PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stuart Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irving Sokolsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irving Sokolsky looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Riggs
vs
Sokolsky

153 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
173 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stuart Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Irving Sokolsky!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokolsky tries to clinch up.
Riggs half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sokolsky tries to clinch up.
Riggs attempts a counter takedown but Sokolsky avoids it well and moves away.
Sokolsky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sokolsky tries to clinch up but Riggs circles away and keeps his distance.
Sokolsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riggs throws a big counter combination but Sokolsky scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Riggs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sokolsky tries to clinch but Riggs moves out of range.
Sokolsky is looking to clinch but Riggs is avoiding it.
Riggs drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sokolsky sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sokolsky darts in trying to clinch

and Riggs counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sokolsky won't be happy with that.

Riggs is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sokolsky is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riggs tries for a kimura but Sokolsky is defending well.

Riggs stands up.
Riggs circles away from the clinch attempt

so Riggs counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Riggs throwing strikes from guard but Sokolsky blocks nicely.
Riggs is looking to work some ground and pound but Sokolsky has wrist control.

Riggs drops back looking for a leg! Sokolsky is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sokolsky manages to kick Riggs off! Riggs jumps back into Sokolsky's guard.
Sokolsky looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs scoring with some ground and pound.
Riggs postures up and lands a big shot to Sokolsky's brow.
Riggs throws a big right hand that misses.
Riggs works over Sokolsky with some ground and pound from guard.
Riggs with a nice head shot there.
Riggs working some strikes from top position.

Riggs thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Riggs is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Riggs thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs is working Sokolsky over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Riggs stands up and waves to Sokolsky to follow him.
Sokolsky takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Riggs clinches.

Riggs turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Riggs in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sokolsky takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs lands a decent elbow from side control.
Riggs working the ground and pound but Sokolsky is defending the strikes.

Riggs tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Riggs has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sokolsky trying to remain calm as Riggs controls from the top position.
Riggs cracks Sokolsky with a big elbow.

Riggs goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sokolsky rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Riggs's guard! Nice work there by Sokolsky!

The fighters are working up against the cage. Riggs manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Riggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sokolsky avoids the head kick by Riggs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stuart Riggs dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Riggs lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sokolsky backs up against the cage.
Sokolsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sokolsky.

Riggs throws Sokolsky to one side and escapes!
Irving Sokolsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Riggs tries to keep at a distance but Sokolsky has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riggs can't get the takedown.
Riggs can't get the takedown.
Riggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sokolsky has him pressed against the cage.

Riggs gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Riggs is working for a kimura but Sokolsky is defending it quite comfortably.
Riggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sokolsky can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Riggs lands a nice short elbow.
Riggs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Riggs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Riggs scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Riggs wants to work for an arm triangle but Sokolsky is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sokolsky has hold of Riggs's hands but Riggs slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Riggs is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Riggs winds up and cracks Sokolsky with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Riggs 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sokolsky is defending against the submission attempts here by Riggs.

Riggs is looking for a kimura here.
Sokolsky taking some punishment here, with Riggs in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riggs is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Riggs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sokolsky defending well though.
Stuart Riggs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Riggs content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Riggs takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sokolsky really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Riggs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Riggs looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Riggs is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Sokolsky is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stuart Riggs!