PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riggs has chosen big gun - AC/DC as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Morgan
vs
Riggs

195 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Riggs!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan cracks Riggs with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice sprawl there from Morgan as Riggs shoots in.
Riggs slips under a jab from Morgan.
Riggs ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Riggs avoids it well.
Morgan connects with the punch.

Riggs shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Riggs was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Morgan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morgan tries to get out of the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Riggs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riggs lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Morgan down.
Morgan dodges the ground and pound from Riggs.
Morgan defending against the ground and pound.
Riggs connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Morgan some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Morgan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Riggs on the ground.
Morgan defending against the ground and pound.
Morgan dodges the ground and pound from Riggs.
Riggs passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Morgan!
Morgan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Riggs tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Riggs postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.

It looks like Andrew Morgan has been cut.
Riggs lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Riggs moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Morgan has worked his arm free - good work by Morgan!

Riggs tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Riggs is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Morgan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Riggs is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Morgan has escaped the position, nice work there.

Riggs goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Morgan rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Riggs's guard! Nice work there by Morgan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riggs uses his free foot to push down on Morgan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morgan.

Riggs is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Morgan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Riggs landing strikes from the mount and Morgan is in trouble!

Andrew Morgan's cut is getting worse.
Riggs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Andrew Morgan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Riggs! John Riggs retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, John Riggs, 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.