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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Thawatchai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwyane Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thawatchai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Converter - Conqueror. Griffin has chosen Tech N9ne - Am I A Psycho? (Feat. B.o.B. and Hopsin) as his entrance music. Dwyane Griffin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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155 lbs
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157 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Thawatchai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dwyane Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thawatchai circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thawatchai counters with a good low kick that Griffin was not able to check.
Griffin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thawatchai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thawatchai tries to pull guard but Griffin won't allow it.
Griffin blocks an elbow strike from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thawatchai tries to pull guard but Griffin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Thawatchai jumps guard but Griffin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Thawatchai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai lands an elbow inside that Griffin shrugs off.
Thawatchai lands a knee to the head.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Thawatchai blocks it.
Griffin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thawatchai tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Griffin smiles and moves away.
Tony Thawatchai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thawatchai misses with a kick to the body
and Griffin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thawatchai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Thawatchai clinches up against the cage.
Thawatchai throws an elbow but it misses.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Thawatchai avoids the damage to the body.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Thawatchai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Griffin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thawatchai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Griffin trying to control the position but instead, Thawatchai has worked for underhooks and has pushed Griffin into the cage.
Thawatchai lands an elbow inside.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin trying to stall but Thawatchai improves his position.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but Thawatchai blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Thawatchai blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai 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.
Griffin stopping the sweep attempt from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Griffin manages to get himself to full guard.
Thawatchai chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Thawatchai passes into side control.
Griffin is trying to escape the position but Thawatchai is controlling the position.
Thawatchai looks up at the clock and then as Griffin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Thawatchai smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Thawatchai has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thawatchai working the ground and pound but Griffin is defending the strikes.
Thawatchai lands a nice forearm strike.
Thawatchai throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Griffin works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Thawatchai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Griffin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thawatchai moves into full mount! Griffin won't be happy about that!
Thawatchai with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thawatchai looking to control and managing it successfully.
Thawatchai putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thawatchai with a couple of short strikes.
Thawatchai with shots to the head and body - Griffin looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Thawatchai dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Thawatchai scores with a push kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Griffin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thawatchai - the referee stops the clock and Griffin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thawatchai. Griffin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thawatchai lands with a slapping head kick.
Thawatchai lands with a slapping head kick.
Griffin is rocked!
Thawatchai moves into range and clinches up with Griffin.
Griffin is still on wobbly legs! Can Thawatchai finish him?
Thawatchai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thawatchai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Griffin's defenses.
Griffin looking to stall.
Griffin seems to have recovered his senses.
Thawatchai pushes off an throws an elbow but Griffin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thawatchai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thawatchai tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thawatchai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin taking a breather.
Thawatchai jumps guard but Griffin stands there with Thawatchai around his waist. Thawatchai gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thawatchai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thawatchai tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Griffin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Thawatchai has Griffin pressed against the cage.
Thawatchai lands an elbow inside.
Thawatchai wants to stall.
Griffin looking to slow down the pace here.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the head but Thawatchai blocks with his arms.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Thawatchai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thawatchai jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Griffin walks away with a smile on his face. Thawatchai gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Thawatchai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin tries to clinch but Thawatchai is having none of it.
Thawatchai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thawatchai throws a front kick that sends Griffin stumbling back into the cage.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Thawatchai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thawatchai throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely.
Thawatchai throws a nice head kick!
Thawatchai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thawatchai misses with a head kick.
Thawatchai sizes up Griffin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thawatchai connects with an inside leg kick.
Thawatchai bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffin's head.
Thawatchai looks to throw a body kick
and Griffin counters with a thumping low kick.
Thawatchai misses with a head kick.
Thawatchai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thawatchai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!
Griffin blocks a head kick by Thawatchai.
Thawatchai clinches.
Thawatchai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffin can do to turn this around?
Thawatchai is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Griffin to keep the fight standing.
Thawatchai is looking to control Griffin's arms but Griffin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thawatchai has his back to the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thawatchai as Griffin tries to tie him up.
Thawatchai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thawatchai tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thawatchai lands an elbow just above Griffin 's eye.
Thawatchai fails to pull guard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griffin as Thawatchai tries to tie him up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thawatchai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thawatchai pushes off an throws an elbow but Griffin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thawatchai tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Thawatchai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thawatchai tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thawatchai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thawatchai jumps guard but Griffin stands there with Thawatchai around his waist. Thawatchai gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Griffin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thawatchai misses with an elbow strike.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thawatchai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thawatchai lands a nice knee to the body.
Thawatchai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Thawatchai dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thawatchai. Griffin shrugs it off though.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Thawatchai keeps it at a distance.
Thawatchai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Griffin's head.
Griffin avoids the head kick by Thawatchai.
Thawatchai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thawatchai throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Griffin counters with a good low kick that Thawatchai was not able to check.
Thawatchai moves into the clinch.
Griffin stalling in the clinch but Thawatchai improves position.
Thawatchai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Griffin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Griffin just stands there and leans against the cage.
A knee to the head by Griffin.
Griffin avoiding damage.
Thawatchai fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin takes an elbow to the temple.
Thawatchai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thawatchai crunches a lovely knee into Griffin's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thawatchai jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Griffin walks away with a smile on his face. Thawatchai gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Thawatchai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thawatchai throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Griffin blocks a head kick by Thawatchai.
Griffin tries to clinch up
and Thawatchai counters with a leg kick.
Griffin moves out of range as Thawatchai throws a body kick.
Tony Thawatchai is winning the standup battle so far.
Thawatchai misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin tries to clinch up but Thawatchai circles away and keeps his distance.
Griffin wants to clinch up but Thawatchai keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin moves out of range of the body kick from Thawatchai.
Thawatchai throws the kick towards the body but Griffin avoids it.
Thawatchai throws a sloppy head kick
and Griffin counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thawatchai swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Griffin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thawatchai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick by Thawatchai misses
and Griffin counters with a body kick that stops Thawatchai in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thawatchai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thawatchai misses with a head kick.
Griffin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thawatchai counters with a nice low kick that buckles Griffin's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looks to clinch
and Thawatchai counters with an inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thawatchai.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Thawatchai pushes him off.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Thawatchai swats away the attempt to clinch by Griffin.
Thawatchai connects with a solid leg kick.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Thawatchai circles away.
Thawatchai throws a head kick that misses
and Griffin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Thawatchai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Griffin wants to clinch
and Thawatchai finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Thawatchai is predictable there
and Griffin counters with an outside leg kick.
Thawatchai tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Thawatchai tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thawatchai closes the distance and clinches.
Thawatchai is looking to control Griffin's arms but Griffin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thawatchai has his back to the cage.
Dwyane Griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thawatchai jumps guard but Griffin stands there with Thawatchai around his waist. Thawatchai gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin looking to throw knees to the head but Thawatchai is blocking nicely.
Thawatchai misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thawatchai is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Griffin to keep the fight standing.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thawatchai blocks it with crossed arms.
Thawatchai with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Thawatchai.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Thawatchai.
Well Thawatchai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Thawatchai!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tony Thawatchai waved his t-shirt featuring Backyard Fighting's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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