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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Buffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Forrest Griffin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Buffer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buffer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin misses with a takedown attempt - Buffer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Buffer throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Buffer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Griffin is out of range.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Buffer lands a slapping body shot.
Griffin tries to clinch
and Buffer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Buffer cracks the inside of Griffin 's front leg.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buffer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Buffer pushes him off.
Buffer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Buffer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Buffer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Griffin wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buffer just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Buffer as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Forrest Griffin . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buffer misses with a body shot.
Buffer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buffer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buffer.
Griffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buffer. Buffer obviously looking to wear him down.
Buffer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Griffin rather than just go for the knockout.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Buffer is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buffer lands a body shot.
Buffer throws a leg kick that misses.
Buffer throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Buffer. That's going to slow Griffin down.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Buffer keeps it at a distance.
Buffer throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Buffer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Griffin throws a head kick but Buffer moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Buffer keeps it at a distance.
Griffin tries to clinch up but Buffer circles away and keeps his distance.
Buffer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Griffin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Buffer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Buffer scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buffer misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches up with Buffer, looking for a takedown. Griffin pushes Buffer against the cage but Buffer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Griffin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Griffin scores with a one two! Buffer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Buffer throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Buffer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Buffer cracks the inside of Griffin 's front leg.
Griffin tries a head kick but it misses.
Buffer flicks out a counter leg kick but Griffin steps away.
Buffer cracks the inside of Griffin 's front leg.
Buffer throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Buffer throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin motions for Buffer to come forward. Griffin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Buffer misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Buffer.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches up with Buffer, looking for a takedown. Griffin pushes Buffer against the cage but Buffer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Griffin blocks a low kick nicely.
Griffin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Buffer manages to circle out of the way.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Buffer keeps it at a distance.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin feinted with a counter takedown.
Buffer misses the shot to the body.
Griffin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Griffin dives in and grabs Buffer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Buffer pushes down on Griffin 's head and hops out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin looks to clinch
and Buffer counters with a nice leg kick.
Buffer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin 's sensitive parts.
Griffin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Buffer.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Buffer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Buffer misses the shot to the body.
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Griffin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Buffer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffin 's knee momentarily.
Buffer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin .
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Buffer was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buffer. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Buffer manages to circle out of the way.
Buffer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Bruce Buffer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buffer takes a swing at Griffin 's ribcage but misses.
Griffin tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buffer misses the shot to the body.
Griffin lands a jab-cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buffer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buffer just misses with a punch to the body.
Buffer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Buffer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Griffin is able to avoid easily.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Griffin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Griffin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buffer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bruce Buffer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Griffin .
It looks like Bruce Buffer has been cut.
Buffer lands a leg kick that knocks Griffin off balance momentarily.
Buffer lands a leg kick that knocks Griffin off balance momentarily.
Griffin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Buffer counters with a low kick, right behind Griffin 's knee.
Buffer swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin .
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Buffer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buffer cracks the inside of Griffin 's front leg.
Griffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buffer. Buffer obviously looking to wear him down.
Buffer is looking to score with low kicks.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Forrest Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Buffer avoids nicely.
Buffer avoids the head kick by Griffin .
Buffer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin 's sensitive parts.
Buffer misses with a low kick.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buffer appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
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.
Buffer swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
Buffer takes a swing at Griffin 's ribcage but misses.
Griffin tries to clinch but Buffer moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Buffer throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Buffer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Buffer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Buffer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griffin 's sensitive parts.
Buffer misses with a body shot.
Buffer takes a swing at Griffin 's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buffer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buffer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Buffer keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buffer throws a low kick but Griffin avoids it.
Griffin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Buffer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin throws a big counter combination but Buffer scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Buffer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griffin was well out of range. Poor timing from Buffer.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buffer.
Buffer throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Buffer leaves Griffin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Buffer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Buffer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Griffin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Buffer's waist but Buffer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Griffin off to one side.
Buffer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buffer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin .
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buffer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Griffin tries to clinch but Buffer is having none of it.
Griffin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buffer.
Buffer throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch but Buffer moves out of range.
Griffin fails with the takedown
and Buffer counters with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Buffer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Griffin closes the distance but Buffer moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buffer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin wants to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Buffer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buffer throws a low kick, looking for Griffin 's leg but Griffin calmly moves out of range.
Buffer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin .
Buffer throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Forrest Griffin . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buffer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buffer.
Buffer connects with a body shot.
Buffer misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a body kick that misses.
Griffin tries to clinch up but Buffer circles away and keeps his distance.
Buffer misses the shot to the body.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Buffer is avoiding it.
Buffer scores with a body shot.
Buffer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Griffin .
Buffer lands a leg kick that knocks Griffin off balance momentarily.
Buffer lands a slapping body shot.
Buffer cracks the inside of Griffin 's front leg.
Buffer misses with a body shot.
Griffin wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buffer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Buffer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buffer looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
As Buffer looks to move away, Griffin throws a big counter combo bu Buffer just gets out of the way.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buffer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buffer now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Buffer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffin .
Buffer throws a nice inside leg kick.
That kick from Buffer tenderised Griffin 's leg. Griffin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Buffer throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Buffer just manages to avoid it.
Griffin fails with a takedown attempt.
Buffer feints a counter leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buffer is looking to slow Griffin down with leg kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
An inside leg kick lands from Buffer.
Forrest Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buffer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Buffer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Buffer 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Buffer!
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