PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by The Claw. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Griffin
vs
Martel

170 cm
33
157 lbs
28 - 17 - 3

170 cm
40
145 lbs
45 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 28 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Martel!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin lands a two punch combo.
Griffin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Martel throws a looping overhand right but Griffin ducks down to avoid it.
Martel wants to slow Griffin down by chopping away at his legs.
Martel checks the leg kick.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Martel.
Martel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Griffin tries to clinch but Martel moves out of range.
Griffin misses with a hook.
Martel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Griffin prevents a body shot from Martel.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Griffin.
Griffin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Martel is out of range and Griffin settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel tries to work over Griffin's front leg with a kick but Griffin checks it.
Griffin scores with a push kick.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Griffin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good standup being displayed there by Martel as he connects with a hook.
Griffin moves in looking to clinch but Martel pushes him off.
Martel moves out of range of the body kick.
Martel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Griffin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Martel circles away.
Griffin tries to work over Martel's front leg with a kick but Martel checks it.
Martel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick from Griffin.
Griffin blocks a jab.

Griffin moves into the clinch successfully.
Griffin lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Griffin tries to throw a body punch but Martel avoids it by throwing Griffin back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Martel.
Martel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Griffin's efforts to push away.
Griffin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griffin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martel avoids it.
Martel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.

Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Martel slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Griffin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Martel lands a slapping body shot.
Griffin lands a jab to the nose.
Griffin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Griffin avoids the head kick by Martel.
Griffin lands with a nice body punch.
Martel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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.
Martel swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to clinch up.
Griffin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Griffin looks to clinch
and Martel counters with a stiff right hand.
Martel cracks Griffin with a good jab.
Martel looks for the body kick but Griffin saw that one coming.
Martel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffin. That did some damage!
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Martel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffin doesn't seem phased though.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.
Martel keeps the fight on the outside.
Martel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Griffin.
Martel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Griffin under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Griffin lands a nice hook to Martel's body. Martel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Griffin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Griffin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Griffin checks a leg kick.
Martel is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Griffin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martel manages to avoid it.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Martel moved away.
Griffin avoids the body shot from Martel.
Griffin throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martel. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Martel counters with a left to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Griffin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A leg kick checked by Martel.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Martel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Griffin will probably get the nod.
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.

Martel 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 tries to clinch up but Martel circles away and keeps his distance.
Martel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griffin was well out of range. Poor timing from Martel.
Jason Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin scores with a decent looking hook.
Martel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martel throws a head kick but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin lands a nice looking body shot.
Martel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Griffin doesn't seem bothered though.
Charles Martel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Griffin.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch but Martel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffin scores with a hook.
Martel scores with a jab.
Griffin tries to clinch there but Martel circles away.
Griffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martel throws a sloppy head kick and Griffin moves out of range easily.
Martel avoids the body shot from Griffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Martel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Griffin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Martel.
Martel checks a leg kick.
Griffin is looking to score with low kicks.
Griffin lands a nice looking body kick.
Martel misses with a hook.
Martel misses with a body shot
and Griffin counters with a nice body shot.
Martel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Griffin.
Martel is looking to land body kicks.
Griffin scores with a nice right hand.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Martel.
Griffin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Griffin moves into the clinch.
Martel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griffin or not.
Martel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martel misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griffin lands a left hand.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Martel can't find room to land a body shot as Griffin controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Martel.
Martel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martel.
Griffin lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griffin.
Griffin digs a right hand underneath Martel's ribcage. Martel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Martel cracks Griffin with a nice body shot.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin scores with a knee to the head.
Griffin is pushing Martel up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Martel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel is trying to maintain a safe position but Griffin gets an underhook and turns Martel into the cage.
Martel misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin lands a knee to the head.
Martel misses with a punch to the body.
Martel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Griffin gets through Martel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martel struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Martel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Griffin is trying to break the clinch but Martel is controlling him.
Martel has Griffin pressed against the cage.
Martel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martel is defending well for now.
Martel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martel tries to work over Griffin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martel managing to block the knees to the body from Griffin.
Good body shot from Martel.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Martel.
Griffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martel tries to break the clinch but Griffin is controlling the position.
Martel misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griffin's elbow.
Griffin lands a good knee to the midsection. Martel won't want to take too many of those.

Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Griffin is looking to wear down Martel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Griffin pushes Martel up against the cage in a clinch.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martel wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jason Griffin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Martel avoids a kick to the body.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Martel moved away.
Martel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffin's head.
Martel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martel swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
Martel checks a leg kick.
Martel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin misses with a leg kick.
Martel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Martel throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Jason Griffin has been cut.
The fighters circling - Griffin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Griffin closes the distance and pushes Martel back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martel lands a shot to the body.
Martel avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Griffin is predictable there
and Martel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Martel.
Griffin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Martel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin throws a head kick that half lands.
Martel misses with a body kick.
Griffin misses with a low kick.
Martel misses with a looping left.
Martel throws a head kick but Griffin moves out of range.
Martel misses with a wild body shot.
Martel misses with a wild body shot.
Charles Martel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martel was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffin.
Martel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice jab there from Martel.
Martel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Martel throws a head kick but Griffin moves out of range.
Martel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Griffin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Griffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Griffin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Griffin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martel tries to clinch but Griffin moves out of range.
Martel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Martel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Griffin.
Martel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martel stuns Griffin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griffin scores with a hook to the body. Martel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Martel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Martel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Griffin. That one must have hurt.
Martel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Griffin.
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Martel circles away.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martel.
Martel looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
Martel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
Martel throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Griffin sizes up Martel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Martel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griffin checks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Griffin.
Martel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffin.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin pushes Martel away with a front kick.
Griffin avoids a kick to the body.
Jason Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Martel throws a chopping leg kick but Griffin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Griffin.
Martel takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griffin looks for the body kick but Martel saw that one coming.
Martel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin misses with a body kick.
Martel blocks a low kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Martel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Griffin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jason Griffin!
Jason Griffin made sure to mention his sponsor, Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Charles Martel stepped up to the mic, saying 'My opponent was the better man tonight but that doesn't mean there's no after party. Come on down to the Spearmint Rhino, first lap dance is on me!'.