PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Clancey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Griffin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clancey
vs
Griffin

182 cm
24
204 lbs
2 - 9 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Clancey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin swings for the body but Clancey moves out of range.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Clancey avoids nicely.
Griffin lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Clancey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Clancey avoids them all with ease.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Griffin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clancey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Clancey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Griffin finds it's way round the side to connect with Clancey's head.
Clancey dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Griffin looks to land a left hand but Clancey moved out of range nicely.
Clancey dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clancey.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Clancey counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Clancey counters with a series of strikes. Griffin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Clancey is out of range.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
letting Clancey counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin misses with a body shot
and Clancey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Clancey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands a nice hook to Clancey's body. Clancey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Clancey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Clancey moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Clancey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Griffin throws a one two combo.
Griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clancey circles away quickly and effectively.
David Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a three punch combo that has Griffin backing up. Griffin nods at Clancey to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clancey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a left and a right that stings Griffin.
Griffin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Clancey rather than just go for the knockout.
Clancey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Griffin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Clancey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clancey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clancey counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Clancey 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.

Nice defenses there by Clancey.
Tom Clancey is winning the standup battle so far.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a two punch combo.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clancey walks into a straight right hand from Griffin.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Clancey avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clancey swinging wildly here.
Griffin misses with a combination
letting Clancey counter with a right hand.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Clancey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Clancey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Clancey counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Clancey counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Clancey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clancey throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clancey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Clancey lands a glancing blow to the side of Griffin's head.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clancey counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clancey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Griffin backs up against the cage.
Griffin misses with a combination
and Clancey counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clancey lands a jab-cross combination.
Tom Clancey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Clancey counters with a three punch combo that has Griffin backing up. Griffin nods at Clancey to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin throws a hook but Clancey blocks it.
Clancey blocks a jab.
Clancey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clancey counters with a nice uppercut.
Clancey takes one on the button.
Griffin throws a jab when Clancey was well out of range.
Clancey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Clancey counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clancey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Clancey throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Griffin misses with a body shot
and Clancey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clancey slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffin misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Clancey dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a three punch combo that has Griffin backing up. Griffin nods at Clancey to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Clancey counter with a right hand.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Clancey avoids it well.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clancey counters with a three punch combo that has Griffin backing up. Griffin nods at Clancey to acknowledge the strikes.
Clancey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Clancey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Clancey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clancey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Clancey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Griffin does no damage.
Griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a double jab
letting Clancey counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clancey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Griffin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Griffin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Clancey drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Griffin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Clancey has got the better of the exchanges.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
David Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Griffin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Clancey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Clancey throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Clancey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin fails to land with a series of punches.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Clancey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clancey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clancey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clancey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Clancey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clancey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clancey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clancey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffin can do to turn this around?
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Clancey is out of range.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
enabling Clancey to counter with a crisp jab.
Griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Clancey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffin slips a jab from Clancey.
Clancey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Clancey defending well as Griffin loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Clancey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clancey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Clancey!