griggs is relentless in his assault! As Tellurique receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Griggs away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Griggs!
Vinny Griggs is the new welterweight champion!
Vinny Griggs thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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