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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Sims has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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217 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Sims!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sims drives through and clinches with Riggs against the cage.
Sims tries to score a body lock takedown but Riggs shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Riggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sims keeps control of Riggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riggs is trying to break free.
Riggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Sims won't allow it.
Sims can't get the takedown.
Riggs prevents the takedown attempt.
Eddie Riggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Sims.
Riggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sims slips a straight right by Riggs.
Riggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riggs lands a right hook to the body.
Sims looks gassed!
Sims looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Riggs lands with an uppercut that bounces Sims off the cage and back into rage.
It looks like Mark Sims has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riggs tests Sims's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Riggs and Sims goes tumbling to the canvas! Riggs follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Sims is rocked!
Riggs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sims on the ground.
Riggs wants to stand up but Sims is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sims punching from the bottom.
Riggs wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riggs prevents Sims from improving his position.
Riggs wants to stand up but Sims is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sims.
Riggs is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Riggs on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Riggs is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sims lands a nice forearm strike.
Sims scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sims throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sims has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Riggs is pushing Sims's head away, looking to escape. Sims manages to hold on to the position though.
Sims working the ground and pound but Riggs is defending the strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sims working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sims working the ground and pound.
Riggs is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sims has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Riggs dodges the ground and pound from Sims.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Riggs misses with a hook.
Sims steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Riggs.
Riggs misses with a series of wild punches.
Riggs missing with a left hand there. Sims was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice takedown defense from Riggs. No joy for Sims on that attempt.
Riggs misses with an uppercut.
Sims scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sims asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sims landing strikes.
Sims lands an elbow.
Sims connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Riggs some visible discomfort.
Sims is putting a hurting on Riggs here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sims landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Riggs managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sims.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sims in side control, throwing shots but Riggs defends.
Sims throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Riggs is trying to get back to his feet.
Sims landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Riggs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Sims's cut.
That's time! Riggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice body punch from Riggs.
Sims keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sims.
Riggs cracks Sims with an open hand slap.
Sims fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Riggs on the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Riggs here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sims.
Sims throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Riggs's waist but Riggs gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sims off to one side.
Sims shoots in looking for a takedown. Riggs tries to sprawl out of it but Sims keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Riggs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eddie Riggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Sims.
Riggs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Riggs waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sims.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs throws a right and a left that Sims avoids nicely.
Riggs sizes up Sims with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Riggs misses with an uppercut.
Sims dodges the punch combination from Riggs.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Riggs works the jab nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Riggs.
Sims has a takedown stuffed.
Riggs throws a series of punches but Sims avoids them all with ease.
Riggs throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with the combination.
Riggs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sims moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sims looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sims shoots in but Riggs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sims moves away.
Riggs misses with a wild body shot.
Riggs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sims ducks under a wild hook from Riggs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sims darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sims working Riggs over with strikes.
Sims takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Riggs is trying to stand back up but Sims is controlling him
Ground and pound from Sims.
Ground and pound from Sims.
Sims working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Riggs pushes Sims off looking to stand but Sims dives back in and keeps control.
Sims looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sims throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Riggs defending well though.
Riggs looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sims winds up and cracks Riggs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sims not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Riggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sims.
Riggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Sims is just out of range.
Riggs gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Riggs is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sims scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Riggs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Sims's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Riggs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sims moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riggs swings for the body but Sims moves out of range.
Riggs throws out a loose jab but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riggs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sims will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A clash of legs there as Riggs blocks the low kick.
Nice takedown defense from Riggs. No joy for Sims on that attempt.
Riggs misses with a wild body shot.
Riggs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sims at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riggs moves out of range as Sims strikes.
A nice combination there by Riggs.
Riggs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Sims shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sims dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Riggs that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sims raining down shots from the mount!
Riggs on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Riggs tries to get out of the position.
Riggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sims raining down shots from the mount!
Riggs wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sims.
Sims throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims misses with a head shot.
Sims thowing shots but they're missing.
Sims throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Riggs really wants to buck Sims off and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Sims.
Sims landing strikes from the mount.
Sims landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sims looking to finish Riggs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Riggs!
Sims unloading with bombs!
Riggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sims has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Riggs's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sims landing strikes from the mount.
Sims scoring with strikes but Riggs is staying in there.
Riggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sims working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Riggs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Riggs really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Sims punishing his opponent with strikes.
Riggs wants to try and get back to his feet.
Sims postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riggs looks a forlorn figure.
Sims scoring with strikes but Riggs is staying in there.
Sims putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sims misses with a head shot.
Eddie Riggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Riggs wants to try and get back to his feet.
Sims scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Riggs?
Sims thowing shots but they're missing.
Sims landing shots from mount.
Mark Sims has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sims lands a big shot there that rocks Riggs but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sims lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mark Sims has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sims postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riggs looks a forlorn figure.
Riggs avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sims.
Riggs is in a horrible position here. Sims smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Sims comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Riggs has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Riggs!
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RATING
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