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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Henn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tyson griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Henn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, tyson griffin!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henn closes the distance and clinches up with griffin, looking for a takedown. Henn pushes griffin against the cage but griffin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from griffin.
griffin throws a series of punches but Henn avoids them all with ease.
Henn cracks griffin with a good jab.
griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
griffin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
Henn trying to remain calm as griffin controls from the top position.
griffin in side control lands a decent elbow.
Henn struggling a bit here.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin tries to move into full mount but can't pass Henn's legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Henn to see if he's OK.
Henn is working to avoid the ground and pound but griffin connects with a decent elbow.
griffin working away.
Henn is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin tries to advance to mount but Henn denies him.
Henn tries to bench press griffin off him but griffin keeps the position.
Henn is not content to let griffin control the position.
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!
griffin moves into full mount!
Henn is trying to escape the mount.
griffin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henn hang on?
griffin with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
griffin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Henn is looking to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
griffin working for a submission but Henn is keeping him at bay.
griffin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Henn is in all sorts of trouble here.
griffin dominating with strikes here.
griffin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Henn can't escape the position.
Henn is in a horrible position here. griffin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
griffin breaks from Henn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henn is looking to get to half guard.
Henn is breathing heavily.
griffin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
griffin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
griffin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henn hang on?
Henn can't escape the position.
Henn is working hard here to advance position.
griffin lands a big elbow.
griffin landing shots from mount.
griffin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
griffin jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Henn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
griffin working the ground and pound from side control.
Henn is trying to improve his position.
griffin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
griffin trying to control the position but Henn is working away.
Henn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henn prevents griffin from moving into mount.
Henn is looking for a sweep.
griffin working away.
griffin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
griffin moves into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
griffin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henn's face.
griffin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henn is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
tyson griffin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
griffin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Henn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Henn.
Henn throwing strikes from guard but griffin blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
griffin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
griffin prevents Henn from getting the reversal.
griffin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Henn tries to lock up and control but griffin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
griffin lands a nice shot to the head.
griffin landing punches.
Henn is squirming around, avoiding griffin's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
griffin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin looking to control but Henn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henn is in all sorts of trouble here.
griffin has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Henn is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). tyson griffin!
tyson griffin is the new lightweight champion!
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