PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Frankie Griggs (ranked 2628 p4p, 3190 weight class) and Wesley Taurus (ranked 322 p4p, 379 weight class). Griggs comes to the ring accompanied by Tank!- Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop Opening). Taurus has chosen Country Boy - Aaron Lewis as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griggs
vs
Taurus

185 cm
28
177
18 - 16 - 0

183 cm
29
180
21 - 17 - 2

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Katman Drip Inc.

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frankie Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wesley Taurus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taurus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taurus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Taurus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Taurus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Griggs's head backwards.
Taurus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taurus lands a body shot.
Griggs looks to land a combination but Taurus avoids it well.
Taurus has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Griggs is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Griggs throws a right hand that Taurus ducks under and follows up with a left that Taurus also avoids with ease.
Taurus delivers a nice body kick.
Taurus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griggs misses with a body shot.
Griggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taurus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taurus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taurus scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs tries to move into range but Taurus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A shot to the liver by Taurus. Beautiful body shot.
Griggs misses with a series of wild punches.
Griggs throws a big shot that misses.
Griggs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taurus.
Taurus lunges at Griggs with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griggs's hand.
Taurus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Griggs takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Griggs takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Some wild striking there from Griggs.
Taurus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Griggs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griggs is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Griggs throws a series of punches but Taurus avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Taurus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Taurus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Taurus connects with a looping right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Taurus.
Griggs walks into a straight right hand from Taurus.
Taurus tries a head kick but it misses.
Griggs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Griggs walks into a straight right hand from Taurus.
Taurus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Griggs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taurus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Griggs misses with the combination.
Griggs misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Taurus dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Taurus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griggs.
Taurus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Taurus.
Griggs throws a right hand that Taurus ducks under and follows up with a left that Taurus also avoids with ease.
Griggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taurus.
Taurus is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Taurus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taurus lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griggs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griggs throws a leg kick
and Taurus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Taurus scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taurus momentarily.
Taurus lands a jab to the head.
Frankie Griggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griggs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Wesley Taurus has been cut.
Taurus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Taurus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Griggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jab, jab by Taurus - just one landing.
Griggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griggs scores with a big combo that sends Taurus crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Taurus flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Griggs jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frankie Griggs!
During a confident post fight interview, Frankie Griggs thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.