Post by The Sandmen on Dec 11, 2015 15:51:52 GMT -5
Randy Couture doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Forrest Griffin looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Couture is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
Forrest Griffin comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Randy Couture and Forrest Griffin touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin tries to bring the fight to the ground
Couture won't budge, forcing Griffin to pull guard.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Forrest Griffin blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Griffin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Couture is in closed guard... Griffin tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Randy Couture is in closed guard over Griffin
Couture is in closed guard... Griffin tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Randy Couture!
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Forrest Griffin in his guard...
Randy Couture moves to half guard.
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture attempts to move to full guard
Randy Couture manages to switch to full guard.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Not a desiderable position that Couture is in now. Forrest Griffin is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Griffin moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture tries to close the guard.
Couture put Forrest Griffin in closed guard.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Forrest Griffin uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Griffin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Forrest Griffin looks to posture up and open Randy Couture's guard...
Forrest Griffin forces Randy Couture to open his guard.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Griffin positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Couture's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Forrest Griffin tries to pass to half guard...
Randy Couture can't prevent his opponent from passing. Griffin looks to work from half guard.
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Forrest Griffin pushes Couture's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Griffin who is in full mount! Couture is in trouble now!
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to escape from the full mount...
Forrest Griffin is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Griffin tries to cover his face,
Griffin's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Griffin tries to move to full mount!
Couture won't allow him to take this position easily.
Griffin clumsily fails here and it's time for Randy Couture to fight back!
Couture measures the resilience of Griffin's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Griffin's side.
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Forrest Griffin looks to mount Randy Couture...
Forrest Griffin slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Griffin tries to cover his face,
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Forrest Griffin in his guard...
Randy Couture gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Couture measures the resilience of Griffin's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Griffin's side.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Griffin is in closed guard... Couture tries to roll on the ground!
Forrest Griffin uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Forrest Griffin uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
Griffin goes down.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over Griffin
Griffin tries to close his guard around Couture
He is not able to do it
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Griffin is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin
Couture throws a few hammer fists to the face of Forrest Griffin
Solid shots!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Griffin is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Griffin's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Griffin tries to stand up!
Couture doesn't allow him!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Randy Couture storms over Griffin with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Couture doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Griffin's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Forrest Griffin's Right eye
Griffin seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Randy Couture positions himself and tries to finish this!
Randy Couture storms Forrest Griffin's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Dan Miragliotta is asking Forrest Griffin to defend himself!
Randy Couture turns out the lights for Griffin! What an astonishing KO by Couture!
Griffin has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Randy Couture by KO (GnP) at 4:50 Round 1
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 26/47 (55%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 262 s
Statistics: Forrest Griffin
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 262 s
It didn;t look like FOrrest was really in the zone for Zenithing today, so he kinda just coasted. Randy is not one to tolerate coasting, so he finished Forrest up pretty quickly with a quick, efficient takedown and some Couture-esque GnP.
Forrest Griffin looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Couture is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
Forrest Griffin comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Randy Couture and Forrest Griffin touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin tries to bring the fight to the ground
Couture won't budge, forcing Griffin to pull guard.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Forrest Griffin blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Griffin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Couture is in closed guard... Griffin tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Randy Couture is in closed guard over Griffin
Couture is in closed guard... Griffin tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Randy Couture!
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Forrest Griffin in his guard...
Randy Couture moves to half guard.
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture attempts to move to full guard
Randy Couture manages to switch to full guard.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Not a desiderable position that Couture is in now. Forrest Griffin is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Griffin moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture tries to close the guard.
Couture put Forrest Griffin in closed guard.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Forrest Griffin uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Griffin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Forrest Griffin looks to posture up and open Randy Couture's guard...
Forrest Griffin forces Randy Couture to open his guard.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Griffin positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Couture's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Forrest Griffin is in open guard over Couture
Forrest Griffin tries to pass to half guard...
Randy Couture can't prevent his opponent from passing. Griffin looks to work from half guard.
Forrest Griffin is in half guard over Couture
Forrest Griffin pushes Couture's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Griffin who is in full mount! Couture is in trouble now!
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to escape from the full mount...
Forrest Griffin is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Griffin tries to cover his face,
Griffin's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Griffin tries to move to full mount!
Couture won't allow him to take this position easily.
Griffin clumsily fails here and it's time for Randy Couture to fight back!
Couture measures the resilience of Griffin's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Griffin's side.
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Forrest Griffin is in side mount over Randy Couture
Forrest Griffin looks to mount Randy Couture...
Forrest Griffin slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Griffin tries to cover his face,
Forrest Griffin is in full mount over Randy Couture
Randy Couture tries to roll to his side and trap Forrest Griffin in his guard...
Randy Couture gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Couture measures the resilience of Griffin's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Griffin's side.
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Griffin is in closed guard... Couture tries to roll on the ground!
Forrest Griffin uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Forrest Griffin is in closed guard over Couture
Randy Couture launches a few punches to Griffin's cheek from the guard.
Forrest Griffin uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Randy Couture tries to bring the fight to the ground
Griffin goes down.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over Griffin
Griffin tries to close his guard around Couture
He is not able to do it
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Griffin is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin
Couture throws a few hammer fists to the face of Forrest Griffin
Solid shots!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Griffin is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Griffin's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Griffin tries to stand up!
Couture doesn't allow him!
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Randy Couture storms over Griffin with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Couture doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Griffin's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Forrest Griffin's Right eye
Griffin seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Couture is in rear mount over Griffin with one hook in
Randy Couture positions himself and tries to finish this!
Randy Couture storms Forrest Griffin's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Dan Miragliotta is asking Forrest Griffin to defend himself!
Randy Couture turns out the lights for Griffin! What an astonishing KO by Couture!
Griffin has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Randy Couture by KO (GnP) at 4:50 Round 1
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 26/47 (55%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 262 s
Statistics: Forrest Griffin
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 262 s
It didn;t look like FOrrest was really in the zone for Zenithing today, so he kinda just coasted. Randy is not one to tolerate coasting, so he finished Forrest up pretty quickly with a quick, efficient takedown and some Couture-esque GnP.