PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julian The Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Fury comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - White America. Griswold comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hooking Up The Lights kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The Fury has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

The Fury
vs
Griswold

185 cm
32
187 lbs
12 - 18 - 0

180 cm
28
196 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julian The Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rusty Griswold!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griswold shoots in and gets a takedown into The Fury's guard.
Griswold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Griswold is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Griswold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Griswold is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

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

Griswold shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The Fury napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The Fury is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswold controlling from side mount.

Griswold is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. The Fury knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The Fury seems a little lost for a moment, as Griswold dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswold in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Griswold sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but The Fury is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Griswold controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold misses with the ground and pound.
Griswold in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Griswold lands a decent elbow from side control.
Griswold is looking to take a break and control but The Fury is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold lands an elbow.
Griswold with the ground and pound but The Fury regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Griswold slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Griswold fails with the takedown
and The Fury counters with a head kick. That will keep Griswold thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Griswold fails with a takedown attempt.
Griswold checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griswold shoots in looking for a takedown. The Fury tries to sprawl out of it but Griswold keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Fury manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Julian The Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rusty Griswold.

Griswold 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Fury utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Griswold looking to pass the guard.
Griswold working some strikes from top position.
Griswold is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Griswold throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswold throwing strikes from guard but The Fury blocks nicely.
Griswold working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Griswold wants to pass the guard but The Fury is keeping the position.
Griswold scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold looking to pass the guard.
Griswold is looking to work some ground and pound but The Fury has wrist control.
Griswold is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

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

Griswold shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. The Fury manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold is stalling in the full guard.
Griswold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Fury's head.
Griswold tries to free his leg and advance position but The Fury is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Griswold showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Griswold gets a double leg takedown into The Fury's guard.
Griswold trying to control the position from guard on top but The Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Fury can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Griswold controls the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Rusty Griswold hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
The Fury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Griswold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Griswold shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in The Fury's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griswold seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Fury utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Griswold has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The Fury trying to keep a closed guard but Griswold is proving a slippery customer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Griswold moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswold lands a nice uppercut.
Griswold tries for a takedown. No joy.

Griswold turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Griswold tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Griswold throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Griswold takes a little break here. The Fury wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Griswold scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at The Fury to see if he's OK.
Rusty Griswold has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold just content to control the position.
Griswold looking to punish the body of his opponent here but The Fury is avoiding damage well.
Griswold in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rusty Griswold wasn't active enough on the ground.
Griswold shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and The Fury counters with a solid body kick.
Julian The Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rusty Griswold.
Griswold shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from Griswold, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Griswold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Fury sprawls well. The Fury wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Griswold gets slowly back to his feet.
Julian The Fury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griswold shoots for a double leg takedown but The Fury sprawls well. He's pushed Griswold's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty Griswold comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Griswold 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Griswold!