PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrance King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Briggs
vs
King

213 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Freddy Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terrance King!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King moves into the clinch successfully.
Briggs tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Briggs back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Briggs closes the distance looking to clinch

and King moves into the clinch.

King has clasped his hands together around Briggs's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Briggs tries to bench press King off him but King keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
King controls the position.
King wants to stand but Briggs has his arm trapped.
You can see the frustration on Briggs's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Briggs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King working the head and body with strikes.
Briggs is looking to regain half guard here but King keeps moving and retains side control.
King just content to control the position.
Briggs tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but King wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Briggs manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King stops Briggs from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. King lands a nice short elbow.
King working Briggs over with strikes.
Briggs is trying to stand up here but King is controlling him well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

King stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

King drives through and clinches with Briggs against the cage.

King lands a takedown into guard.
King has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King tries to free his leg and advance position but Briggs is retaining full guard.
King prevents Briggs from getting back to his feet.
King controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

King gets to his feet - Briggs follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
King with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Briggs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Briggs wants to control but King is keeping busy and won't allow it.

King seems to be looking for submissions.
Briggs pushes King off looking to stand but King dives back in and keeps control.
Briggs is breathing heavily.
King lands with a punch from half guard.
King seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
King moves into full mount! Briggs won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King controlling the pace for now.
King prevents Briggs from getting the reversal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King manages to capitalize on a mistake by Briggs to take his back!
Briggs has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Briggs manages to reverse the position and now he's in King's guard. Nice work there by Briggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Briggs has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of King is proving hard to escape from.

King is looking for a triangle but Briggs pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance King dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

King closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Briggs to the mat! Briggs manages to get full guard.
King passes into half guard.
King content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for King. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Briggs pushes King off looking to stand but King dives back in and keeps control.
King is controlling the pace.
Briggs wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Terrance King wasn't active enough on the ground.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Briggs manages to avoid it.

King rushes Briggs and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

King pulls guard successfully.
King looking for a sweep. Not yet King, not yet.
King manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
King controlling from mount.
King breaks from Briggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs tries to buck King off but he can't manage it.
King landing punches.
King is trying to take his opponent's back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Briggs is looking to improve his position but King isn't that keen on the idea.
Briggs looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Briggs has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
King controls the action.
Terrance King has got the better of the ground game so far.
Briggs is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King looking for the choke but no joy.
King connects with a big shot to the side of Briggs's head.
Can Briggs hold on?! King is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
King has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Briggs's body.

King looking for the choke but no joy.
King keeps control of the position easily here as Briggs tries to buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs wants to get back to his feet.

King is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Briggs is trying to escape the mount.
Briggs wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Briggs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
King prevents Briggs from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Briggs throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King throws a nice looking combination but Briggs bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

King scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
King seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Well, if King is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
King moves nicely into side control.
King tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
A control attempt from Briggs but he's now mounted!
Briggs looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Briggs is covering up but some of the strikes from King are getting through and doing damage.
Briggs is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Briggs looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
King has good solid back control here.
King lands shots from the back.

Briggs is rocked!
King is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Briggs is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrance King!
Our winner, Terrance King, 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.