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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archie Griffiths (ranked 238 p4p, 33 weight class) and Dick Caunt (ranked 228 p4p, 31 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Archie Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Caunt!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caunt moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Caunt.
Griffiths motions for Caunt to come forward. Griffiths throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caunt.
Griffiths thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Caunt if he has to take too many more of those.
Caunt tries to land a front kick but Griffiths steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Griffiths scores with a kick to the midsection.
Griffiths blocks a leg kick.
It appears Griffiths was looking to counter with a kick there.
Caunt throws a looping overhand right but Griffiths ducks down to avoid it.
Griffiths has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffiths's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Caunt blocks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Griffiths checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Caunt.
Griffiths tries to score with a low kick but Caunt moves his leg out of the way.
It seemed like Caunt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Griffiths avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Caunt cracks the inside of Griffiths's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffiths stuns Caunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big left from Caunt misses.
Griffiths moves out of range as Caunt strikes.
Griffiths moves out of range of the strikes.
Caunt avoids the head kick by Griffiths.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Caunt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffiths doesn't seem phased though.
Griffiths throws a solid leg kick but Caunt takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Griffiths.
Caunt throws out a counter right but Griffiths avoids it with no problem.
Caunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griffiths cracks Caunt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Griffiths throws a low kick but Caunt avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Caunt.
Griffiths takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffiths punishes Caunt's body with a nice straight punch.
Caunt misses with an uppercut. Griffiths saw that one coming.
Griffiths misses with a hook. Caunt ducked under it nicely.
Dick Caunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caunt throws a hook but Griffiths blocks it.
Griffiths drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Caunt lands a head shot.
Griffiths needs to keep his hands up - Caunt had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Caunt.
Caunt slips a straight right by Griffiths.
A jab from Griffiths misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Caunt! But no joy.
Caunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Caunt cracks Griffiths with a good jab.
Griffiths steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Caunt. That one must have hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt misses with a looping right.
Caunt thows a leg kick but Griffiths checks it
letting Griffiths counter with a right hand.
Caunt cracks Griffiths with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Griffiths lands a nice looking kick to the body. Caunt takes a step back to recover.
Caunt checks a leg kick.
Griffiths walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Caunt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Caunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Caunt throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Griffiths throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Caunt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Griffiths has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffiths's head.
Griffiths misses with a straight right.
Griffiths with a hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Caunt blocks the leg kick.
Caunt lands with an overhand left.
Caunt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice side step and Caunt releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Caunt sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A swing and a miss from Caunt.
Caunt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Griffiths to score with a decent uppercut.
Caunt lunges at Griffiths with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffiths's hand.
Caunt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Griffiths.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a nice head kick!
Caunt misses with a straight right.
Caunt misses with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Griffiths blocks the low kick.
Griffiths scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caunt throws out a leg kick but Griffiths moves out of range and Caunt only half commits.
It appears Griffiths was looking to counter with a kick there.
Griffiths attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Griffiths swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Griffiths misses with a low kick.
Caunt misses with a leg kick
and Griffiths cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw.
Caunt throws a hook but Griffiths avoids it easily.
Caunt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Griffiths had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Griffiths is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caunt.
Griffiths feints and then cracks Caunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Caunt down.
Griffiths checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Griffiths blocks a jab.
Griffiths walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caunt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caunt cracks the inside of Griffiths's front leg.
Caunt looks to land a body kick but Griffiths moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Griffiths misses.
Caunt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Caunt.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Caunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffiths has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Griffiths throws a looping overhand right but Caunt ducks down to avoid it.
Griffiths misses with a low kick.
Griffiths lands a head kick. Caunt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Griffiths throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caunt dips to his left and cracks Griffiths with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Griffiths misses its intended target.
Griffiths stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caunt.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick and Caunt moves out of range easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Griffiths.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffiths smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Caunt is looking to chop away at Griffiths's legs.
Caunt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Griffiths.
A slow jab from Caunt misses its intended target.
A good leg kick by Griffiths.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Griffiths fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caunt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Griffiths ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caunt moves away.
Griffiths misses with a left hand
and Caunt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffiths catches Caunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Griffiths showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caunt.
Caunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Griffiths steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caunt.
As Caunt backs away, Griffiths returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A low kick from Griffiths is predictable there
and Caunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffiths steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caunt.
Griffiths throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Caunt! But no joy.
Griffiths does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Caunt lands with a good body shot.
Griffiths ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Caunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Griffiths is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caunt manages to avoid it.
Griffiths throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Caunt misses with a straight right.
Griffiths tries to score with a low kick but Caunt moves his leg out of the way.
Caunt throws out a counter right but Griffiths avoids it with no problem.
Caunt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Caunt.
Dick Caunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Griffiths throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths throws out a loose jab but Caunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Griffiths misses.
A little jabbing left from Caunt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Caunt lands a nice shot to the body.
Caunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Griffiths uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caunt.
Caunt misses with an uppercut.
Griffiths quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
Caunt throws a hook but Griffiths avoids it easily.
Caunt misses with an uppercut. Griffiths saw that one coming.
Caunt misses with a kick to the body.
Griffiths tried to counter with a leg kick but Caunt avoided it.
A cross from Caunt lands.
Griffiths clobbers Caunt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Caunt.
Griffiths throws the left hand but Caunt avoids the punch easily.
Griffiths jabs Caunt right on the nose. Caunt blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffiths connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffiths.
Caunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caunt takes a swing at Griffiths's ribcage but misses.
Griffiths feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Griffiths misses its intended target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Griffiths lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Caunt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Caunt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Caunt cracks Griffiths with a right hand to the side of the head.
Caunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffiths.
Caunt throws a push kick but Griffiths slaps the foot to one side.
Griffiths appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Caunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Griffithss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Caunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Griffiths connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Griffiths lands a slapping body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Caunt checks a leg kick.
Griffiths throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffiths ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caunt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Griffiths.
Caunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffiths throws a looping overhand right but Caunt ducks down to avoid it.
Griffiths tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths throws a lazy right hand but Caunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffiths scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Caunt cracks the inside of Griffiths's front leg.
Caunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Griffiths ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Caunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A bone on bone clash there as Griffiths blocks the leg kick.
Griffiths lands with a nice body punch.
Griffiths turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caunt scores with a jab to the head.
Griffiths throws a big shot that misses.
Caunt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
Caunt slips under a jab.
Griffiths misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Griffiths.
Griffiths slips a jab from Caunt.
Caunt jabs Griffiths right on the nose. Griffiths blinks but takes it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caunt is out of range and Griffiths settles back down.
Griffiths takes a swing at Caunt's ribcage but misses.
Caunt thinks about the counter body kick.
Griffiths lands with a thumping leg kick.
Caunt throws an overhand right that lands on Griffiths's shoulder, as Griffiths tries to avoid the shot.
Caunt scores with a punch to the head.
A head kick misses from Caunt.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
Caunt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jab by Griffiths.
Caunt motions for Griffiths to come forward. Caunt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths fires out a quick counter leg kick but Caunt just manages to avoid it.
Griffiths misses with a few strikes there.
Griffiths pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caunt is out of range and Griffiths settles back down.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caunt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caunt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Griffiths counters with a slapping leg kick.
Griffiths fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caunt manages to avoid it.
Caunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Caunt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Archie Griffiths will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Caunt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Caunt scores with a jab.
Griffiths is looking to chop away at Caunt's legs.
Griffiths misses with a low kick.
Caunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Caunt misses with a leg kick
and Griffiths counters with a nice uppercut.
Caunt checks a leg kick.
Griffiths connects with a solid leg kick.
Caunt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Griffiths swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffiths misses with an uppercut.
Griffiths lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Caunt connects with a nice looking jab.
Caunt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caunt looks to land a body kick but Griffiths moved away.
Caunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffiths swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Caunt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Caunt misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a low kick but it's checked well by Caunt.
Caunt takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters circling a little - Caunt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Caunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caunt thows a body kick. Griffiths tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Griffiths misses with a body kick.
Caunt tests Griffiths's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caunt takes one to the side of the head.
Caunt tests Griffiths's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caunt lunges at Griffiths with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffiths's hand.
Caunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Caunt dips to his left and cracks Griffiths with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffiths lands a jab to Caunt's midsection.
Griffiths slips a jab from Caunt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caunt. Griffiths does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffiths. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Griffiths.
Griffiths 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.
The fighters circling - Caunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffiths tries a low kick but Caunt avoids it.
Griffiths lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Griffiths tried to score with a low kick but Caunt checks it.
Caunt checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Griffiths wants to slow Caunt down by chopping away at his legs.
Caunt scores with a nice head shot.
Caunt misses the jab.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Caunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Caunt throws out a powerful jab.
Caunt lands with a straight right. Griffiths didn't see that one coming.
Griffiths looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Caunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Griffiths on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Caunt throws a leg kick but Griffiths sees it coming and moves out of range.
Caunt avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt misses with a hook. Griffiths ducked under it nicely.
Griffiths swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Griffiths takes one to the chin there.
Griffiths throws a good cross that connects.
Caunt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Caunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffiths.
Good leg kick by Caunt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Caunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Caunt looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Caunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Griffiths connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Caunt scrambles back to his feet.
Caunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Griffiths just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffiths steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caunt.
Griffiths avoids the body shot from Caunt.
Griffiths tried to score with a low kick but Caunt checks it.
Caunt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caunt throws a head kick but Griffiths moves out of range.
Caunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Griffiths looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Caunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caunt misses with a left hand
and Griffiths counters with a stiff right hand.
Caunt looks for the body kick but Griffiths saw that one coming.
Griffiths scores with a shot to the body.
A cross from Caunt lands.
Caunt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caunt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Griffiths was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Caunt is looking to land body kicks.
Griffiths throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caunt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Griffiths on the side of the head.
Caunt throws a hook but Griffiths avoids it easily.
Griffiths uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Caunt has time to react.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Nice defenses there by Caunt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Caunt checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Griffiths connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Caunt scrambles back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caunt.
Griffiths fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Caunt checks it well.
Griffiths lands a nice leg kick that just misses Caunt's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Caunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Caunt 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Caunt!
A less than humble Dick Caunt misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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