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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stewart Charelston (ranked 3203 p4p, 3198 weight class) and Zaid Griffith (ranked 260 p4p, 259 weight class). Zaid Griffith is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stewart Charelston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zaid Griffith!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charelston closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Griffith lands a slapping body shot.
Charelston lunges at Griffith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffith's hand.
Griffith takes a swing at Charelston's ribcage but misses.
A right-left combo lands from Charelston.
It looks like Zaid Griffith has been cut.
Griffith throws a right and a left that Charelston avoids nicely.
A swing and a miss from Griffith.
Charelston instigates a clinch.
Griffith can't find room to land a body shot as Charelston controls the action.
Griffith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charelston's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Charelston gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Griffith tries for a takedown but Charelston manages to get underhooks.
Charelston misses with a punch on the inside.
Charelston changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Griffith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Griffith throws a hook to the side of Charelston's head but Charelston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Charelston looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Griffith shoots for a takedown but Charelston saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stewart Charelston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zaid Griffith.
Charelston feints and as Griffith raises his hands in defense, Charelston changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griffith kicks Charelston off and gets to his feet.
Griffith scores with a nice head shot.
Charelston tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Charelston misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Griffith.
Charelston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Griffith fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Griffith lands with an overhand left.
A combination from Griffith does no damage.
Griffith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griffith won't allow Charelston to get back to his feet.
Charelston trying to control the position here.
Griffith prevents Charelston from getting back to his feet.
Griffith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Griffith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Charelston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Griffith is looking to work some ground and pound but Charelston has wrist control.
Griffith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Charelston has momentary wrist control but Griffith slips an elbow through the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Griffith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Charelston works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charelston has control of Griffith's left arm, preventing Griffith from doing any damage.
Griffith passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Griffith working the ground and pound but Charelston is defending the strikes.
Griffith working the body and head with strikes.
Griffith lands an elbow.
Griffith working away.
Griffith fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Griffith misses with the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Charelston's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Charelston taking a bit of punishment here - Griffith scoring with strikes.
Charelston takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Charelston really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Charelston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Charelston looking for a sweep but Griffith has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Griffith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Griffith avoids the attempt from Charelston to control.
Charelston is not a happy chappy� he wants out of there.
Griffith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Griffith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Charelston hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Griffith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Charelston tries to hold on but Griffith postures up.
Charelston is trying desperately to improve position.
Griffith is landing with some decent strikes but Charelston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charelston wants to control but Griffith is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffith dominating with strikes here.
Charelston is rocked!
Griffith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Charelston is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griffith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Griffith lands a big elbow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Charelston is working to get back to half guard.
Charelston takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Griffith's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zaid Griffith!
After the fight, Zaid Griffith was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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