PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artem Korotkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Korotkov
vs
Griffin

190 cm
32
200 lbs
9 - 14 - 0

191 cm
27
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BlackStar Athletics

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 9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Korotkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korotkov shoots in for a double leg but Griffin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Korotkov walks into a left hand.
Griffin misses with a shot to the body
and Korotkov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Griffin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Korotkov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Griffin thuds a left hand into Korotkov's body.

Korotkov rushes Griffin and presses him up against the cage.
Griffin's coach down at Beat Down Under was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Griffin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Griffin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Korotkov backwards.
Griffin scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Korotkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griffin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Griffin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Griffin presses Korotkov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Korotkov moves into the clinch.
Griffin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Griffin drops Korotkov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Korotkov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Korotkov is rocked!
Korotkov is breathing heavily.
Griffin creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Korotkov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Korotkov drops to his knees and Griffin pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Larry Griffin!
Larry Griffin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.