PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larson Greenwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scoop Riggleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greenwood comes to the cage accompanied by Urge Overkill - Girl you'll be a woman soon. Scoop Riggleman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Greenwood
vs
Riggleman

195 cm
23
223 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larson Greenwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scoop Riggleman!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greenwood punishes Riggleman's body with a nice straight punch.
Riggleman misses with a straight right.
Greenwood scores with a decent looking hook.
Greenwood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Greenwood tries to clinch there but Riggleman circles away.
Riggleman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Greenwood as he connects with a hook.
Riggleman looks to land a right hand but Greenwood moved out of range.
Riggleman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Riggleman moves out of range as Greenwood strikes.
Riggleman misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greenwood moves out of range as Riggleman strikes.
Greenwood tries to clinch but Riggleman moves out of range.
Riggleman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Greenwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Riggleman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Greenwood tries to clinch but Riggleman is having none of it.
Riggleman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Riggleman throws a looping overhand right but Greenwood ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Greenwood.
Riggleman keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Greenwood misses the target.
Riggleman misses the body punch

and Greenwood counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Greenwood.
A frustrated look appears on Riggleman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Riggleman working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greenwood.
Riggleman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Greenwood lands with a left to the head.

Riggleman manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Greenwood is stalling in the full guard.

Greenwood gets to his feet - Riggleman follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggleman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Riggleman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riggleman just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greenwood with a nice cross.
Greenwood is looking to clinch.
Greenwood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greenwood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Riggleman.
Greenwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riggleman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greenwood counters with a one-two to the body.
Riggleman throws a combination that misses
and Greenwood counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riggleman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Greenwood.
Greenwood is looking to clinch but Riggleman is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larson Greenwood dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Riggleman swings for the body but Greenwood moves out of range.
Greenwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Greenwood tries to clinch up.
Larson Greenwood is winning the standup battle so far.
Greenwood stuffs the takedown.
Riggleman looks for a takedown but Greenwood sprawls well.
Riggleman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Greenwood tries to avoid it but Riggleman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Greenwood to the ground. Greenwood escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Larson Greenwood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scoop Riggleman.
Greenwood scores with a jab to the head.
Larson Greenwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Greenwood misses its intended target.
Riggleman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greenwood counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greenwood throws a jab when Riggleman was well out of range.
Greenwood ducks under a wild hook from Riggleman.
Riggleman dives in and grabs Greenwood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Greenwood pushes down on Riggleman's head and hops out.
Larson Greenwood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice cross by Greenwood.
Greenwood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Riggleman misses with a straight left.
Greenwood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greenwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Riggleman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Greenwood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Greenwood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Riggleman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Greenwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Greenwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greenwood is looking to clinch.

Riggleman is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Greenwood's half guard.
Riggleman is looking to stall here but Greenwood recovers full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggleman throws and elbow that misses. Greenwood uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Riggleman's guard. Nice move by Greenwood!
Riggleman wants to get back to his feet but Greenwood is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larson Greenwood dominated that second round.
That's time! Greenwood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Greenwood tries to clinch but Riggleman is having none of it.
Greenwood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Riggleman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Greenwood's guard.
Riggleman throws a strike but Greenwood rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Greenwood has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Riggleman is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greenwood won't allow Riggleman to get back to his feet.
Riggleman has a closed guard, preventing Greenwood from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Greenwood wants to control from the top but Riggleman keeps moving.
Riggleman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scoop Riggleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenwood stops Riggleman from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Riggleman misses.
Riggleman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greenwood.
Riggleman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Greenwood is able to avoid easily.
Riggleman swats away the attempt to clinch by Greenwood.
Larson Greenwood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riggleman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Greenwood's waist but Greenwood gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Riggleman off to one side.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Riggleman throws a combination. Greenwood tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Greenwood lands an overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scoop Riggleman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Greenwood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larson Greenwood!