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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodger Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Griffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes to the cage accompanied by Mjød, Kvelartak. Robbie Griffen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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163 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodger Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbie Griffen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Griffen quickly recovers to half guard.
Tyson is looking to take a break and control but Griffen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Griffen is trying to stand up here but Tyson is controlling him well.
Tyson is looking to take a break and control but Griffen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyson is looking to advance position but Griffen won't allow it.
Tyson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Griffen sees it coming and defends easily.
Tyson prevents Griffen from standing back up.
Griffen wants to stand back up but Tyson manages to pass into side control.
Griffen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tyson is controlling him well.
Tyson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tyson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Griffen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Griffen pushes Tyson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tyson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tyson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Griffen has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffen is trying to buck Tyson off.
Tyson lands some shots froms side control.
Tyson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Griffen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Tyson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Griffen is trying to buck Tyson off.
Tyson trying to control the position but Griffen is working away.
Tyson working the ground and pound from side control.
Tyson controlling the position from side mount.
Tyson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tyson tries for a kimura but Griffen is defending well.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Griffen is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tyson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Griffen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Griffen wants to get back to his feet.
Tyson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tyson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tyson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Griffen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Griffen pushes Tyson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tyson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Griffen is trying to buck Tyson off.
Tyson grinds an elbow into Griffen's temple.
Griffen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tyson advances to mount.
Tyson lands with some strikes.
Griffen is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tyson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Griffen really wants to buck Tyson off and get back to his feet.
Tyson working for a submission but Griffen is keeping him at bay.
Griffen is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Tyson with shots to the head and body - Griffen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Griffen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tyson.
Griffen tries to buck Tyson off but he can't manage it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyson scoring with strikes but Griffen is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Griffen holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tyson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tyson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodger Tyson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Griffen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Griffen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Griffen.
Tyson avoids the head kick by Griffen.
Griffen throws a hook but Tyson blocks it.
Griffen throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson shoots in and bounces Griffen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tyson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tyson cracks Griffen with a solid left hand.
Griffen keeping moving, preventing Tyson from controlling successfully.
Tyson prevents Griffen from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tyson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffen wants to stand but Tyson is controlling the position.
Tyson is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffen has wrist control.
Tyson stops Griffen from standing up.
Tyson wants to control from the top but Griffen keeps moving.
Tyson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Griffen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tyson stands up over Griffen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Griffen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tyson advances to half guard.
Tyson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tyson stops Griffen from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tyson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Griffen defends it well.
Tyson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Griffen wants to get back to his feet.
Tyson lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffen is trying to stand back up but Tyson is controlling him
Tyson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Griffen defending well though.
Griffen is trying to stand.
Tyson is trying to control. Griffen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Griffen is trying to stand up here but Tyson is controlling him well.
Tyson is looking to take a break and control but Griffen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Griffen is trying to stand.
Tyson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Griffen misses with a straight left.
Rodger Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffen lands a nice shot that snaps Tyson's head back.
Griffen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tyson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tyson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffen tries to sprawl but Tyson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Griffen is trying to stand back up but Tyson is controlling him
Tyson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tyson trying to mount his opponent but Griffen defends it.
Griffen wants to get back to his feet.
Griffen is not content to let Tyson control the position.
Griffen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Griffen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tyson thows a huge punch but Griffen dodges it nicely.
Tyson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Griffen defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodger Tyson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Griffen tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Griffen is trying to defend but Tyson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Griffen pushes Tyson off looking to stand but Tyson dives back in and keeps control.
Tyson seems to be working for a kimura but Griffen defends the submission attempt.
Griffen wants to get back to his feet.
Tyson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tyson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson is looking to take a break and control but Griffen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Griffen is looking to escape.
Tyson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Griffen keeps working.
Tyson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tyson works his way into side control.
Tyson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Griffen has escaped the position, nice work there.
An elbow from Tyson crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tyson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tyson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tyson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Griffen is trying to get back to his feet.
Tyson working the head and body with strikes.
Griffen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Griffen wants to get back to his feet.
Tyson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Griffen!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson cracks Griffen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tyson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tyson misses with a head shot.
Griffen really wants to buck Tyson off and get back to his feet.
Tyson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Griffen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Tyson lands a nice forearm strike.
Griffen wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Tyson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Griffen is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tyson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tyson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Griffen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tyson scoring with punches from side control.
Tyson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Griffen, who protects the arm well.
Griffen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tyson is controlling him well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Griffen, who protects the arm well.
Tyson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Griffen, who protects the arm well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodger Tyson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tyson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodger Tyson!
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