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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Griggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Te Huna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Te Huna has chosen Chevelle-Jars as his entrance music. James Te Huna told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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15 - 15 - 0 |
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12 - 9 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Te Huna!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griggs throws a series of punches but Te Huna moves out of range.
Griggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Griggs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Griggs.
Griggs misses with a hook.
Griggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Te Huna counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Te Huna finds it's target.
Griggs misses with a straight right.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Te Huna has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Chad Griggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griggs throws a combination that misses
letting Te Huna counter with a right hand.
Te Huna lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Te Huna gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Te Huna stalks Griggs and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Griggs's face. Griggs staggers backwards, shaken.
Griggs misses with a body shot.
Te Huna blocks a jab.
No joy there for Griggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griggs throws an off balance right hand
and Te Huna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Te Huna walks into a straight right hand from Griggs.
Te Huna lands a jab to the nose.
Griggs slips under a jab from Te Huna.
Te Huna misses with a straight left.
Te Huna ducks under a wild hook from Griggs.
Griggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the body from Griggs misses
enabling Te Huna to counter with a crisp jab.
Te Huna is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Griggs had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Griggs takes one to the chin there.
Te Huna ducks under a wild hook from Griggs.
Te Huna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griggs.
Griggs moves in looking to clinch but Te Huna pushes him off.
Te Huna swats away the attempt to clinch by Griggs.
James Te Huna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griggs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Te Huna counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griggs misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna slips a jab from Griggs.
Griggs throws a combination that misses
and Te Huna counters with a nice uppercut.
Griggs misses with an uppercut.
Griggs throws a poor cross that misses
and Te Huna counters with a left and a right that stings Griggs.
Griggs misses with a wild body shot.
Griggs misses with a straight right.
Griggs missing with a left hand there. Te Huna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griggs scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A combination from Te Huna does no damage.
Griggs cracks Te Huna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Te Huna loads up on a big right hand but Griggs slips the punch.
Griggs has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Te Huna misses with a few strikes there.
Griggs looks for a takedown but Te Huna sprawls well.
Griggs throws a poor cross that misses
and Te Huna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs swings widly with a right hand
and Te Huna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Griggs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Griggs is looking to take this one to the mat.
Te Huna breaks from the clinch.
Griggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Te Huna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Griggs tries to clinch up
and Te Huna counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Te Huna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Te Huna swats away the attempt to clinch by Griggs.
Te Huna lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Te Huna.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griggs missing with a left hand there. Te Huna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Te Huna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griggs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griggs throws an off balance right hand
and Te Huna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Te Huna keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Griggs misses with a double jab.
Griggs lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Griggs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Te Huna's head.
Griggs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Te Huna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Te Huna.
Te Huna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Te Huna throws a hook to the side of Griggs's head but Griggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Te Huna will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Griggs missing with a left hand there. Te Huna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
James Te Huna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Te Huna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Te Huna scores with a sloppy right hand. Griggs should have avoided that one.
Griggs darts in looking for a takedown but Te Huna gets double underhooks and turns Griggs into the cage.
Te Huna manages to break the clinch.
James Te Huna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Griggs throws a jab when Te Huna was well out of range.
Griggs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Te Huna counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Griggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Te Huna.
Griggs fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Griggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Te Huna dodges the punch combination from Griggs.
Te Huna might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Some wild striking there from Griggs.
Griggs misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Griggs - just one landing.
Griggs moves to clinch but Te Huna breaks away
and Te Huna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Te Huna displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Te Huna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheers as Te Huna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griggs doesn't seem phased though.
Griggs swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Te Huna counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Griggs is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Te Huna lands a nice shot that snaps Griggs's head back.
Oh Griggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Te Huna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griggs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Griggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Griggs gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Te Huna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Griggs thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Griggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griggs misses with an uppercut
letting Te Huna counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Te Huna. Those never looked like landing.
Te Huna misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna lands a jab to the nose.
Griggs scores with a jab. Te Huna acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Griggs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Te Huna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Te Huna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griggs.
Te Huna slips a straight right by Griggs.
Griggs misses with a hook.
A jab from Te Huna misses.
Griggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Te Huna lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Griggs connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Te Huna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Te Huna staying out of range there.
Griggs fails to land the takedown.
Griggs misses with a lunging right hand
and Te Huna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Te Huna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griggs misses with a looping left.
Griggs misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs misses with a straight left.
Griggs dodges the punch combination from Te Huna.
Griggs misses with a body shot
and Te Huna counters with a left to the body.
Te Huna takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Te Huna lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Chad Griggs has been cut.
Griggs misses with a double jab
and Te Huna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the body from Griggs misses
and Te Huna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Griggs. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Griggs misses with a hook.
Griggs stuns Te Huna with a nice body shot, before stepping 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!
Te Huna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Te Huna slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs wants to clinch.
Griggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griggs moves to clinch but Te Huna breaks away
letting Te Huna counter with a right hand.
Griggs takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Te Huna scores with a jab to the head.
Te Huna slips a jab from Griggs.
Te Huna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Te Huna defending well as Griggs loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Te Huna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griggs.
Griggs looks to land a left hand but Te Huna moved out of range nicely.
Te Huna misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Te Huna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chad Griggs's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Te Huna takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Griggs misses with a shot to the body
and Te Huna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Griggs thinking.
Te Huna is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Griggs.
Te Huna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Griggs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Griggs misses with a right hand
and Te Huna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Te Huna.
Te Huna misses with a few strikes there.
Griggs looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Te Huna actively working from the bottom here.
Griggs wants to pass the guard but Te Huna is defending well.
Griggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Te Huna works his way to full guard. Good work.
Te Huna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Te Huna is still trying to improve position.
Griggs scoring with punches to the head and body.
Griggs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Te Huna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Griggs lands a couple of digs.
Te Huna being controlled here, momentarily.
Griggs lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Te Huna had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Griggs defends it easily.
Griggs wants to control from the top but Te Huna keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Te Huna is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Te Huna wants to pass the guard but Griggs is keeping the position.
Te Huna stopping the sweep attempt from Griggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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!
Te Huna drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Griggs manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Te Huna has Griggs in his guard.
Te Huna escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Griggs gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Griggs trying to control but Te Huna is working from the bottom.
Te Huna wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Griggs manages to get himself to full guard.
Te Huna postures up in Griggs's guard and throws a big left but Griggs blocks it.
Te Huna pushes down on Griggs's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Griggs manages to get to full guard.
Te Huna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griggs is keeping the position for now.
Te Huna missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Te Huna throwing strikes but missing.
Te Huna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Griggs bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Te Huna's guard.
Te Huna looking for a sweep. Not yet Te Huna, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Griggs's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Te Huna has his foot on Griggs's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Griggs works his way back into a safe position though.
Te Huna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Te Huna takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Griggs lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Griggs with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griggs trying to control but Te Huna is working from the bottom.
Griggs won't allow Te Huna to sweep him here.
Te Huna keeping moving, preventing Griggs from controlling successfully.
Griggs has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Griggs works over Te Huna with some ground and pound from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Te Huna.
I've got Te Huna winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for James Te Huna!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for James Te Huna!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for James Te Huna!
James Te Huna wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, James Te Huna thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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