PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Fawkes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin has chosen Get Low as his entrance music. Peter Griffin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fawkes
vs
Griffin

172 cm
24
158 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

184 cm
34
164 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

FORCEE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gareth Fawkes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fawkes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Griffin misses.
Fawkes lands a body shot.
A jab lands there for Griffin.
Griffin misses with a hook
and Fawkes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Griffin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fawkes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fawkes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fawkes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fawkes throws an overhand right that lands on Griffin's shoulder, as Griffin tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fawkes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Griffin there.
Fawkes tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a jab to the body
and Fawkes counters with a series of strikes. Griffin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fawkes throws a wild body kick that Griffin sees coming a mile off.
Fawkes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fawkes.
Decent striking displayed by Griffin there.
Fawkes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griffin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fawkes lands a nice looking body shot.
Fawkes throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fawkes throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.

Griffin rushes Fawkes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fawkes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin avoiding damage.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Fawkes breaks the clinch.
Fawkes blocks a jab.
Griffin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Griffin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fawkes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Griffin misses with a looping right.
Fawkes throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Griffin counters with a series of strikes. Fawkes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Griffin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Griffin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fawkes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Fawkes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fawkes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Griffin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fawkes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fawkes moves away from the strike by Griffin.
Fawkes throws an off balance right hand
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fawkes misses with a body kick.
Fawkes misses with a left hand
and Fawkes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Griffin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fawkes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fawkes misses with a straight left.
Fawkes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Fawkes looks to throw a body kick
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffin misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fawkes throws a series of punches but Griffin avoids them all with ease.
Fawkes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffin's head.
Griffin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fawkes throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Griffin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fawkes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peter Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fawkes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Griffin is out of range.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fawkes.
Fawkes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Fawkes.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fawkes with a nice cross.

Griffin is rocked!
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 Gareth Fawkes will probably get the nod.
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 swings for the body but Fawkes moves out of range.
Griffin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fawkes.
Fawkes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fawkes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gareth Fawkes is winning the standup battle so far.
Griffin throws a jab when Fawkes was well out of range.
Fawkes throws a big shot that misses.
Fawkes lands a jab.
Griffin is still on wobbly legs! Can Fawkes finish him?
Crunch! Fawkes slams his shin into Griffin's torso.
Griffin walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Fawkes swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gareth Fawkes!
The defeated Peter Griffin had this to say: 'I'll put on a better show next time for you all, mark my words!'.