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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Griggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Bradman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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209 lbs
20 - 22 - 0 |
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191 cm
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220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
20 - 22 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Bradman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradman moves out of range of the strikes.
Griggs fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bradman to the ground. Griggs is now in Bradman's guard.
Bradman keeping full guard, as Griggs tries to pass.
Griggs won't allow Bradman to sweep him here.
Griggs throws a strike but Bradman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bradman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs keeping full guard, as Bradman tries to pass.
Bradman keeps trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs looking for a sweep. Not yet Griggs, not yet.
Griggs is pulling down on Bradman's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradman wants to control from the top but Griggs keeps moving.
Griggs looking for a sweep. Not yet Griggs, not yet.
Bradman sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Griggs has Bradman pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bradman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Griggs drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griggs postures up in Bradman's guard and throws a big left but Bradman blocks it.
Griggs postures up.
Griggs is looking to work some ground and pound but Bradman has wrist control.
Griggs throws an elbow that misses. Bradman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Griggs's guard. Nice move by Bradman!
Griggs is pulling down on Bradman's head to control his posture.
Griggs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs is looking to take a break and control but Bradman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Griggs throwing shots but Bradman is blocking nicely.
Griggs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Griggs seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bradman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've been hearing good reports from Griggs's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Griggs passes to side control.
Griggs postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sloppy strikes there by Griggs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bradman dodges the ground and pound from Griggs.
Griggs throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bradman is not content to let Griggs control the position.
Griggs throwing strikes but Bradman manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Griggs stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Griggs is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griggs is not content to let Bradman control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Griggs dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bradman throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Griggs to counter with a crisp jab.
Griggs lands an overhand right.
Bradman throws a leg kick
and Griggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradman can do to turn this around?
Bradman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griggs.
Bradman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bradman ducks under a wild hook from Griggs.
Griggs throws the left hand but Bradman avoids the punch easily.
Griggs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Griggs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A nice side step and Bradman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Griggs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bradman. Griggs shrugs it off though.
Bradman takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs misses with a left hand
and Bradman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bradman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bradman fails to land with a series of punches.
Chad Griggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griggs looks to land a left hand but Bradman moved out of range nicely.
Griggs takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Griggs misses with a straight left.
Griggs scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Griggs works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bradman is looking to regain half guard here but Griggs keeps moving and retains side control.
Griggs throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Bradman works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Griggs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bradman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bradman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bradman looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Griggs puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griggs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Griggs trying to mount his opponent but Bradman defends it.
Bradman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Griggs.
Griggs looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Griggs.
Bradman tries to get to full guard but Griggs has control of the leg.
Griggs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Griggs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bradman defending well though.
Griggs not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Griggs moves into full mount! Bradman won't be happy about that!
Griggs scoring with strikes but Bradman is staying in there.
Bradman wants to control but Griggs is having none of it.
Griggs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs is landing with some decent strikes but Bradman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Griggs sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bradman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Griggs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Griggs cracks Bradman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bradman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griggs lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Bradman! Griggs sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Bradman and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chad Griggs!
A very excited looking Chad Griggs made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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RATING
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