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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamid Zaferani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by The Claw. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Hamid Zaferani!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin throws out a leg kick but Zaferani moves out of range and Griffin only half commits.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin throws a good cross that connects.
Zaferani lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Griffin struggles to land a body shot inside as Zaferani controls his hands.
Griffin can't break the clinch.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaferani pushes Griffin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaferani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaferani misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaferani has a couple of punches blocked by Griffin.
A shot in the inside from Griffin.
Zaferani lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaferani misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin blocking some punches.
Zaferani lands a right hand.
A short right from Zaferani.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaferani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zaferani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zaferani blocks it with crossed arms.
Zaferani misses with a punch to the body.
Zaferani lands a body shot.
Zaferani struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Zaferani misses with the head strike.
Zaferani working aggressively here.
A short right from Zaferani on the inside.
Griffin tries to throw a body punch but Zaferani avoids it by throwing Griffin back against the cage.
Zaferani misses with some punches.
Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin is looking to score with low kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Griffin.
Zaferani misses with a looping right.
Griffin throws out a loose jab but Zaferani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jason Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin misses with a hook. Zaferani ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Zaferani.
Griffin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zaferani.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Zaferani's corner calls for a 1-2. Zaferani obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zaferani throws a low kick but Griffin moves out of range easily.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaferani throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Zaferani scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Griffin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zaferani is out of range and Griffin settles back down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaferani lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Griffin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Griffin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaferani throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griffin.
Griffin tries to land a front kick but Zaferani steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Zaferani is avoiding it.
Griffin throws a leg kick which misses Zaferani's front leg but catches the back leg as Zaferani tries to avoid it.
Zaferani throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin rushes Zaferani and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Zaferani.
Zaferani has Griffin pressed against the cage, preventing Griffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Zaferani is controlling him.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaferani avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
Zaferani manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Griffin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zaferani, right into the meat.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
Zaferani ducks right into an uppercut from Griffin.
Zaferani throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
Zaferani lands a leg kick that knocks Griffin off balance momentarily.
Griffin wants to slow Zaferani down by chopping away at his legs.
Griffin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zaferani has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaferani misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a solid leg kick.
Zaferani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut there from Zaferani.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zaferani throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
Zaferani misses with a looping right.
Griffin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Griffin tries to clinch
and Zaferani counters with a body kick that stops Griffin in his tracks momentarily.
Zaferani takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zaferani takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Griffin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Griffin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin tries to clinch but Zaferani moves out of range.
Zaferani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
Zaferani connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hamid Zaferani dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zaferani throws a looping overhand right but Griffin ducks down to avoid it.
Zaferani doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Zaferani connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Good work by Griffin as he checks the leg kick.
Griffin keeps Zaferani at a distance using the push kick.
Nice body kick from Griffin.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zaferani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaferani takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin throws a leg kick
and Zaferani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A cross from Zaferani lands.
Griffin scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin cracks the inside of Zaferani's front leg.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Zaferani misses with a body kick.
Griffin connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffin tries to land a front kick but Zaferani steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Griffin closes the distance and pushes Zaferani back into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaferani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaferani blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Zaferani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griffin or not.
Zaferani lands a shot to the body.
Zaferani misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Griffin.
Griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Zaferani has double underhooks.
Griffin prevents a body shot from Zaferani.
Zaferani keeps control of Griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griffin tries to work over Zaferani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaferani stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zaferani is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Griffin throws a push kick but Zaferani slaps the foot to one side.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid body kick from Zaferani.
Griffin checks a low kick from Zaferani.
Griffin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zaferani.
Zaferani tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Zaferani throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Griffin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Griffin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zaferani drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zaferani lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin darts in and clinches Zaferani up against the cage.
Zaferani works on Griffin's body with a couple of short punches.
Zaferani lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaferani.
A head punch on the inside from Zaferani fails to land.
Griffin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaferani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griffin.
Zaferani misses with a body punch.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin moves out of range of the body kick from Zaferani.
Griffin takes a swing at Zaferani's ribcage but misses.
Zaferani has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Griffin.
Griffin throws a wild body kick that Zaferani sees coming a mile off.
Zaferani misses with the combination.
Zaferani's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Griffin scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tried to score with a low kick but Zaferani checks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaferani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zaferani throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Zaferani takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zaferani goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zaferani keeps the fight on the outside.
Hamid Zaferani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some bone on bone action there as Zaferani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zaferani fakes the leg kick and cracks Griffin in the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zaferani.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Griffin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zaferani's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaferani.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaferani misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaferani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaferani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin scores with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griffin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hamid Zaferani will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Griffin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zaferani works over Griffin's head and body with a nice combination.
Zaferani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Zaferani misses with a head kick.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Zaferani counters with a nice kick to the body.
A big right from Zaferani misses.
Zaferani gets tackled into the cage by Griffin. Griffin maintains the clinch.
Zaferani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Zaferani struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaferani.
Zaferani avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
Zaferani lands with a left to the head.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from Zaferani.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaferani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaferani struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Zaferani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaferani avoids the damage to the body.
Zaferani misses with a punch on the inside.
Griffin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hamid Zaferani seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaferani.
Zaferani scores with a hook to the body.
Zaferani working aggressively here.
Zaferani softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaferani avoids it.
Zaferani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaferani.
Nice body punch from Zaferani.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zaferani has a couple of punches blocked by Griffin.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaferani misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Griffin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Zaferani.
Zaferani lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zaferani managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Zaferani scores with a shoulder strike.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaferani.
Zaferani tries to throw a body punch but Griffin avoids it by throwing Zaferani back against the cage.
Zaferani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaferani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Zaferani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Zaferani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaferani digs a right hand into Griffin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griffin's gas tank.
Zaferani lands a left hand.
Zaferani softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zaferani lands a shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani throws a front kick that sends Griffin stumbling back into the cage.
Zaferani stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Griffin.
Zaferani lands with a thumping leg kick.
Griffin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Zaferani misses its intended target.
Griffin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zaferani checks a leg kick.
Zaferani looks to land a body kick but Griffin moved away.
Griffin tries to clinch but Zaferani is having none of it.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zaferani scores with a jab. Griffin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Zaferani circles away.
Griffin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
A slapping body kick lands there for Zaferani.
Zaferani connects with a body shot.
Hamid Zaferani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Zaferani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaferani's corner calls for a 1-2. Zaferani obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zaferani counters with a straight right hand.
Griffin lands with a cross.
Zaferani throws a hook but Griffin avoids it easily.
Zaferani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
Griffin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zaferani works Griffin's body with a nice hook.
Zaferani misses with a head kick.
Griffin drops his hands momentarily and Zaferani takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Griffin cracks a nice hook into Zaferani's ribs.
Jason Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaferani looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin scores with a spinning back kick!
Zaferani throws a sloppy head kick and Griffin moves out of range easily.
Zaferani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hamid Zaferani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zaferani has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamid Zaferani!
An out of breath and clearly excited Hamid Zaferani thanked DJs Locker for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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