PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trenton Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubadub Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanford has chosen Korn - Blind as his entrance music. Rubadub Sanford has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Griffin
vs
Sanford

180 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
18
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trenton Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rubadub Sanford!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanford closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griffin circles away.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Sanford avoids it well.
Sanford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sanford tries to clinch up.
Griffin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
A slow jab from Griffin misses its intended target.
Griffin throws a good cross that connects.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Sanford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Trenton Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rubadub Sanford.

Sanford instigates a clinch.

Sanford manages to break the clinch.
Sanford moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanford.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanford lands a head kick. Griffin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Trenton Griffin has been cut.

Sanford decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Griffin gets back to full guard.
Sanford trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanford accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Griffin looking for a guillotine here but Sanford defends easily.
Sanford would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sanford with a flurry of punches that miss.

Sanford drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Griffin dives on top into guard.
Sanford looks gassed!
Griffin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Sanford has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Griffin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Griffin wants to control from the top but Sanford keeps moving.
Griffin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanford's guard.
Griffin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin trying to control the action but Sanford is working from the bottom.

Griffin seems to be looking for submissions.

Sanford looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Griffin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sanford tries to get to full guard but Griffin has control of the leg.
Griffin controlling the action here.
Griffin is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanford is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanford tries to roll over but Griffin keeps him under control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sanford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanford misses with a takedown attempt - Griffin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Griffin throws a left that rocks Sanford and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Griffin dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Sanford regain composure!

It looks like Rubadub Sanford has been cut.
Griffin lands some shots froms side control.
Griffin cracks Sanford with a big elbow.
Griffin is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sanford's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griffin cracks Sanford with a big right hand but Sanford just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Griffin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Griffin scores with punches from side control.
Griffin controlling from side mount.
Sanford sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanford actively working from the bottom here.
Sanford is looking to get back to is feet but Griffin passes into side control.
Griffin is chipping away with strikes.
Griffin landing strikes.
Sanford takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Griffin gets to mount! Sanford was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanford can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Griffin wants to control the pace but Sanford is squirming around nicely.
Sanford tries to reverse the position but Griffin maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffin lands a heavy elbow.
Griffin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sanford is bucking up trying to escape but Griffin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trenton Griffin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Griffin throws a leg kick that misses.
Griffin lands with a shot to the body.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Sanford avoids them all with ease.

Sanford closes the distance and clinches.
Sanford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanford looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Sanford looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Griffin tries to break the clinch but Sanford is controlling the position.
Sanford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sanford gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Griffin avoiding damage as Sanford throws knees to the body.
Sanford throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Sanford has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Sanford blocks with his arms.

Griffin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Sanford regains guard immediately.

Griffin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Griffin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanford looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Griffin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin slows the pace down in half guard.
Sanford is looking to escape.
Griffin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanford is staying active underneath Griffin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Griffin seems to be working for a kimura but Sanford defends the submission attempt.
Griffin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Griffin uses his free foot to push down on Sanford's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sanford.
Sanford really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Griffin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sanford can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Griffin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanford looks a forlorn figure.
Griffin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Griffin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Griffin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sanford is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sanford regains half guard.
Griffin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Sanford is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Griffin pulls his head out easily.

Sanford looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin trying to control the pace.
Griffin is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanford is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Griffin is really struggling to control Sanford but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Trenton Griffin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sanford throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sanford shoots in for a double leg but Griffin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sanford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Griffin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Griffin.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanford blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanford looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Sanford prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford misses with a knee strike.
Griffin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sanford pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Griffin has had enough of the clinch but Sanford keeps him there for the moment.
Griffin is trying to break free.

Sanford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice shot lands for Griffin.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Griffin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Griffin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sanford moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Griffin lunges at Sanford with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanford's hand.
Griffin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Sanford throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
Sanford gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanford tries to clinch
and Griffin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trenton Griffin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Griffin connects with a single shot there.
Griffin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanford doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griffin counters with a three punch combo that has Sanford backing up. Sanford nods at Griffin to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanford with a lazy takedown attempt
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trenton Griffin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rubadub Sanford.
Sanford slips a straight right by Griffin.
Sanford takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanford staying out of range there.
Trenton Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Griffin clinches up against the cage.

Sanford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanford closes the distance but Griffin moves to the side
and Griffin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanford thinking.
Sanford ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Griffin. No joy for Sanford on that attempt.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanford has time to react.
Griffin misses with a double jab

and Sanford counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin wants a takedown but no success here.
Sanford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanford can't get the takedown.
Sanford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin tries to break the clinch but Sanford is controlling the position.
Sanford throws a knee to the head but misses.

Sanford breaks the clinch.
Griffin tests Sanford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.

Sanford rushes Griffin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sanford manages to break the clinch.
Sanford fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanford tries to clinch up
and Griffin counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Griffin gets a takedown into half guard.
Griffin working Sanford over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Griffin stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Griffin stuffs the takedown.
Sanford tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Griffin counters with a nice uppercut.
Griffin throws a hook but Sanford avoids it easily.
Sanford closes the distance looking to clinch

and Griffin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin is tying to control. Sanford wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanford tries to roll over but Griffin keeps him under control.
Sanford is looking to get back to full guard here but Griffin has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin with a couple of short strikes.
Griffin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanford looks a forlorn figure.
Griffin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanford is trying desperately to improve position.

Griffin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rubadub Sanford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanford regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin wants to control but Sanford is keeping him busy.
Sanford moves into full guard.
Sanford manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sanford sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sanford thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Griffin is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanford has a good base and remains in mount.
Griffin swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Sanford jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Griffin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Griffin and Sanford has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trenton Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Griffin, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trenton Griffin!