PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Nixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nixon has chosen The Upsetters - Dread Lion as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Briggs
vs
Nixon

163 cm
25
171 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
175 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Nixon!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Briggs is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Briggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nixon misses with a hook.
Briggs takes one on the button.
Briggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nixon moves away.
Briggs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Briggs throws a sloppy head kick
and Briggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Briggs throws a lazy head kick
and Nixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Jonathan Briggs has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Briggs.
No luck for Briggs with that takedown attempt.
Nixon looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Briggs throws a head kick but Nixon moves out of range.
Briggs throws a head kick but Nixon moves out of range.
Briggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nixon just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon lands a lovely overhand right.
Nixon throws a good cross that connects.
Nixon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Briggs doesn't seem bothered though.
Briggs throws a lazy head kick
letting Nixon counter with a right hand.
Briggs avoids the body shot from Nixon.
Nixon connects with an inside leg kick.
Nixon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nixon misses with a leg kick.

Briggs scores with a takedown into Nixon's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nixon is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Briggs wants to control from the top but Nixon keeps moving.
Nixon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Nixon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nixon looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Richard Nixon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nixon tries to clinch but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs misses with a head kick.
Briggs walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nixon.
Briggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon is looking to score with low kicks.
Briggs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nixon avoids the head kick by Briggs.
Jonathan Briggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Briggs misses
and Nixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nixon misses with a body kick.
Briggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Briggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Richard Nixon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Briggs closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nixon circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Briggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nixon ducks under a wild hook from Briggs.
Briggs throws a head kick that misses.
Briggs dives in and grabs Nixon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nixon pushes down on Briggs's head and hops out.
Briggs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Briggs is breathing heavily.
Nixon lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nixon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nixon scores with a jab to the body.
Nixon throws a front kick that sends Briggs stumbling back into the cage.
Nice jab there from Nixon.
Nixon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nixon thows a body kick. Briggs tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nixon lands the left hand.

Briggs is rocked!

Jonathan Briggs's cut is getting worse.
Briggs takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Oh Briggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A solid body kick from Nixon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nixon lands a body shot.

Nixon drops Briggs with a beautiful combination! Briggs stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nixon is looking for the KO!

Nixon moves into the clinch.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Briggs's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Nixon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Briggs's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nixon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Briggs if he has to take too many more of those.
Briggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Nixon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nixon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Briggs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nixon. That's going to slow Briggs down.
Nixon throws a good cross that connects.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Briggs throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Briggs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Briggs walks into a stiff left hand from Nixon.
Briggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nixon.
Nixon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Briggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nixon lands with an uppercut that bounces Briggs off the cage and back into range.
Briggs throws a hook but Nixon avoids it easily.
Briggs misses with a jab to the body
and Nixon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Briggs ducks right into an uppercut from Nixon.
Nixon digs a good body shot into Briggs's ribs.

Nixon lands a big uppercut and Briggs crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Briggs looks OK. Nixon waves Briggs back to his feet!
Richard Nixon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Briggs takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Briggs takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nixon walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Briggs drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Nixon swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Briggs's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Nixon!
Richard Nixon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.