PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Griffin (ranked 2565 p4p, 3003 weight class) and Joao Oliveira (ranked 297 p4p, 343 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne ft. Elton John). Benjamin Griffin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joao Oliveira's chin.

Griffin
vs
Oliveira

170 cm
26
166
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
156
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Vegan Gains

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers -160Q

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benjamin Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joao Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oliveira shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Griffin to counter with a crisp jab.
Griffin swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Oliveira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oliveira missing with a left hand there. Griffin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oliveira connects with a body shot.
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin's corner calls for a 1-2. Griffin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a right hand that misses
and Griffin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Oliveira scores with the left hand. Griffin knows he should have avoided that one.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Oliveira feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Oliveira drops back looking for a leg! Griffin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Griffin manages to kick Oliveira off! Oliveira jumps back into Griffin's guard.

Oliveira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oliveira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Griffin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oliveira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Oliveira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oliveira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Oliveira drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Griffin manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Oliveira has Griffin in his guard.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Oliveira is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Griffin has his hands clasped together but Oliveira extends and breaks Griffin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Oliveira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joao Oliveira!
A victorious Joao Oliveira thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Benjamin Griffin stepped up to the mic, saying 'Nobody retires undefeated. I told the world that I was better than Sage but he was the better man tonight.'.