PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys. Briggs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Axeman" By tomandandy. On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Collins has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Collins seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Collins
vs
Briggs

225 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
145 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Briggs!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Briggs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As Briggs looks to move away, Collins throws a big counter combo but Briggs just gets out of the way.
Briggs throws a lazy head kick
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Briggs moves to clinch but Collins breaks away
and Collins counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briggs throws a sloppy head kick and Collins moves out of range easily.
Briggs looks winded!
Collins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Briggs shoots in looking for a takedown but Collins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Briggs's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Briggs looks to clinch
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Briggs shoots in looking for a takedown but Collins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Briggs's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Michael Collins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Briggs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs wants to clinch
and Collins counters with a two punch combo.
Michael Collins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Briggs has his takedown stuffed
and Collins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Briggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Collins counters with a three punch combo that has Briggs backing up. Briggs nods at Collins to acknowledge the strikes.
Julius Briggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briggs looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Collins is fending him off so far but Briggs persists. Nope, Collins circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick by Briggs misses
and Collins counters with a three punch combo that has Briggs backing up. Briggs nods at Collins to acknowledge the strikes.
Briggs looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Collins is fending him off so far but Briggs persists. Nope, Collins circles away and we're back to standing.
Collins appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Collins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Briggs wants to clinch but Collins slips to the side
and Collins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins stuffs the takedown.
Collins throws a big counter combination but Briggs scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Collins stuffs the takedown attempt from Briggs. Briggs gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Collins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Briggs dives in and grabs Collins's left leg, looking for a takedown. Collins pushes down on Briggs's head and hops out.
Collins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Briggs fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Collins avoids it really well and circles away.
Briggs is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briggs misses with a takedown
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Michael Collins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Briggs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs shoots in but Collins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As Briggs looks to move away, Collins throws a big counter combo but Briggs just gets out of the way.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown but Collins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Collins seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Briggs with a poor takedown
and Collins counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Collins is fending him off so far but Briggs persists. Nope, Collins circles away and we're back to standing.
Briggs tries to clinch up.
Collins half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Michael Collins is winning the standup battle so far.
Briggs misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Collins throws a big counter combination but Briggs scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Briggs tries to clinch
and Collins counters with a three punch combo that has Briggs backing up. Briggs nods at Collins to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs shoots and misses
and Collins counters with a three punch combo that has Briggs backing up. Briggs nods at Collins to acknowledge the strikes.
Briggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Briggs misses with a takedown attempt
and Collins counters with a series of strikes. Briggs will be more careful next time no doubt.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Briggs can do to turn this around?
Briggs with a poor takedown
and Collins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Briggs might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Collins has got the better of the exchanges.
Briggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Collins circles away.
Collins is looking for a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins slaps away a takedown attempt from Briggs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Briggs tries to clinch
and Collins counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Briggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collins drops down looking for a counter takedown but Briggs sprawls and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Collins dominated that second round.
That's time! Collins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Briggs moves to clinch but Collins breaks away
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Briggs shoots and misses
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.

Briggs closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Collins's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Briggs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Briggs preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins trying to keep a closed guard but Briggs is proving a slippery customer.
Collins wants to stand and escape but Briggs is having none of it.

Collins manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Collins manages to break the clinch.
Briggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Collins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michael Collins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown but Collins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Collins feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs has his takedown stuffed
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Michael Collins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Briggs.
Briggs gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Collins counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Briggs has him pressed against the cage.
Collins tries to break the clinch but Briggs is controlling the position.

Collins pulls Briggs into guard.
Collins 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.
Briggs wants to pass the guard but Collins is keeping the position.
Briggs stops Collins from standing up.
Collins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Briggs looking to pass the guard.
Collins is looking to stand up but Briggs isn't so interested in that idea.

Collins manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Briggs wants to clinch.
Collins appears to be looking for a big counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Collins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Collins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:25
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Collins!
Michael Collins really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Namunamu Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
In defeat, Julius Briggs stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will kill again!'.