1st round- Tito looks in great condition and Forrest just looks happy to be out of the octagon with Anderson Silva. Josh Rosenthal is the referee for this main event. Forrest tags Tito with a left hand. Tito is playing defense during the early going. Forrest hits Tito again with a right hand and just misses with antoerh right. Tito gets the takedown and starts to deliver elbows, his specialty. Forrest is trying to grab ahold of Tito’s elbows. Forrest misses on the kimura but Tito grabs a takedown attempt before Forrest can get completely up. Forrest makes it to his feet and Tito pins him against the fence. Forrest reverses position and lands a knee to the thigh of Ortiz. They seperate and Forrest hits with a right hand and a leg kick. Tito fakes a takedown and gets tagged with a right and a left hand. Tio misses with his right hand. Forrest has his uppercut blocked. Forrest connects with a right hand but slips and loses his footing. Forrest gets double underhooks and pins Ortiz up against the fence for the last 10 seconds. **UNOFFICIAL SCORING** 10-9 Griffin; he just stayed more busy and connected on more of everything
2nd round- Tito begins to change levels and hits Forrest with a takedown and smothers him. Tito connects with at least four or five solid elbows in the first 20 seconds. Forrest is trying to control Tito’s hands. Forrest is stretching out Tito so that he cant get anymore offense going. They both get back to their feet, where Forrest misses with an overhand right. Tito misses with a takedown and Ortiz mouthpiece is punched out. An inside leg kick by Forrest gets the action going again. Tito hits with an overhand right and gets another takedown. Tito almost gets into full mount but Forrest keeps him off of him for the most part. Ortiz smothers Forrest again and keeps Forrest on his back. Forrest is working hard to get back to his feet. Ortiz cuts open Forrest with an elbow. Forrest gets out and now is on top of Tito. Forrest is bleeding badly and into the eyes of Ortiz as the 2nd round closes. **UNOFFICIAL SCORING** Ortiz 10-9; he controlled position and cut open Forrest with an elbow
3rd round- Forrest catches Tito with a left hand and a combination. Ortiz pushes his right hand in the face of Forrest. Forrest continues to stay busy with leg kicks and jabs. A leg kick by Ortiz is blocked. A right jab by Forrest is followed up with a body kick. Ortiz is getting picked apart with strikes. A takedown is stuffed by Forrest. Tito checks a leg kick and takes a body shot by Forrest. A combination connects into Ortiz face followed by a high kick which made Tito stumble. With only 1:30 left Tito continues to look at the clock. Tito fires back with a left hand but its answered with a right by Forrest. Ortiz is hit with a leg kick to the thigh. A leg kick by Tito is wnsweered with an uppercut by Forrest. Tito tries to clinch but Forrest denies him. They tee off on each other for the last ten seconds. **UNOFFICAL SCORING** 10-9 Griffin; UNOFFICIAL DECICION 29-28 Griffin
**OFFICIAL SCORING** Griffin over Ortiz via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
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