PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Riggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Jacksonville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Riggins is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Riggins
vs
Jacksonville

188 cm
22
193 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Riggins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felix Jacksonville!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riggins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Riggins has a takedown stuffed.
Riggins shoots for a double leg takedown but Jacksonville sprawls well. He's pushed Riggins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Riggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riggins stuffs the takedown attempt from Jacksonville. Jacksonville gets slowly back to his feet.
Riggins slips a jab and a cross from Jacksonville.
Nice uppercut lands for Jacksonville. That snapped Riggins's head back.
Jacksonville lands with a kick to the temple. Riggins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jacksonville lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jacksonville wants to clinch up but Riggins keeps it at a distance.
Riggins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jacksonville doesn't manage to clinch there - Riggins circles away.

Riggins closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jacksonville's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggins lands a couple of digs.
Riggins trying to control but Jacksonville is working from the bottom.
Riggins distracts Jacksonville with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jacksonville avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Jacksonville has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Riggins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jacksonville looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Riggins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Riggins with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Riggins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Jacksonville looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Riggins has picked Jacksonville up and slammed him! Jacksonville can't keep hold of the triangle and Riggins manages to pass to side control!
Jacksonville is looking for a sweep.
Jacksonville is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacksonville takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Riggins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Riggins working the ground and pound from side control.
Riggins has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jacksonville!
Riggins landing strikes from the mount.
Riggins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Riggins with the ground and pound from mount.
Riggins working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Riggins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jacksonville to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jacksonville shrugs it off.
Riggins raining down shots from the mount!
Riggins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Riggins lands with some strikes.
Riggins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacksonville takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Riggins dominating with strikes here.

Jacksonville is rocked!
Riggins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jacksonville is still in real trouble! Can Riggins finish him?
Jacksonville looks gassed!
Riggins scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jacksonville?
Jacksonville is in all sorts of trouble here.
Riggins lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jacksonville hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacksonville is in a horrible position here. Riggins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Riggins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Riggins is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Jacksonville goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Riggins!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tim Riggins!
Tim Riggins retains his middleweight title!