PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ante Delija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Griffin's choice of entrance music: 300 Violin. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Delija
vs
Griffin

195 cm
22
270 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
250 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ante Delija!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Phil Griffin!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Delija. Delija gets slowly back to his feet.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Delija avoids it well.
Griffin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Delija.
Delija misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ante Delija. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some bone on bone action there as Griffin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A clash of legs there as Griffin blocks the low kick.
Griffin throws a nice looking combination but Delija bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Delija fails with the takedown.

Griffin lands a left and a right that send Delija crashing to the mat, dazed. Griffin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Delija is rocked!

It looks like Ante Delija has been cut.
Delija is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Delija out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Phil Griffin!
Phil Griffin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.