PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josh Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Griffin
vs
Troy

172 cm
22
139 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Troy!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griffin takes the fight into the clinch.
Troy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Troy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Troy.
Griffin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Troy is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Troy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Troy wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Troy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin misses with some punches.
Troy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Troy manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy can't break the clinch.
Troy is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Troy misses with a punch to the body.
Troy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Troy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Troy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Griffin tries for a takedown but Troy manages to get underhooks.
Troy is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Troy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy misses with an elbow over the top.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troy.
Troy misses with some punches.
Griffin can't break the clinch.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Troy has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Griffin to work.
Griffin takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Josh Griffin has been cut.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troy is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Troy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Troy works on Griffin's body with a couple of short punches.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Troy tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
A short right from Troy.
Troy tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Griffin.
Troy lands a right hand.
Troy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Troy tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Griffin blocks the elbow strike.
Troy scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Troy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Griffin misses with a knee to the head.
Troy is trying to break free.
Troy connects with a knee to the head.
Troy takes an elbow to the temple.
Troy with a knee to the head.
Troy lands a right hand.
Troy lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Troy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Troy is working Griffin over against the cage.
Troy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Troy lands with a left to the head.
Troy is pressed up against the cage. Griffin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Troy down to the mat. Troy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Troy tries to clinch
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Troy.
Troy thuds his right hand into Griffin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Troy. Troy obviously looking to wear him down.
Troy tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Troy looks to land a combination. Griffin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Troy doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Troy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Troy throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin wants to clinch but Troy slips to the side
and Troy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Troy.

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Griffin prevents Troy from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Troy avoids the elbow strike from Griffin, against the cage.
Troy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troy closes the distance looking to clinch

and Griffin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Griffin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Troy prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Troy.
Troy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Troy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Troy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Troy prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
Troy lands with a short shot to the head.
Troy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Griffin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Troy just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Troy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Griffin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Troy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck for Griffin with that takedown attempt.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Troy pushes him off.
Troy cracks Griffin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Griffin misses.
Troy looks to clinch

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch.
Griffin prevents Troy from breaking the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Troy has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Troy is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Troy.
Griffin pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Troy blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy lands a left hand.
Troy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Troy walks away with a smile on his face. Griffin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Troy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Griffin counters with a head kick.
Troy tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Troy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Troy misses with a head kick.
Troy tries to clinch but Griffin moves away

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Griffin.
Troy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Troy lands an elbow inside.
Troy trying to land knees to the body.
Troy lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Troy just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Troy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
Troy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Griffin prevents Troy from breaking the clinch.
Griffin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Griffin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Troy lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Troy breaks the clinch.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Troy swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Troy clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Troy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Troy tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Troy has a couple of punches blocked by Griffin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Troy.
Griffin avoids a wild elbow strike from Troy.
Troy tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
Troy is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Troy prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy lands a right hand.
Troy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Troy lands with a left to the head.
Griffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Troy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Troy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Griffin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Troy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Griffin needs to keep his hands up - Troy had a free shot at his head there.

Troy moves into range and clinches up with Griffin.
Griffin can't get the takedown.
Griffin is working for takedown but Troy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Troy crunches a lovely knee into Griffin's ribcage.
Troy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin trying to stall but Troy improves his position.

Troy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Troy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Griffin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin prevents Troy from breaking the clinch.
Troy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin is trying to drag Troy to the mat but Troy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Griffin takes an elbow to the temple.
Griffin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Troy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Troy wants to clinch

and Griffin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Troy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griffins head.
Griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Troy has him pressed against the cage.
Troy has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Troy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griffin keeps control of Troy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Troy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Troy breaks from the clinch.
Troy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Troy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Troy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josh Griffin'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!

Troy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Troy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!

Troy drives through and clinches with Griffin against the cage.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Troy tries to clinch up.
Josh Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Troy tries to clinch up

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Griffin.

Troy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Troy avoids it.
Troy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Griffin.
Griffin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Griffin tries to clinch but Troy is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Griffin tries to clinch up.

Griffin clinches.
Troy prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
Troy can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy misses with a punch on the inside.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin tries to clinch but Troy moves out of range.
Griffin blocks a head kick by Troy.
Josh Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Troy is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Troy wants to clinch but Griffin slips to the side

and Griffin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Troy's guard.
Griffin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Griffin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin won't allow Troy to get back to his feet.
Griffin throws a big right hand that misses.
Troy wants to get back to his feet but Griffin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Griffin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Troy wants to stand up but Griffin is controlling him.
Griffin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Troy's head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Troy tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Griffin counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Troy.
Griffin fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Troy holds him up against the cage and eventually Griffin drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Griffin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Troy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Troy is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin keeps control of Troy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Griffin lands a takedown into guard.
Griffin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Griffin stands and steps away. Troy gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troy looks to clinch

and Griffin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Troy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin keeps control of Troy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griffin looking for a takedown.
Troy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Troy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Troy.
Griffin lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin tries to pull guard but Troy won't allow it.
Griffin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Troy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Troy misses with a two punch combination.
Josh Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny Troy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Troy tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Griffin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Troy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Troy!