PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Sinisalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Bat Counrty by Avenged Sevenfold. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sinisalo's choice of entrance music: Jos rakastat. Taisto Sinisalo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Griffin
vs
Sinisalo

195 cm
21
280 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

210 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taisto Sinisalo!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin throws a hook but Sinisalo blocks it.
Sinisalo throws a nice looking combination but Griffin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sinisalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin misses with an uppercut
and Sinisalo counters with a two punch combo.
Sinisalo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sinisalo finds it's way round the side to connect with Griffin's head.
Griffin lands a body shot.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sinisalo counters with a three punch combo that has Griffin backing up. Griffin nods at Sinisalo to acknowledge the strikes.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sinisalo is just out of range.
Sinisalo tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Griffin scores with a jab to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sinisalo moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinisalo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sinisalo misses with a double jab.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Sinisalo.
Griffin dips to his left and cracks Sinisalo with an uppercut!
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Sinisalo saw that one coming.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinisalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Griffin lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinisalo misses with a few strikes there.
Sinisalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.
A left lands for Griffin.
Sinisalo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Griffin.
Sinisalo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Griffin lands a body shot.
Sinisalo looks gassed!
Sinisalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sinisalo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Sinisalo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinisalo blocks a jab.
Sinisalo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A shot to the liver by Griffin. Beautiful body shot.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinisalo moves away.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Sinisalo moves away and avoids it.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sinisalo is just out of range.
Sinisalo slips a straight right by Griffin.
Sinisalo tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
Sinisalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin throws a hook but Sinisalo blocks it.

Sinisalo gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinisalo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sinisalo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sinisalo looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Sinisalo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griffin's efforts to push away.
Sinisalo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shane Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinisalo blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Sinisalo to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sinisalo defending well as Griffin loads up on a big left hand.
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Sinisalo's head but Sinisalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Griffin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sinisalo loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
A jab from Griffin misses.
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Sinisalo's head but Sinisalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Sinisalo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sinisalo slips a jab from Griffin.
Sinisalo blocks a jab.
Sinisalo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Griffin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin throws a nice looking combination but Sinisalo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sinisalo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Griffin misses with a hook. Sinisalo ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinisalo misses with a few strikes there.
Sinisalo wants to clinch
and Griffin counters with a nice uppercut.
Taisto Sinisalo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin throws a lazy uppercut
and Sinisalo counters with a nice uppercut.
Sinisalo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin lands with a hook. Sinisalo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinisalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Sinisalo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sinisalo blocks a jab.
Shane Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Griffin misses.
Sinisalo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sinisalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sinisalo's hands.
Sinisalo staying out of range there.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sinisalo.
Griffin throws a lazy uppercut
and Sinisalo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinisalo ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinisalo ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sinisalo misses with the combination.
Sinisalo slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sinisalo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sinisalo defending well as Griffin loads up on a big left hand.
Sinisalo tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a hook to the body. Sinisalo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sinisalo ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin throws a poor cross that misses
and Sinisalo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Sinisalo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Sinisalo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Sinisalo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sinisalo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Griffin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sinisalo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sinisalo blocks a jab.
Griffin throws an off balance right hand
and Sinisalo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Sinisalo moves away and avoids it.
Griffin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sinisalo defending well as Griffin loads up on a big left hand.
Griffin looks to land a left hand but Sinisalo moved out of range nicely.
Sinisalo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sinisalo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.
Sinisalo misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinisalo lands a high kick!
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Sinisalo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sinisalo moves away from the strike by Griffin.
Griffin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sinisalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sinisalo throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Sinisalo moves out of range of the strikes.
Sinisalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinisalo tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sinisalo slips a straight right by Griffin.
Sinisalo slips under a jab from Griffin.
Sinisalo stuns Griffin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griffin throws a hook but Sinisalo avoids it easily.
Sinisalo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Griffin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin stalks Sinisalo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sinisalo's face. Sinisalo staggers backwards, shaken.
A cross from Griffin lands.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sinisalo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sinisalo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Griffin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Sinisalo on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Sinisalo is rocked!
Griffin is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Griffin shuts the power down on Sinisalo. Lights out, game over! Griffin is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Shane Griffin!