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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balil Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balil Boy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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171 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Balil Boy!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A left and a right from Boy both land. Nice combination.
Briggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boy blocks a head kick by Briggs.
Boy avoids the head kick by Briggs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Briggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Briggs wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Briggs drops down looking for an ankle pick but Boy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Boy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Jonathan Briggs has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Boy.
Boy tries to clinch up.
Briggs shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Boy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Briggs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boy is keeping the position for now.
Boy looking to control.
Briggs is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Briggs 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.
Briggs working some strikes from top position.
Briggs scoring with punches to the head and body.
Boy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Briggs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Briggs wants to pass the guard but Boy is keeping the position.
Briggs might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Briggs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boy looking for a sweep. Not yet Boy, not yet.
Briggs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boy is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Briggs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Briggs is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Boy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Briggs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boy wants to get back to his feet but Briggs is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy is trying to control the position but Briggs postures up.
Briggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Boy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Briggs misses with a takedown attempt - Boy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boy scores with a punch to the head.
Briggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Briggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boy tries a head kick but it misses.
Briggs shoots for a takedown but Boy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Briggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Briggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Briggs shoots in and bounces Boy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Boy trying to control the position.
Briggs prevents Boy from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Briggs scoring with punches to the head and body.
Boy looking for a sweep. Not yet Boy, not yet.
Briggs chips away with some ground and pound.
Briggs prevents Boy from getting back to his feet.
Briggs throws a strike but Boy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Briggs is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jonathan Briggs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Briggs's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Briggs dives in and scores a takedown into Boy's guard.
Briggs landing some decent shots from guard.
Briggs is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Briggs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Briggs stops Boy from standing up.
Briggs chips away with some ground and pound.
Briggs landing some decent shots from guard.
Briggs stopping the sweep attempt from Boy.
Briggs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs advances position into side control!
Boy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Boy can't do much from the bottom here.
Boy trying to control but Briggs flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boy tries to escape but Briggs has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Briggs scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Boy is looking for a way out.
It looks like Balil Boy has been cut.
Briggs scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
That has opened up Balil Boy's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Briggs punishes Boy with strikes from the back mount.
The cut above Balil Boy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Balil Boy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jonathan Briggs!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jonathan Briggs made sure he mentioned Canadian Fighter Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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