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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Briggs has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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276 lbs
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240 lbs
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Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Torre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Briggs wants to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Torre lands a nice short elbow.
Briggs has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Torre is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Torre winds up and cracks Briggs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Torre lands strikes from half guard.
Torre works his way into side control.
Briggs struggling a bit here.
Briggs looks gassed!
Briggs takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Torre wants to control but Briggs is keeping him busy.
Torre working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torre landing strikes.
Torre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Torre working the ground and pound.
Torre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Briggs down.
Briggs taking a bit of punishment here - Torre scoring with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torre cracks Briggs with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Torre in side control lands a decent elbow.
Briggs is not content to let Torre control the position.
Briggs is looking to reverse the position.
Torre scoring with punches from side control.
Briggs is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Torre has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Torre is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Torre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torre lands a few punches from side control.
Briggs takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Torre connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Briggs some visible discomfort.
Torre lands a nice forearm strike.
Torre working the ground and pound.
Briggs is trying to buck Torre off.
Torre lands a nice forearm strike.
Briggs is working to avoid the ground and pound but Torre connects with a decent elbow.
Torre has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Briggs!
Briggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Torre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Torre raining down shots from the mount!
Briggs working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torre unloading with bombs!
Briggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Torre raining down shots from the mount!
Torre landing punches.
Torre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Torre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Briggs tries to hold on but Torre postures up.
Torre unloading with bombs!
Torre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Torre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Torre landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Briggs hang on?
Torre lands a nice shot to the head.
Torre lands a big shot there that rocks Briggs but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Torre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Torre in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Briggs squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Briggs can't escape the position.
Torre is landing with some decent strikes but Briggs is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Torre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Torre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torre with good strikes from the mount here!
Torre landing punches.
Torre trying to control but Briggs is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Torre dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Torre swats away the attempt to clinch by Briggs.
Torre drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Torre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Torre with a nice head shot there.
Torre trying to control the position from guard on top but Briggs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Torre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Briggs bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Torre's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torre has control of Briggs's left arm, preventing Briggs from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Torre is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Torre has escaped and now he's on top!
Torre distracts Briggs with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Torre is working Briggs over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Briggs has momentary wrist control but Torre slips an elbow through the middle.
Torre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Briggs's head.
Torre scoring with punches to the head and body.
Torre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Torre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Briggs keeping full guard, as Torre tries to pass.
Torre throws a strike but Briggs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs postures up in Torre's guard and throws a big left but Torre blocks it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Torre holds on and takes a little breather.
Briggs wants to get up but he can't break Torre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Briggs wants to control from the top but Torre keeps moving.
Torre pulls Briggs in to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Torre wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Briggs tries to free his leg and advance position but Torre is retaining full guard.
Torre is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Torre wants to sweep here but Briggs controlling him for the moment.
Briggs trying to control but Torre is working from the bottom.
Briggs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Torre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Torre has Briggs pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Torre dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Torre shoots in for a takedown but Briggs shows good takedown defense.
Torre throws a right hand that Briggs ducks under and follows up with a left that Briggs also avoids with ease.
Briggs throws a sloppy head kick and Torre moves out of range easily.
Torre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Torre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Torre lands a nice short elbow.
Torre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Torre wants to work for an arm triangle but Briggs is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Torre stops Briggs from getting back to his feet.
Briggs on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torre is nestled in close to Briggs, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torre is nestled in close to Briggs, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Torre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Torre wants to take a breather but Briggs is having none of it.
Briggs is looking to control Torre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Briggs avoid being mounted?
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Briggs throws a head kick that misses.
Torre shoots in for a takedown but Briggs shows good takedown defense.
Briggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Torre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Torre works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Torre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Torre prevents Briggs from improving his position.
Christian Torre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torre drops an elbow to the side of Briggs's head.
Briggs taking some punishment here, with Torre in his half guard.
Briggs is trying to stand up here but Torre is controlling him well.
Briggs looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Torre slips a nice elbow through Briggs's hands, connecting with Briggs's forehead.
Briggs wants to improve his position but Torre is controlling well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Torre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Torre controlling from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Torre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torre throwing strikes here but Briggs is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Torre breaks from Briggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Torre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Briggs can do to turn this around?
Briggs tries to hold on but Torre pushes him away.
Torre cracks Briggs with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Briggs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Torre working Briggs over with strikes here.
Briggs tries to lock up and control but Torre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Torre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Torre raining down shots from the mount!
Torre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Briggs wants to hold on but Torre pushes him away.
Briggs is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Torre scoring with strikes but Briggs is staying in there.
Torre punishing his opponent with strikes.
Torre raining down shots from the mount!
Torre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Briggs tries to lock up and control but Torre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Torre with a couple of short strikes.
Torre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Briggs is desperately trying to improve his position but Torre has a good base and remains in mount.
Torre goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Briggs turns into him and now he's in Torre's guard.
Scott Briggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christian Torre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Briggs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Torre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Torre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Torre!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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