PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Riggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Derek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derek is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Наша Раша. Christian Derek will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Riggins
vs
Derek

180 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

206 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Fiat NOX

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rob Riggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Derek!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riggins tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Riggins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riggins throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Riggins wants to clinch.
Rob Riggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riggins doesn't manage to clinch there - Derek circles away.
Derek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Derek blocks a head kick by Riggins.
Riggins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derek keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riggins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riggins is looking to clinch.
Riggins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riggins wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riggins wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Riggins moves in looking to clinch but Derek pushes him off.
Riggins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Derek is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Riggins tries to clinch up.
Riggins looks to score with a jab to the body but Derek is just out of range.
Riggins throws a sloppy head kick and Derek moves out of range easily.
Derek swats away the attempt to clinch by Riggins.

Riggins darts in and clinches Derek up against the cage.
Riggins tries to land knees in the clinch but Derek avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riggins.

Derek jumps into guard, dragging Riggins to the mat.
Riggins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derek wants to get back to his feet but Riggins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Riggins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Riggins throws and elbow that misses. Derek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Riggins's guard. Nice move by Derek!
Riggins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggins is wriggling around but Derek manages to pass to half guard.
Riggins wants to stand back up but Derek manages to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Riggins trying to remain calm as Derek controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Riggins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Riggins is looking to clinch but Derek is avoiding it.
Riggins misses with a body kick.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch but Derek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riggins tries to clinch but Derek moves out of range.
Riggins wants to clinch up but Derek keeps it at a distance.
Derek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Riggins is fending him off so far but Derek persists. Nope, Riggins circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riggins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggins wants to clinch.
Riggins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riggins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derek swats away the attempt to clinch by Riggins.
Riggins throws a head kick but Derek moves out of range.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Riggins rushes Derek and presses him up against the cage.
Riggins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riggins misses with an elbow strike.
Riggins taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Riggins misses with a knee to the head.
Riggins slowing the pace effectively.
Riggins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Riggins crunches a lovely knee into Derek's ribcage.
Derek tries to pull guard but Riggins holds him up against the cage and eventually Derek drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Riggins leaning against his opponent.
Riggins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Riggins.
Riggins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Derek avoids the elbow strike from Riggins, against the cage.
Derek tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rob Riggins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Derek.
Riggins throws an elbow that misses.
Riggins throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Riggins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Derek manages to pull guard.
Derek trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derek wants to get back to his feet but Riggins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Riggins being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Riggins trying to control but Derek is working from the bottom.
Riggins postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rob Riggins will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Riggins moves in looking to clinch but Derek pushes him off.
Riggins throws a head kick but Derek moves out of range.
Riggins throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riggins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derek avoids the head kick by Riggins.
Derek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riggins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riggins is looking to clinch.
Derek avoids the head kick by Riggins.
Riggins fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggins fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Derek.
Riggins tries to clinch up but Derek circles away and keeps his distance.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riggins tries to close the distance and clinch but Derek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Riggins has Derek up against the cage in a clinch.
Riggins content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Riggins connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Derek tries to pull guard but Riggins holds him up against the cage and eventually Derek drops back down to his feet.

Derek manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derek pulls Riggins in close to his closed guard and prevents Riggins from doing any damage or advancing position.
Let's hope that Derek has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggins wanted to stand there but Derek had control of the position.
Derek is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Christian Derek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Derek keeping moving, preventing Riggins from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rob Riggins.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Riggins, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Riggins!