Manvel “The Anvil” Gamburyan came out and owned the first round by using aggression and superior strength to dictate the pace to Tyson Griffin. Unfortunately for the Anvil, he didn’t walk away with a whole lot of damage to show for his ownership. He certainly took the round, 10-9, but Griffin might’ve considered himself lucky.
I say “might’ve” because Tyson had an opportunity to come out and assert himself in the second round despite the excruciatingly slow start, but he didn’t appear to be doing so when my Facebook feed went dead. So I’ll leave it to you, fair viewers, to say whether the American was able to reverse the early course of the hostilities.
Because, based on the final scores, it would appear Griffin took Gamburyan into the deeper water and used his peerless stamina to squeeze out the unanimous decision. Sure didn’t look like that was going to be the outcome based on the first six or seven minutes, but that’s why the contests go 15.
Tyson Griffin defeats Manvel Gamburyan by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).