PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Gryffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Hankey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gryffin comes to the cage accompanied by MAtheo. Hankey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DJ Zany - Be on your way kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gryffin
vs
Hankey

188 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gabriel Gryffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ted Hankey!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gryffin clinches.
Gryffin is trying to push Hankey away but Hankey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gryffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gryffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hankey has him pressed against the cage.
Hankey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gryffin's efforts to push away.
Gryffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Hankey.
Gryffin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gryffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hankey has him pressed against the cage.
Gryffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gryffin tries to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Hankey scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gryffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gryffin goes for a double leg but Hankey avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hankey continues to drive forward.
Hankey tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hankey pushes Gryffin up against the cage in a clinch.
Gryffin is trying to push Hankey away but Hankey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gryffin tries to circle away but Hankey has him pinned against the cage.
Hankey prevents Gryffin from breaking the clinch.
Gryffin has had enough of the clinch but Hankey keeps him there for the moment.
Gryffin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryffin is trying to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling him.
Gryffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hankey looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hankey keeps control of Gryffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Hankey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gryffin is trying to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling him.
Gryffin is trying to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling him.
Hankey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gryffin's efforts to push away.
Gryffin has had enough of the clinch but Hankey keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hankey.
Gryffin is trying to force a seperation but Hankey has the dominant position.
Hankey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gryffin working hard to break the clinch.
Gryffin tries to break free but Hankey pushes him back against the cage.
Gryffin tries to circle away but Hankey has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hankey.
Gryffin is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Hankey scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Gryffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hankey has Gryffin pressed against the cage, preventing Gryffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hankey lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Hankey on the inside.
Hankey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gryffin backwards.
Gryffin tries to break free but Hankey pushes him back against the cage.
Gryffin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gryffin working hard to break the clinch.
Gryffin is trying to break the clinch but Hankey is controlling him.
A short left from Hankey.

Gryffin is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hankey unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Gryffin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hankey is unloading with more strikes now! Gryffin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Hankey!