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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Griffin (ranked 1753 p4p, 2368 weight class) and Tiago Tomate (ranked 217 p4p, 274 weight class). Tomate has chosen “Danger! High Voltage”, by Electric Six as his entrance music. Chris Griffin had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tiago Tomate!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tomate. Tomate circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffin closes the distance and pushes Tomate back into the cage.
Tomate throws an elbow that misses.
Tomate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tomate keeps control of Griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin jumps guard but Tomate turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice elbow from Tomate.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomate.
Tomate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Tomate.
Griffin wants to break free but Tomate has control.
Griffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tomate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Our sources have told us that Griffin has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A short body shot lands from Tomate as the two fighters clinch.
Griffin is trying to push Tomate away but Tomate has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Griffin breaks the clinch.
Tomate connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomate avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Tomate lunges at Griffin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffin's hand.
Griffin lands with an uppercut that bounces Tomate off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tomate lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tomate scores with a jab.
Tomate misses with the combination.
Tomate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!
Tomate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomate moves away from the strike by Griffin.
Griffin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tomate lands with a good body shot.
Tomate with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tomate swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griffin checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Griffin misses the target.
Griffin darts in trying to clinch
and Tomate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheers as Tomate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffin doesn't seem phased though.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Griffin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A cross from Tomate lands.
A swing and a miss from Tomate.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tomate throws out the jab.
Griffin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tiago Tomate is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donk. Tomate catches Griffin right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Tomate lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tomate lands with a nice body punch.
Griffin misses with a looping right.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Tomate.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Tomate avoids it.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tomate was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tomate gets caught flat footed, as Griffin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tomate has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Griffin has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin is trying to force a seperation but Tomate has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tomate lands a damaging elbow.
Tomate lands an elbow inside.
Tomate works on Griffin's body with a couple of short punches.
Tomate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomate lands a nice elbow.
Tomate lands an elbow inside that Griffin shrugs off.
Griffin lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Tomate.
Tomate dodges an elbow strike from Griffin.
Tomate blocks an elbow strike from Griffin.
Tomate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Griffin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tomate's brow.
Nice body punch from Tomate - that landed with a thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Tomate walks away with a smile on his face. Griffin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tomate scores with a jab to the head.
Tomate is looking to slow Griffin down with leg kicks.
Griffin darts in and clinches Tomate up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Tomate dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tomate throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Griffin's head.
Tomate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tomate takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tomate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Griffin blocks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tomate.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tomate. That's going to slow Griffin down.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Tomate throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Tomate.
Tomate with the inside leg kick.
Tomate throws a looping overhand right but Griffin ducks down to avoid it.
Griffin tries to clinch up but Tomate circles away and keeps his distance.
Tomate tries a quick counter leg kick but Griffin is wise to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomate throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tomate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Tomate moves out of range easily.
Griffin wants to clinch but Tomate slips to the side
and Tomate counters with an inside leg kick.
Tomate moves into the clinch successfully.
Tomate has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tomate is leaning against Griffin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tomate tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tomate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Griffin's defenses.
Griffin misses with an elbow over the top.
Tiago Tomate seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tomate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tomate tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tomate lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
Griffin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomate throws an elbow but it misses.
Tomate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomate misses with an elbow over the top.
Tomate has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Griffin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Griffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomate dodges an elbow strike from Griffin.
Griffin avoids the elbow strike from Tomate, against the cage.
Tomate working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomate lands with a right to the head.
Tomate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griffin tries to break free but Tomate pushes him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomate.
Griffin misses with an elbow strike.
Griffin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tomate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tomate lands a damaging elbow.
Tomate dodges an elbow strike from Griffin.
Griffin takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hand to the body from Tomate.
A short uppercut from Tomate.
Tomate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Griffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tomate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Griffin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tomate cracks Griffin with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin can't break the clinch.
Tomate scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomate.
Griffin takes an elbow to the temple.
Griffin is rocked!
Tomate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Griffin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griffin takes an elbow to the temple.
Tomate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomate lands a nice elbow.
Tomate tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Tomate.
A short left from Tomate.
Tomate throws an elbow that misses.
Griffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Tomate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tomate throws an elbow but misses.
Tomate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tomate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tomate pushes Griffin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Griffin seems to have got his legs back now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Griffin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tomate's brow.
Tomate avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the cage.
Tomate lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
Tomate misses with a punch to the body.
Tomate avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the cage.
Tomate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
Griffin blocks an elbow strike.
Tomate lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
Tomate blocks an elbow strike.
Tomate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Griffin is trying to break free.
Tomate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomate controls his hands.
Tomate avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the cage.
Tomate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tomate blocks an elbow strike from Griffin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Tomate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Griffin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tomate finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffin's head.
Griffin looks to land a right hand but Tomate moved out of range.
Griffin misses with the body kick
and Tomate counters with a nice uppercut.
Griffin tries to clinch but Tomate moves out of range.
Tomate listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griffin misses with a kick to the body
and Tomate counters with a stiff right hand.
Griffin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tomate scores with a counter punch that sends Griffin to the canvas! Tomate smells blood - he's punishing Griffin with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Griffin has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiago Tomate!
Tiago Tomate thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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