PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Millard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parker Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Millard
vs
Griffin

169 cm
21
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
166 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Clothes

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Millard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Parker Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Millard's head but Millard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Millard moves out of range as Griffin strikes.
Griffin misses with a hook to the body
enabling Millard to counter with a crisp jab.
Millard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Griffin misses with a straight right.
Millard misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Griffin misses with a body shot.

Millard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Millard controlling from side mount.
Griffin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Millard's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Millard in particular looking to stall.
Griffin tries to get to full guard but Millard has control of the leg.
Griffin is trying to maintain the position but Millard is very close to passing his half guard.
Millard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Millard slows the pace down in half guard.
Millard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Millard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Griffin trying to control but Millard postures up.
Millard passes to full mount!
Griffin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Millard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Millard avoids the attempt from Griffin to control.
Millard looking to ground and pound but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Griffin wants to hold on but Millard pushes him away.
Griffin is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Millard is staying active.
Millard lands with some strikes.
Millard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Millard avoids the attempt from Griffin to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Millard jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Griffin manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Griffin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Millard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Griffin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Millard working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Millard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Griffin misses the body punch

and Millard counters with a shoot takedown. Griffin fights it but they end up in guard.
Millard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Griffin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Millard throws a big right hand that misses.
Griffin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Millard.
Griffin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Millard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griffin is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Millard is controlling him.
Millard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griffin is keeping the position for now.
Millard is pushing down on Griffin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Griffin is fighting to maintain full guard but Millard has managed to sneak the leg through.
Griffin wants to control but Millard passes into side.
Griffin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Griffin can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Griffin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Millard creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Griffin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Millard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Millard in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Millard scores with punches from side control.
Griffin tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Millard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Griffin is avoiding damage well.
Sloppy strikes there by Millard.
Griffin struggling a bit here.
Griffin is looking for a sweep.
Millard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Griffin some visible discomfort.
Millard trying to control the position but Griffin is working away.
Millard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Griffin down.
Griffin is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Millard lands a nice shot to the head.
Millard 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Millard wants to control the pace but Griffin is squirming around nicely.
Griffin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Millard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Millard tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Millard dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Millard tries to land a front kick but Griffin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Millard takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheers as Griffin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Millard doesn't seem phased though.
Millard misses with a hook
and Griffin counters with a right hand to the body.
Millard scores with a shot to the body.
Millard misses with a looping left.
Griffin jabs Millard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Millard scores with the left hand. Griffin knows he should have avoided that one.
Millard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Millard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Griffin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Griffin throws a solid leg kick but Millard takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Millard misses with a head kick.
Griffin takes a swing at Millard's ribcage but misses.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Millard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parker Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Griffin.
Millard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Griffin as he jumps to the side.
Griffin misses with a hook. Millard ducked under it nicely.
Millard swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Griffin motions for Millard to come forward. Griffin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Millard looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Millard on the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Griffin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Griffin moves out of range as Millard strikes.
Griffin throws a series of strikes that have Millard backpedaling.
Millard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.

Griffin clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Griffin fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Millard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Griffin misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Griffin.
Griffin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Millard lands with a right to the head.
Griffin scores with a hook to the body.
Millard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Millard digs a right hand into Griffin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griffin's gas tank.
Millard scores with a hook to the body.
Millard wants to take the fight to the mat but Griffin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Millard wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Millard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griffin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Millard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Millard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Millard blocks a body shot from Griffin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Millard breaks from the clinch.
Griffin swings for the body but Millard moves out of range.
Griffin moves out of range as Millard strikes.
Millard throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin throws out a powerful jab.
Millard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Griffins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Millard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin jabs Millard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parker Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Millard misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Parker Griffin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Millard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Millard!
Bruce Millard took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 5th Round Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.