Post by The Sandmen on Feb 22, 2018 23:53:12 GMT -5
Forrest Griffin looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Andrei Arlovski is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Andrei Arlovski tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Forrest Griffin jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Andrei Arlovski gets sloppy and Forrest Griffin tries to take advantage...
Griffin moves forward looking for some action
Andrei Arlovski struggles a bit before breaking Griffin's attemp of grappling
Surprise roundhouse punch by Arlovski.
It looks like Griffin was hit by a bus!
Griffin's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
That punishment by Andrei Arlovski has left Griffin staggered! Andrei Arlovski should try push forward now and finish this!
0:32 Round 1 and Arlovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Arlovski jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Andrei Arlovski pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Arlovski's face while in the clinch!
Arlovski pushes Forrest Griffin with all his might as tries to keep the fight in striking range.
Arlovski is trying to counter now!
Arlovski begins to launch a barrage of punches over Griffin
this is getting worse and worse for Griffin
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
As the fight continues it seems that Andrei Arlovski is taking the best of the fight.
Arlovski tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Arlovski is clinching with Griffin.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Arlovski struggles and launches a few punches to Griffin's head
Those punches are hitting! Griffin covers his head!
Griffin's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Arlovski launches a few hard punches to Forrest Griffin's ribs!
Forrest Griffin's ribs shows the damage! Andrei Arlovski is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Arlovski tries to take Forrest Griffin down... Griffin stumbles backwards and Andrei Arlovski launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Griffin's jaw!
Forrest Griffin can't continue fighting. Dan Miragliotta doesn't allow him to continue fighting with his swollen right eye!
Winner is Andrei Arlovski by TKO (Stoppage - Swollen eye) at 1:32 Round 1
Statistics: Forrest Griffin
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Andrei Arlovski
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 6/10 (60%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
I mean, it was a doc stoppage, but Arlovski was gonna finish the dead-as-fuck Griffin at this stage.
Andrei Arlovski is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Andrei Arlovski tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Forrest Griffin jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Andrei Arlovski gets sloppy and Forrest Griffin tries to take advantage...
Griffin moves forward looking for some action
Andrei Arlovski struggles a bit before breaking Griffin's attemp of grappling
Surprise roundhouse punch by Arlovski.
It looks like Griffin was hit by a bus!
Griffin's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
That punishment by Andrei Arlovski has left Griffin staggered! Andrei Arlovski should try push forward now and finish this!
0:32 Round 1 and Arlovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Arlovski jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Andrei Arlovski pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Arlovski's face while in the clinch!
Arlovski pushes Forrest Griffin with all his might as tries to keep the fight in striking range.
Arlovski is trying to counter now!
Arlovski begins to launch a barrage of punches over Griffin
this is getting worse and worse for Griffin
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
As the fight continues it seems that Andrei Arlovski is taking the best of the fight.
Arlovski tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Arlovski is clinching with Griffin.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Arlovski struggles and launches a few punches to Griffin's head
Those punches are hitting! Griffin covers his head!
Griffin's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Arlovski launches a few hard punches to Forrest Griffin's ribs!
Forrest Griffin's ribs shows the damage! Andrei Arlovski is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Arlovski tries to take Forrest Griffin down... Griffin stumbles backwards and Andrei Arlovski launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Griffin's jaw!
Forrest Griffin can't continue fighting. Dan Miragliotta doesn't allow him to continue fighting with his swollen right eye!
Winner is Andrei Arlovski by TKO (Stoppage - Swollen eye) at 1:32 Round 1
Statistics: Forrest Griffin
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Andrei Arlovski
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 6/10 (60%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
I mean, it was a doc stoppage, but Arlovski was gonna finish the dead-as-fuck Griffin at this stage.