PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Momcilo Bajagic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Griffith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bajagic
vs
Griffith

193 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Momcilo Bajagic!
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, Christian Griffith!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Griffith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Griffith should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Griffith has Bajagic pressed against the cage, preventing Bajagic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Griffith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bajagic was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Griffith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Griffith wants a takedown.

Griffith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bajagic is fending him off so far but Griffith persists. Nope, Bajagic circles away and we're back to standing.
Bajagic throws a hook but Griffith blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Griffith gets a takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Griffith seems content to control.
Bajagic is looking to control Griffith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bajagic avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffith has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Griffith looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bajagic avoids a series of strikes thrown by Griffith.
Griffith content just to control the position here.
Bajagic is controlling an arm, preventing Griffith from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Griffith controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffith seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Bajagic is holding on tight.
Griffith content just to control the position here.
Griffith takes Bajagic's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Bajagic is in trouble.
Good control from Griffith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bajagic is trying to defend against the choke here but Griffith has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Griffith Tightens the hold and Bajagic taps out furiously! Griffith displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Christian Griffith!