PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bitch Stewie Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Thicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thicke is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: David Guetta and Snoop Dogg - Sweat . Brad Thicke will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Stewie Griffin
vs
Thicke

170 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bitch Stewie Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Thicke!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thicke misses with a few strikes there.

Griffin gets tackled into the cage by Thicke. Thicke maintains the clinch.
Thicke is trying to pull guard but Griffin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Thicke tries to pull guard but Griffin holds him up against the cage and eventually Thicke drops back down to his feet.

Griffin lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Thicke has hold of Griffin's hands but Griffin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thicke tries to get to full guard but Griffin has control of the leg.
Thicke moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffin with a nice head shot there.
Griffin wants to pass the guard but Thicke is keeping the position.
Griffin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Griffin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thicke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Griffin is aware though and is defending well.

Thicke throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Griffin postures up in Thicke's guard and throws a big left but Thicke blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thicke keeping moving, preventing Griffin from controlling successfully.
Griffin is looking to work some ground and pound but Thicke has wrist control.
Griffin advances position into side control!
Griffin lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Thicke is avoiding damage well.

Griffin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thicke, who protects the arm well.
Griffin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Griffin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Griffin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Thicke is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thicke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Griffin trying to control the action but Thicke is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Griffin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Griffin working away.
Thicke is looking for a sweep.
Griffin throws a strike aimed at the side of Thicke's head but Thicke avoids it well.

Griffin swings around for an armbar but Thicke sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Griffin's guard.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Thicke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Thicke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Thicke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.

Thicke avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Griffin has his foot on Thicke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thicke works his way back into a safe position though.
Griffin keeping moving, preventing Thicke from controlling successfully.
Thicke is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffin has wrist control.
Thicke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thicke preventing the sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Thicke drops back looking for a leg! Griffin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Griffin manages to kick Thicke off! Thicke jumps back into Griffin's guard.
Thicke tries to free his leg and advance position but Griffin is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bitch Stewie Griffin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thicke digs a good hook to Griffin's body.

Griffin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Griffin drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Thicke dives on top into guard.

Griffin looking for a guillotine here but Thicke defends easily.
Thicke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thicke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thicke throws a big right hand that misses.
Bitch Stewie Griffin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thicke prevents Griffin from getting back to his feet.
Griffin can't keep his opponent in guard - Thicke advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Thicke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thicke prevents Griffin from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Thicke is working for a kimura but Griffin is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thicke looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Thicke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thicke is trying to control the action in half guard but Griffin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thicke prevents Griffin from improving his position.

Thicke is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Thicke seems to be working for a kimura but Griffin defends the submission attempt.

Thicke is looking for a kimura but Griffin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thicke to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thicke is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Griffin sees it coming and defends easily.
Thicke prevents Griffin from improving his position.
Griffin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thicke.
Thicke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Griffin trying to control but Thicke postures up.
Thicke is looking to take a break and control but Griffin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thicke not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thicke thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thicke is looking to take a break and control but Griffin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Thicke seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thicke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Griffin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Griffin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Griffin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Griffin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thicke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thicke looks to land a combination. Griffin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thicke lands a jab to the nose.
Thicke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin walks into a left hand.
Griffin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griffin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thicke scores with a jab to the body.
A nice combination there by Thicke.
Thicke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Griffin is rocked!
Thicke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oh Griffin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thicke lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Griffin backs up against the cage.
Griffin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thicke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Griffin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thicke.
Thicke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thicke lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Griffin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Griffin showed some decent athleticism there.
Griffin looks to land a strike but Thicke avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Thicke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Griffin seems to have got his legs back now.
Griffin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Thicke is looking for a sweep. Griffin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Griffin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thicke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Griffin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Griffin's back!
Griffin rolls, trying to escape but Thicke keeps control of the position.

Griffin is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Griffin won't enjoy being in this position. Thicke looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Griffin is tapping - it's over boys! Thicke picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brad Thicke!
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