PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin's entrance music is The Claw. A fine choice. Young comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AC/DC - Live Wire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Griffin
vs
Young

170 cm
27
157 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

175 cm
36
153 lbs
31 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Griffin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Griffin.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Griffin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Griffin lands with a slapping head kick.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin works Young's body with a nice hook.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Young checks it.
Young moves out of range of the body kick.
Griffin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Griffin throws a leg kick
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Griffin looks to throw a body kick
and Young counters with a slapping leg kick.
Griffin misses with a looping right.
Griffin connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin blocks a leg kick.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Jason Griffin has been cut.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Young moved away.
A swing and a miss from Griffin.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young misses the jab.

Griffin pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Young pushes Griffin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young misses with a body punch.
Griffin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Young in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griffin leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Griffin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Griffin looking to slow down the pace here.
Griffin throws an elbow that misses.
Griffin wants to stall.
Griffin is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Young.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Young.
Griffin is looking to control Young's arms but Young gets an underhook and turns him. Now Griffin has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jason Griffin.
Griffin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young tried to score with a low kick but Griffin checks it.
Griffin lands a leg kick that knocks Young off balance momentarily.
Nice cross by Griffin.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Griffin ducks under a wild hook from Young.
A bone on bone clash there as Young blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Young throws a hook but Griffin avoids it easily.
Griffin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Young to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Griffin.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Griffin.
Young lands with a hook. Griffin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Griffin is looking to score with low kicks.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Griffin.
Young fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Griffin checks it well.
Griffin lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Griffin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Griffin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jason Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Griffin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Griffin scrambles back to his feet.
Griffin scores with a leg kick.
Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Griffin momentarily.
Young looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Griffin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Griffin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Young doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jason Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
Young keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young checks a leg kick.
Young works Griffin's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Young misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffin thumps Young with a low kick.
Young looks to land a body kick but Griffin moved away.
Griffin defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Griffin lands with a shot to the body.
Young slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps Griffin with a low kick.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left and a right from Young both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Griffin.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Griffin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Griffin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Griffin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Griffin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young moves out of range as Griffin throws a body kick.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Griffin scores with a leg kick.
Griffin connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Griffin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Griffin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Young throws a poor cross that misses
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws the kick towards the body but Griffin avoids it.
Griffin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Young will feel that in the morning.
Young lands an overhand right.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin tries to land a front kick but Young steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Angus Young will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young scores with a hook.
Griffin scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin throws a leg kick that misses.
Griffin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Young misses with a hook to the body
and Griffin counters with a slapping leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Griffin. Beautiful body shot.
Young throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin wants to clinch.
Griffin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Griffin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Young if he has to take too many more of those.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Griffin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Young moved away.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Griffin throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Griffin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice defenses there by Griffin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young throws a hook but Griffin avoids it easily.
Griffin misses with a shot to the body
and Young counters with a leg kick.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Griffin.
Griffin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Griffin misses with a kick to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Griffin throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young staying out of range there.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
Griffin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Young throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Young scores with a nice body kick.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young feints a jab promting Griffin to slip. Young then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Griffin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Young throws a shot to the body.
Young throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Griffin cracks the inside of Young's front leg.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Griffin scrambles back to his feet.
Griffin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason 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.

Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Griffin.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Griffin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Griffin is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
Griffin walks into a straight right hand from Young.
Griffin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
A big left from Young misses.
Griffin throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Young lunges at Griffin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffin's hand.
Griffin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Griffin.
Griffin defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young throws a chopping leg kick but Griffin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young takes one on the button.
Young cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs.
Young slips a straight right by Griffin.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Griffin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Griffin checks a leg kick.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Griffin. Griffin obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a low kick as Young jumps back.
Griffin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Young with a nice cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by Griffin. That's going to slow Young down.
Griffin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Griffin misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Griffin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tests Griffin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Young chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Griffin can pounce on him.
Griffin throws a body kick that misses
and Young counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Griffin stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griffin moves out of range as Young strikes.
Griffin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Young checks it well.
Griffin is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from Griffin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Griffin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Griffin lands with a light punch inside.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Griffin is trying to stall.
Griffin struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Griffin digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
Griffin lands an elbow that stopped Young in his tracks for a moment.
Griffin misses with a knee strike.
Griffin tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Griffin misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young prevents a body shot from Griffin.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Jason Griffin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Griffin tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young pushes Griffin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Griffin working aggressively here.
Griffin missing with knees to the body.
Young avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
Griffin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Griffin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin throws an elbow that misses.
Griffin looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Griffin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Young's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Griffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin takes a shot to the head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Young gets through Griffin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Griffin misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
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!
Griffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Young lands a right hand.
Griffin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Griffin taking a breather.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Griffin controls the action.
Jason Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young digs a right hand underneath Griffin's ribcage. Griffin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Griffin.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Angus Young.
I think Young has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young!
Angus Young is the new featherweight champion!
Angus Young thanked the fans post fight for their support.