PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louey Draft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woods Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louey Draft has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Draft
vs
Griffin

188 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Louey Draft!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Woods Griffin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draft misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin throws a looping overhand right but Draft ducks down to avoid it.
Griffin lands the left hand.

Draft clinches.
Draft drops down looking for an ankle pick but Griffin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Draft on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Griffin connects with a right hand. Draft shakes it off.

It looks like Louey Draft has been cut.
Draft on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Draft's head but Draft sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Draft closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Draft is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Draft tightens his grip and picks Griffin up, before dumping him to the ground. Griffin manages to land in guard.
Draft passes Griffin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Draft prevents Griffin from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Draft throwing shots but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Draft thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Griffin's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to kick Draft off but Draft keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Draft swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Draft circles away quickly and effectively.
Woods Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Griffin. No joy for Draft on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louey Draft. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draft shoots in but no luck this time.
Griffin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Draft is breathing heavily.
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Draft. Draft gets slowly back to his feet.
Draft tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draft takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.

Griffin lands a big uppercut and Draft crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Draft looks OK. Griffin waves Draft back to his feet!

Draft is rocked!
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh Draft is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Draft seems to have got his legs back now.
Griffin tries to bum rush Draft with a series of wild strikes but Draft uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Griffin throws a hook but Draft blocks it.
Griffin connects with a crisp jab.

Louey Draft's cut is getting worse.

Griffin cracks Draft with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Griffin has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Draft to stand back up!
Woods Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Draft out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Woods Griffin!