PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers has chosen Superman as his entrance music. Derek Riggs could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marshall Mathers's chin.

Riggs
vs
Mathers

177 cm
26
168 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

180 cm
35
165 lbs
22 - 9 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute
Perkele!

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Mathers!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Mathers there.
Riggs looks to throw the jab but Mathers is out of range.
Riggs cracks Mathers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Riggs lands a lovely overhand right.
Mathers drops his hands momentarily and Riggs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mathers manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Riggs lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mathers doesn't seem phased though.
Mathers looks to score with a jab to the body but Riggs is just out of range.
Riggs looks to land a left hand but Mathers moved out of range nicely.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mathers moves away.
Mathers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mathers moves out of range of the strikes.
Mathers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Riggs under the eye.
Mathers staying out of range there.
Mathers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mathers.
Riggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Mathers.
Riggs looks to land a right hand but Mathers moved out of range.
Riggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mathers.
Mathers throws out a loose jab but Riggs uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mathers.
Mathers throws a head kick that misses.
Mathers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riggs moves away.
Mathers connects with a solid leg kick.
Riggs slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riggs. Mathers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riggs throws a hook but Mathers blocks it.
Riggs throws out a loose jab but Mathers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mathers swings for the body but Riggs moves out of range.
Mathers misses with a wild body shot.
Mathers looks to land a left hand but Riggs moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Mathers.
Riggs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mathers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riggs doesn't seem bothered though.
Mathers stuns Riggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mathers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs lands a glancing blow to the side of Mathers's head.
Riggs misses with a hook. Mathers ducked under it nicely.
Mathers ducks under a wild hook from Riggs.
Mathers moves out of range as Riggs strikes.
Mathers jabs Riggs right on the nose. Riggs blinks but takes it well.
Riggs throws a shot to the body.
Mathers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Riggs as he jumps to the side.
Mathers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mathers clobbers Riggs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mathers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Riggs scores with a jab to the body.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mathers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Riggs getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Riggs.
Riggs misses the shot to the body.
Mathers slips under a jab.
Mathers takes one to the chin there.
Mathers 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.
Mathers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mathers throws a lazy right hand but Riggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mathers throws a push kick but Riggs slaps the foot to one side.
Riggs paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Riggs checks the leg kick.
Mathers misses with a straight left.
Nice shot lands for Riggs.
Riggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mathers.
The fighters circling - Riggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Riggs misses with a hook. Mathers ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mathers throws out the jab.
Riggs walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers slips under a jab.
Mathers thuds his shin into the meat of Riggs's side.
Riggs lands a right hook to the body.
Riggs misses with a two punch combination.
Mathers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Riggs tries to move into range but Mathers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mathers connects with a solid leg kick.
Mathers shoots in for a takedown but Riggs shows good takedown defense.
A slow jab from Riggs misses its intended target.
Riggs moves into range and connects with a jab.
Riggs throws the left hand but Mathers avoids the punch easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mathers, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mathers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Riggs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mathers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Derek Riggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mathers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Derek Riggs will probably get the nod.
That's time! Riggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mathers lands a jab to Riggs's midsection.
Nice defenses there by Mathers.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mathers, as that shot connected.
Mathers throws a head kick that misses.
Mathers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riggs throws out a loose jab but Mathers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riggs throws an overhand right that lands on Mathers's shoulder, as Mathers tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Mathers misses.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riggs loads up on a big right hand but Mathers slips the punch.
Riggs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riggs connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Derek Riggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Mathers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Riggs under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mathers will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mathers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Mathers cracks Riggs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mathers throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a left hand
and Mathers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mathers scoring well with a low kick there.
Mathers throws a head kick but Riggs moves out of range.
Mathers just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mathers lands with a good body shot.
Mathers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Riggs on the side of the head.
Mathers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Mathers cracks a nice hook into Riggs's ribs.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mathers.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Riggs sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mathers scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ground and pound from Mathers seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Riggs is holding Mathers down, trying to stall.
Check out the look on Mathers's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mathers throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Riggs is not content to let Mathers control the position.

Mathers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Riggs is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mathers working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Riggs manages to get back to half guard.
Mathers throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mathers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Riggs trying to control here.
Riggs slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Riggs keeping moving, preventing Mathers from controlling successfully.
Mathers throwing strikes but missing.
Mathers throwing strikes from guard but Riggs blocks nicely.
Riggs keeping moving, preventing Mathers from controlling successfully.
Riggs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mathers postures up in Riggs's guard and throws a big left but Riggs blocks it.
Mathers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Riggs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Riggs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mathers is trying to get back to full guard.
Marshall Mathers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Riggs with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mathers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Riggs is working away from the top position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mathers is not content to let Riggs control the position.
Riggs wants to pass to mount but Mathers is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Mathers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Riggs misses with a wild body shot.
Mathers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Riggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mathers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riggs.
The fighters circling - Mathers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathers throws a body punch but Riggs moves out of range.
Riggs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Riggs blocks a head kick by Mathers.

Mathers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Riggs sprawls well initially but Mathers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Riggs moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mathers looking to pass the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Riggs is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs wants to control from the top but Mathers keeps moving.
Mathers is trying to control the position but Riggs postures up.
Riggs makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Riggs passes into half guard.
Mathers is looking to improve his position.
Mathers slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Riggs wants to control from the top but Mathers keeps moving.
Mathers pulls Riggs in close to prevent any damage.
Riggs passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs working the head and body with strikes.
Mathers moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Riggs throws a big right hand that misses.
Riggs passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mathers gets full guard.
Riggs preventing the sweep.
Mathers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Riggs is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Riggs hang on?
Mathers avoids the attempt from Riggs to control.
Mathers cracks Riggs with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Riggs tries to reverse the position but Mathers maintains control.
Mathers landing strikes from the mount.
Mathers landing strikes from the mount.
Riggs is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riggs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mathers landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mathers raining down shots from the mount!
Mathers with a couple of short strikes.
Riggs can't escape the position.
Mathers is landing with some decent strikes but Riggs is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Riggs tries to hold on but Mathers postures up.
Mathers with a couple of short strikes.

Riggs is rocked!
Mathers loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Riggs scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Mathers land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Mathers stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Mathers!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marshall Mathers waved his t-shirt featuring 5th Round Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.