PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Baldine Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwyane Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tech N9ne - Am I A Psycho? (Feat. B.o.B. and Hopsin) . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Gracie
vs
Griffin

180 cm
18
151 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
157 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Brute
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baldine Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dwyane Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.

Gracie closes the distance and pushes Griffin back into the cage.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Griffin is avoiding it.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gracie drops Griffin with a beautiful combination! Griffin stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gracie is looking for the KO!

Griffin is rocked!

It looks like Dwyane Griffin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gracie darts in and clinches Griffin up against the cage.
Griffin is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?
Knees in the clinch landing for Griffin.
Gracie wants to break free but Griffin has control.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Griffin seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin is trying to stall.
Gracie tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Griffin has the dominant position.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin stalling against the cage.
Griffin prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling him.
Gracie tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Griffin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Griffin landing knees to the head.
Gracie is trying to push Griffin away but Griffin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffin walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Gracie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Griffin counters with a big head kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
Gracie tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Gracie feints a jab promting Griffin to slip. Gracie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Griffin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Griffin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Griffin circles away quickly and effectively.
Griffin tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gracie wants it to stay on the feet.
Gracie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griffin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Baldine Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Griffin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Gracie drops Griffin with a beautiful combination! Griffin stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gracie is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Griffin fails with an attempt to clinch.

Gracie gets a clinch.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Griffin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Gracie is rocked!
Griffin taking a breather.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are getting on Griffin's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin lands a big knee to the head and Gracie goes down! Griffin pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dwyane Griffin!
Dwyane Griffin managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KAISER, into his post fight interview.