PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Miami 2 Ibiza. Griffin has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Mirko Griffin looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Griffin
vs
Sanchez

195 cm
25
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirko Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gregory Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Griffin's guard.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Sanchez's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Sanchez stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Sanchez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griffin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sanchez controls the pace.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Griffin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Gregory Sanchez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sanchez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sanchez content to stall in guard here.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gregory Sanchez.

Sanchez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura but Griffin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sanchez to get the leverage.

Sanchez decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Sanchez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Griffin's half guard.
Sanchez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sanchez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez throwing shots but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Sanchez is pressing down on Griffin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Griffin is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Gregory Sanchez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Sanchez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sanchez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Sanchez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanchez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanchez controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mirko Griffin has been cut.
Sanchez lands a good knee to the midsection. Griffin won't want to take too many of those.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside that Griffin shrugs off.
Sanchez lands a damaging elbow.

Sanchez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sanchez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Griffin's guard.

Sanchez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanchez working Griffin over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Sanchez avoids the attempt from Griffin to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanchez thowing shots but they're missing.

Sanchez working for a submission but Griffin is keeping him at bay.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanchez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount and Griffin is in trouble!
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez is working for a guillotine from mount but Griffin frees his head quite easily.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Griffin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sanchez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mirko 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!

Sanchez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Griffin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Sanchez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griffin's face.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Sanchez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez working Griffin over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez working Griffin over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Griffin uses from the top position.
Sanchez has Griffin pulled in close to control his posture.

Sanchez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Griffin defends well.
Sanchez pulls Griffin in close to prevent any damage.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Sanchez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanchez cracks Griffin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Griffin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sanchez.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Griffin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Griffin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sanchez.
Griffin is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poor strikes thrown by Sanchez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 24:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 24:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregory Sanchez!