PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Macka Briggs (ranked 1222 p4p, 1328 weight class) and Victor Strand (ranked 150 p4p, 160 weight class). Briggs comes to the cage accompanied by Stepping Razor by Peter Tosh. Victor Strand has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Briggs
vs
Strand

187 cm
32
195
24 - 19 - 0

195 cm
28
190
16 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macka Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Strand!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strand slips under a jab from Briggs.
Briggs throws a right and a left that Strand avoids nicely.
Strand misses with a two punch combination.
Briggs works Strand's body with a nice hook.
Briggs throws a nice looking combination but Strand bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Strand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Strand does no damage.
Strand slips under a jab.
Briggs is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Strand moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Strand.
Briggs takes a swing at Strand's ribcage but misses.
Briggs swings for the body but Strand moves out of range.
Briggs misses with a body shot
enabling Strand to counter with a crisp jab.
Briggs has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strand with a hook.
Strand slips a straight right by Briggs.
Strand takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A shot to the liver by Briggs. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strand throws a sloppy head kick and Briggs moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Briggs.
Strand scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Macka Briggs has been cut.
Strand throws a series of punches but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Briggs throws a big shot that misses.
Briggs throws a lazy right hand but Strand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strand looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Briggs tries to bum rush Strand with a series of wild strikes but Strand uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Briggs misses with a series of wild punches.
Briggs fails to land with a series of punches.
Strand looks to throw the jab but Briggs is out of range.
Strand looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters circling - Strand throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strand throws a jab but it's blocked by Briggs.
A counter left hand to the body from Briggs misses its target.
Strand's jab looks to have found its range, popping Briggs under the eye.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Briggs throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strand counters with an inside leg kick.
Briggs misses with a hook.
Strand has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Victor Strand has been cut.
Briggs connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Strand momentarily.
Briggs is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Strand's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Strand misses with a looping left.
Strand scores with a shot to the body.
Strand pushes Briggs away with a front kick.
Briggs throws a body shot but no joy.
Briggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strand was well out of range. Poor timing from Briggs.
Briggs blocks a head kick by Strand.
Strand dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Briggs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Strand.
Briggs throws a right hand that misses
letting Strand counter with a right hand.
Briggs misses the jab.
Strand cracks Briggs with a right hand to the side of the head.
Briggs drops his hands momentarily and Strand takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Briggs misses with a few strikes there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Strand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strand throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Strand scores with a nice head shot.
Strand lands a nice hook to Briggs's body. Briggs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Briggs looks to land a left hand but Strand moved out of range nicely.
Briggs looks to land a combination but Strand avoids it well.
Strand looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Briggs takes one to the side of the head.
Briggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Strand lands.
Strand works the jab nicely.
A nice leg kick from Strand, right into the meat of the thigh.
Briggs misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Briggs moves into range and connects with a jab.
Strand scores with the left hand. Briggs knows he should have avoided that one.

Macka Briggs's cut is getting worse.
Strand lands with a straight right. Briggs didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs misses with a looping right.
Briggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Strand defending well as Briggs loads up on a big left hand.
Strand swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Briggs throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Strand misses.
Strand dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Briggs. That did some damage!
Strand tests Briggs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Briggs connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A clash of legs there as Briggs blocks the low kick.
Strand cracks Briggs with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Briggs staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Briggs misses with a looping left.
Briggs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Briggs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Briggs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Strand dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Briggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strand.
Strand lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Strand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Briggs.
Briggs walks forward, straight into a front kick from Strand.
Strand slips under a jab.
Briggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strand.
Strand bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Briggs closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Strand showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Briggs.
Strand avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strand avoids a punch combination nicely.
Briggs misses with a right hand
and Strand counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Briggs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Strand! But no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Briggs throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs misses the body punch
and Strand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Macka Briggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Briggs misses with a hook. Strand ducked under it nicely.
Strand avoids a punch combination nicely.
Briggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Briggs is rocked!

Macka Briggs's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Strand takes one to the chin there.
Strand lands with a hook. Briggs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oh Briggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circling - Briggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strand looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Victor Strand seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Briggs throws a jab when Strand was well out of range.
Briggs seems to have got his legs back now.

Strand feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Briggs sprawling to the canvas! Briggs rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Strand finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Briggs walks straight into a right hand from Strand - that's dropped him! Strand jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Briggs from any more punishment! Briggs complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Victor Strand!
Our winner, Victor Strand, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.