PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sick Puppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riggs is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hot Iron & The Lead Sled. This should be a great matchup!

Puppy
vs
Riggs

173 cm
36
166 lbs
25 - 19 - 2

177 cm
37
154 lbs
38 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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GREEN!160
Spartan Nutrition

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 25 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Sick Puppy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Riggs!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puppy with a nice cross.
Puppy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Riggs.

Puppy darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Puppy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Riggs has hold of Puppy's hands but Puppy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Puppy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Puppy seems to be working for a kimura but Riggs defends the submission attempt.
Riggs holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puppy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Riggs is doing well to control the position and prevent Puppy from advancing to side control.
Puppy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riggs is refusing to be controlled, as Puppy sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Puppy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Puppy's back!
Puppy wants to get back to his feet.
Puppy tries to escape the position.
Riggs controlling the position well here. Puppy rolled but Riggs kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Puppy rolls, trying to escape but Riggs keeps control of the position.
Puppy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Puppy trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Puppy turns into Riggs and is now in his guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riggs throws a solid leg kick but Puppy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Riggs.
Puppy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Riggs has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Riggs swings away with a body shot that misses
and Puppy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puppy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Riggs swivels and escapes.
Riggs connects with a single shot there.
Martin Riggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puppy tries to clinch but Riggs moves out of range.
Riggs 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.
Riggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Riggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riggs drops his hands momentarily and Puppy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puppy lands with a shot to the body.
Riggs slips a straight right by Puppy.
Nice shot lands for Puppy.
Sick Puppy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riggs lands with a nice body punch.
Riggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puppy.
Puppy missing with a left hand there. Riggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riggs replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Puppy blocks it well.
Puppy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Riggs misses.
A shot to the liver by Riggs. Beautiful body shot.
Riggs throws out a powerful jab.
Riggs lands with a hook. Puppy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Puppy throws a jab but it's blocked by Riggs.
Riggs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Riggs cracks Puppy with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Riggs is predictable there
and Riggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riggs misses with a left hand
and Puppy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puppy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Riggs throws a sloppy head kick and Puppy moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Puppy drives through with a takedown into Riggs's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Puppy throws a strike but Riggs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Puppy wants to hit a switch here but Riggs passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Puppy there!
Puppy wants to hold on but Riggs pushes him away.
Riggs moves to the back position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Puppy is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sick Puppy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Puppy jabs at Riggs's body.
Puppy throws a jab but it's blocked by Riggs.
Riggs misses with an uppercut
enabling Puppy to counter with a crisp jab.
Riggs will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Riggs is predictable there
and Puppy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A low kick from Puppy is predictable there
and Riggs counters with a good, hard body kick but Puppy shrugs it off.
Riggs avoids the body shot from Puppy.
Puppy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riggs can do to turn this around?
Riggs thows a leg kick but Puppy checks it

and Puppy counters by clinching up.

Riggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puppy doesn't manage to clinch there - Riggs circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Riggs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Riggs throws a head kick that misses.
Puppy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puppy throws the left hand but Riggs avoids the punch easily.

Puppy pushes Riggs up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs throws a head punch that misses.
Riggs is trying to break free.
Riggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Puppy controls his hands.
Riggs prevents a body shot from Puppy.
Puppy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riggs backwards.
Puppy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Puppy taking a breather.
Riggs lands a nice uppercut.

Riggs manages to break the clinch.
Puppy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Riggs gets caught flat footed, as Puppy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riggs wants to sweep but no luck.
Puppy scoring with some ground and pound.
Puppy trying to control the position from guard on top but Riggs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Puppy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Puppy trying to control but Riggs is working from the bottom.
Puppy looking to pass the guard.
Puppy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Puppy misses with a takedown attempt - Riggs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riggs throws out a leg kick but Puppy moves out of range and Riggs only half commits.
Puppy is looking to clinch but Riggs is avoiding it.
Riggs throws a push kick but Puppy slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puppy ducks under a wild hook from Riggs.
Riggs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puppy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riggs throws a right and a left that Puppy avoids nicely.
Riggs throws a shot from downtown. Puppy moves away and avoids it.
Riggs throws a leg kick that misses.
Puppy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riggs. That did some damage!
Riggs throws a low kick but Puppy moves out of range easily.
Puppy misses with a looping left.
Riggs misses with a wild body shot.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs connects with an inside leg kick.
Riggs on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Puppy misses with an uppercut. Riggs saw that one coming.
Riggs moves out of range of the strikes.
Puppy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Puppy.
Riggs scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riggs walks into a stiff left hand from Puppy.
Riggs goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Puppy throws a hook but Riggs avoids it easily.
Puppy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riggs.

Puppy clinches up with Riggs and pushes him back against the cage.
Puppy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Puppy controls his hands.
Puppy lands with a short shot to the head.
Riggs digs a right hand into Puppy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puppy's gas tank.
Puppy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puppy lands a shoulder strike.

Riggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Riggs finds it's target.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puppy manages to avoid it.
Puppy misses with a right hand
and Puppy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riggs looks to land a right hand but Puppy moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sick Puppy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Riggs lands with a nice body punch.
Riggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puppy.
Riggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puppy.
Puppy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Riggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Riggs.
Riggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puppy.
Nice defenses there by Riggs.
Puppy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riggs.
Riggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Puppy, as that shot connected.

Puppy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Riggs's half guard.
Puppy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Puppy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Riggs is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puppy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Puppy sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Riggs wants to get back to his feet.
Puppy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Riggs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Martin Riggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Puppy controlling from the full mount.
Riggs is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Puppy can't control as he wanted to and Riggs manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Riggs trying to control here.
Puppy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riggs keeps working.
Puppy looks to land a strike but Riggs avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Puppy misses with a left hand
and Riggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Puppy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Puppy.
Puppy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Puppy 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.
Puppy lands a nice looking body kick.
Puppy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs scores with a kick to the body.
Sick Puppy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riggs throws a shot from downtown. Puppy moves away and avoids it.
Riggs throws out a leg kick but Puppy moves out of range and Riggs only half commits.

Puppy gets a takedown into half guard.
Puppy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puppy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Riggs does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, if Puppy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Puppy stops Riggs from getting back to his feet.

Riggs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sick Puppy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Riggs is positioning himself well to prevent Puppy advancing to mount.
Puppy not doing much here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Riggs is looking to escape.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

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 Sick Puppy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Puppy, 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sick Puppy!
A very excited looking Sick Puppy rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.