PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hendo Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Riggs
vs
Stern

176 cm
28
200 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

180 cm
30
196 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hendo Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dick Stern!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stern works the jab nicely.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Stern misses with a looping left.

Riggs has Stern up against the cage in a clinch.
Riggs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stern has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Riggs breaks from the clinch.
Stern connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Riggs moves into the clinch.
Riggs dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stern.
Stern creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riggs's defenses.

It looks like Hendo Riggs has been cut.
Stern looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stern lands an elbow that stopped Riggs in his tracks for a moment.

Riggs breaks the clinch.
Stern keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stern moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stern lands a right hook to the body.
Riggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stern throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs tries to bum rush Stern with a series of wild strikes but Stern uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stern throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Riggs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riggs tries to clinch but Stern is having none of it.
Stern looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Riggs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stern fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stern 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.
Stern is looking to slow Riggs down with leg kicks.

Riggs darts in and clinches Stern up against the cage.

Stern breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stern lands with a nice body punch.

Stern feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Riggs sprawling to the canvas! Riggs rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Stern finish him?!

Riggs is rocked!
Dick Stern is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stern connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oh Riggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stern moves in close and cracks Riggs with a massive right hand! Riggs, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Stern!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dick Stern!
During a confident post fight interview, Dick Stern thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.