|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Riggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Calloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calloway has chosen When The Man Comes Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hank Calloway is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
|
176 cm
21
178 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Riggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hank Calloway!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riggins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Calloway throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Calloway slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Calloway can do anything to dispel that myth.
Calloway trying to keep a closed guard but Riggins is proving a slippery customer.
Riggins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Calloway is keeping the position for now.
Riggins stopping the sweep attempt from Calloway.
Calloway manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Riggins manages to get himself to full guard.
Riggins is breathing heavily.
Calloway distracts Riggins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Calloway working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Riggins's head.
Calloway stands and throws Riggins's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Calloway scores with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Calloway cracks Riggins with a big elbow.
Calloway tries to advance to mount but can't.
Riggins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Calloway scoring with punches from side control.
Calloway tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Calloway wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riggins keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Calloway working the ground and pound.
Riggins taking a bit of punishment here - Calloway scoring with strikes.
Calloway is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Riggins's shoulder. That is not cool.
Calloway working the ground and pound.
Calloway works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Calloway landing strikes.
Riggins struggling a bit here.
Riggins tries to improve position but can't.
Calloway trying to control the action but Riggins is working from the bottom.
Calloway lands an elbow.
Calloway working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggins is trying to improve his position.
Calloway scoring with punches from side control.
Calloway working the head with strikes.
Riggins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Calloway prevents Riggins from improving his position.
Riggins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Riggins is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Calloway jumps into side control!
Riggins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Riggins is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Calloway.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Calloway lands a nice short elbow.
Calloway 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.
Calloway looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggins trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Riggins is squirming around, avoiding Calloway's attempts to control the action.
Calloway lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Calloway.
The referee warns Riggins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Riggins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Calloway lands a big elbow.
Riggins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Calloway lands a nice shot to the head.
Riggins is desperately trying to improve his position but Calloway has a good base and remains in mount.
Calloway looking to finish Riggins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Riggins!
Riggins gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Calloway 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.
Calloway shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Calloway has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Riggins's face.
Calloway postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riggins looks a forlorn figure.
Calloway working the ground and pound effectively.
Riggins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Calloway with shots to the head and body - Riggins looks very uncomfortable down there.
Calloway is landing with some decent strikes but Riggins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Calloway lands a heavy elbow.
Calloway with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Calloway takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggins wants to control but Calloway is having none of it.
Riggins is trying to escape the mount.
Riggins taking shots to the head.
Riggins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Calloway connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Calloway is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Riggins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Calloway scoring with strikes but Riggins is staying in there.
Riggins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hank Calloway has got the better of the ground game so far.
Calloway pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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.
Calloway lands a big shot there that rocks Riggins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Riggins is trying to escape the mount.
Calloway lands a big shot there that rocks Riggins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Riggins regains half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Calloway 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.
Riggins is doing well to control the position and prevent Calloway from advancing to side control.
Riggins trying to control here.
Calloway prevents Riggins from improving his position.
Riggins landing rabbit punches to the side of Calloway's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Calloway 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calloway lands with a punch from half guard.
Calloway controlling the action here.
Calloway is nestled in close to Riggins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Riggins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Calloway scores with a couple of nice shots.
Calloway is taking a breather. Riggins says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Calloway lands strikes from half guard.
Calloway stalling.
Calloway wants to pass to mount but Riggins is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Riggins wants to improve his position but Calloway is controlling well.
Calloway looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Riggins trying to hold on to Calloway's head to control him but Calloway postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Riggins manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Riggins wants to sweep here but Calloway controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calloway trying to control the position from guard on top but Riggins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Calloway drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Calloway showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Riggins tries for a takedown but Calloway circles away easily
and Calloway counters by moving into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Calloway.
Calloway scores with a hook to the body.
Riggins is working for takedown but Calloway is calmly controlling the position for now.
Calloway lands an uppercut.
Calloway taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Riggins jumps guard but Calloway stands there with Riggins around his waist. Riggins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Riggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riggins swings wildly with an uppercut but Calloway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calloway scores with a nice hook to the head.
Calloway has Riggins pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Calloway pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Riggins tumbling to the mat - Calloway dives into Riggins's guard.
Calloway sitting in guard here, content to control.
Riggins trying to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Calloway scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggins trying to control the position.
Calloway wants to control from the top but Riggins keeps moving.
Calloway is in close to Riggins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Riggins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Riggins wants to hit a switch here but Calloway passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Riggins there!
Calloway unloading with bombs!
Calloway lands with some strikes.
Riggins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Riggins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Riggins is bucking up trying to escape but Calloway cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Calloway.
Calloway looking to finish Riggins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Riggins!
Calloway lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Riggins is looking to improve his position but Calloway isn't that keen on the idea.
Calloway with the ground and pound from mount.
Calloway is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Calloway unloading with bombs!
Riggins regains half guard.
Riggins is trying to maintain the position but Calloway is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggins is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Calloway is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Calloway is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Riggins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Riggins is in trouble now - Calloway has advanced to mount!
Calloway postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riggins looks a forlorn figure.
Calloway fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Calloway breaks from Riggins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calloway cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Riggins is squirming around, avoiding Calloway's attempts to control the action.
Riggins tries to reverse the position but Calloway maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calloway postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riggins looks a forlorn figure.
Riggins is desperately trying to improve his position but Calloway has a good base and remains in mount.
Riggins bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Riggins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Calloway swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Calloway thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Riggins trying to control but Calloway is working from the bottom.
Riggins won't allow Calloway to sweep him here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Calloway comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Calloway has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Calloway!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
