PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyle Briggs (ranked 7037 p4p, 0 weight class) and John MCarthy (ranked 5922 p4p, 413 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Briggs
vs
MCarthy

188 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lyle Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John MCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MCarthy just misses with a punch to the body.
MCarthy scores with a hook.
Briggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MCarthy.
A shot to the liver by MCarthy. Beautiful body shot.
MCarthy misses the shot to the body.
MCarthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from MCarthy. Briggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Briggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MCarthy.
Briggs throws a series of strikes that have MCarthy backpedaling.
Briggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. MCarthy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Briggs with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from MCarthy. Briggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
MCarthy swings for the body but Briggs moves out of range.
MCarthy tries to clinch there but Briggs circles away.
Briggs throws a hook but MCarthy avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MCarthy swinging wildly here.
An attempted straight right counter from Briggs misses the target.
MCarthy misses with a straight left.
Briggs avoids the body shot from MCarthy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs connects with a looping right hand.
MCarthy shoots in but Briggs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
MCarthy is looking to clinch but Briggs is avoiding it.
Lyle Briggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MCarthy fails with an attempt to clinch.
MCarthy moves forwards but Briggs connects with a nice, crisp jab.
MCarthy misses with a hook.
MCarthy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Briggs connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! MCarthy scrambles back to his feet.
MCarthy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Briggs rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from MCarthy. Briggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
MCarthy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Briggs lands an overhand right.
MCarthy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
MCarthy misses with a wild combination.
Briggs uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
MCarthy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Briggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MCarthy tries to clinch there but Briggs circles away.
Briggs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
John MCarthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs connects with a looping right hand.
Briggs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of MCarthy's head.
Briggs thuds his right hand into MCarthy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
MCarthy tries to clinch but Briggs moves out of range.
A punch combination from MCarthy misses.
MCarthy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Briggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Briggs is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
MCarthy looks winded!
Nice jab there from Briggs.
Jab, jab by Briggs - just one landing.
Briggs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Briggs drops MCarthy with a beautiful combination! MCarthy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Briggs is looking for the KO!

MCarthy is rocked!
Briggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
MCarthy is still on wobbly legs! Can Briggs finish him?
MCarthy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Briggs.
Briggs lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Briggs is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Briggs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Briggs drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks MCarthy right on the button. MCarthy goes down! Briggs follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Briggs gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyle Briggs!
Lyle Briggs took some time post fight to say the following; 'I will return home, no matter how many bodies i have to destroy.'.