PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Teague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teague has chosen Olympic Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Riggs
vs
Teague

190 cm
17
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hannibal Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Teague!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Teague feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Teague cracks Riggs with a solid left hand.
Riggs is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Teague got a little sloppy there for a moment and Riggs has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Teague has managed to get both his arms back between Riggs's legs - danger averted.
Teague working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Riggs's head.
Teague stays in close to Riggs's body and controls the position.
Teague connects with a couple of short punches.
Teague slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teague is looking to work some ground and pound but Riggs has wrist control.
Riggs is wriggling around but Teague manages to pass to half guard.
Riggs has hold of Teague's hands but Teague slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teague is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Riggs!
Riggs wants to control but Teague is having none of it.
Teague controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Riggs that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Teague fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Teague looking to control and managing it successfully.
Teague wants to control the pace but Riggs is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Teague looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Teague controlling his opponent.
Teague lands with some strikes.
Teague wants to control the pace but Riggs is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teague dominating with strikes here.
Teague breaks from Riggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Riggs is squirming around, avoiding Teague's attempts to control the action.

Riggs defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Teague.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs is in all sorts of trouble here.

Teague working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Teague breaks from Riggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Riggs sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Teague connects with a nice short shot to Riggs's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riggs is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Teague lands a nice short elbow.
Teague trying to control from half guard but Riggs is working away.
Teague moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teague landing strikes.
Teague landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Riggs is not content to let Teague control the position.
Teague scoring with punches from side control.

Riggs is rocked!
Teague landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oh Riggs is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Teague is working Riggs over with some ground and pound from side control.
Teague wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riggs keeps working.
Teague scores with punches from side control.
The crowd goes nuts as Teague knocks Riggs out cold with a massive hammerfist! Teague Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tommy Teague!
Post fight, Tommy Teague stared into the camera and said 'You got TAKEN DOWN! WOO!'.