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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sully Griffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios comes to the cage accompanied by The Way I Am. Sully Griffen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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180 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sully Griffen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Griffen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rios on the side of the head.
Rios takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Griffen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rios's hands.
Rios slips under a jab from Griffen.
Griffen scores with the left hand. Rios knows he should have avoided that one.
Rios plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Griffen scores with a jab to the body.
Griffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffen cracks Rios with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rios moves away from the strike by Griffen.
Rios rushes Griffen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Griffen has had enough of the clinch but Rios keeps him there for the moment.
Griffen is looking to break free of the clinch but Rios has double underhooks.
Griffen wants to get back to striking at distance but Rios won't allow it.
Griffen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griffen tries to stall but Rios uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rios lands an elbow just above Griffen 's eye.
Rios blocking some punches.
Griffen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Griffen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffen wants to break free but Rios has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffen tries to circle away but Rios has him pinned against the cage.
Rios has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Griffen uses from the top position.
Rios is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Griffen working some strikes from top position.
Griffen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Griffen postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Griffen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Griffen throwing strikes but missing.
Griffen trying to control but Rios is working from the bottom.
Griffen is working Rios over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rios is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Griffen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rios wants to control but Griffen postures up.
Rios sneaks back into half guard.
Rios trying to control but Griffen postures up.
Rios is breathing heavily.
Griffen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rios!
Griffen raining down shots from the mount!
Griffen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Griffen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice elbow there by Griffen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Griffen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rios working to try and regain half guard.
Griffen scoring with strikes but Rios is staying in there.
Griffen cracks Rios with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griffen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Griffen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Griffen unloading with bombs!
Griffen tries to control but Rios wriggling away.
Griffen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Griffen working the ground and pound effectively.
Griffen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Griffen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Griffen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Griffen lands a heavy elbow.
Griffen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rios looks a forlorn figure.
Griffen won't let Rios get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Griffen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Griffen wants to control the pace but Rios is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffen with good strikes from the mount here!
Griffen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rios in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sully Griffen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Griffen lands a glancing blow to the side of Rios's head.
Rios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rios looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rios drops his hands momentarily and Griffen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Griffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Griffen.
Rios looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffen scores with a nice strike.
Rios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Some wild striking there from Griffen.
Griffen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rios moves in looking to clinch but Griffen pushes him off.
Sully Griffen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffen lands a nice shot that snaps Rios's head back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Danga de danga de dang - Griffen scores with a four punch combination!
Rios falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Griffen counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffen lands a glancing blow to the side of Rios's head.
Griffen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Griffen dips to his left and cracks Rios with an uppercut!
Griffen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rios on the side of the head.
Jab from Griffen.
Griffen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rios in his tracks.
Griffen scores with a hook to the body. Rios takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Griffen with a hook.
Griffen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rios. Rios circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Griffen looks to land a combination. Rios sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Griffen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rios is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rios. Rios circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Oh Rios is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It's a brutal combination of punches from Griffen! Rios is backing up but he can't get away as Griffen lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Rios and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sully Griffen!
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hype
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