PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ness Webster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jason griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). griffin has chosen 3 6 mafia-stay fly as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Webster
vs
griffin

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ness Webster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jason griffin!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
griffin blocks a jab.

Webster feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Webster preventing the sweep.

griffin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Webster gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
griffin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

griffin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
griffin is looking to sweep but instead, Webster has passed into half guard.
griffin is trying to control but can't.
Webster tries to pass to full mount but griffin defends it.
griffin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Webster. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Webster is working hard here to advance position.
griffin missing with punches from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

griffin scores with a takedown into Webster's guard.
griffin looks gassed!

griffin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
griffin feints and then cracks Webster's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Webster down.

Webster has managed to clinch.
Webster can't break the clinch.
Webster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Webster drops to a knee looking for a takedown but griffin gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Webster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ness Webster. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Webster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
griffin is pressed up against the cage. Webster has hold of a leg and is looking to drag griffin down to the mat. griffin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Webster drives through with a takedown into guard.
Webster forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Webster not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. griffin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Webster won't allow griffin to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Webster passes griffin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
griffin is positioning himself well to prevent Webster advancing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. griffin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
griffin wants to stand and escape but Webster is having none of it.

griffin is looking for a triangle but Webster pushes his legs off easily.
Webster trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

griffin is looking for a triangle here but Webster uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Webster tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Webster has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Webster swings around for an armbar but griffin sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Webster's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Webster looking for a sweep. Not yet Webster, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Webster gets the takedown into side control.
griffin prevents Webster from improving position.
Webster moves into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ness Webster dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Webster clinches with his opponent.

griffin breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by griffin.
Webster fails with the takedown

and griffin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Webster's guard now.
griffin stopping the sweep attempt from Webster.

Webster had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. griffin is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Webster Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take griffin's back instead.
griffin trying to control the action but Webster just sinks the hooks in.
griffin wants to escape the position.

Webster is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. griffin knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften griffin for a finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin trying to control but not successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
griffin is trying to stand back up.
griffin is in bad spot here.

That's two 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.
griffin turns into Webster and is now in his guard.
griffin wants to stand but Webster has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Webster misses with a takedown

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

griffin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Webster can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as griffin controls the pace.
griffin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
griffin preventing the sweep.
Webster throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Webster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Webster wants to sweep here but griffin controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Webster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in griffin's guard.
griffin can't keep his opponent in guard - Webster advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Webster is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
griffin wants to improve his position but Webster is controlling well.
griffin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Webster lands a nice short elbow.
griffin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for griffin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
griffin looking for a sweep. Not yet griffin, not yet.
griffin controls Webster momentarily but Webster frees himself.
Webster landing with the ground and pound.
Webster is pushing down on griffin's leg trying to pass to half guard. griffin is fighting to maintain full guard but Webster has managed to sneak the leg through.
Webster tries to pass the half guard into mount. griffin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Webster stops griffin from getting back to his feet.
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 Ness Webster will probably get the nod.
That's time! Webster's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

griffin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Webster shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ness Webster overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Webster trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but griffin manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Webster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
griffin wants to control from the top but Webster keeps moving.

Webster is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Webster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
griffin wanted to stand there but Webster had control of the position.

Webster looking for a guillotine here but griffin defends easily.
griffin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Webster keeping moving, preventing griffin from controlling successfully.
griffin lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Webster is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! griffin has his hands clasped together but Webster extends an breaks griffin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Webster.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ness Webster!