PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin Riggs could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Julio Quintana's chin.

Riggs
vs
Quintana

177 cm
33
168 lbs
30 - 20 - 1

170 cm
28
167 lbs
17 - 5 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Julio Quintana!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quintana lands a big head kick that sends Riggs tumbling to the mat! Quintana takes a step backwards and waves Riggs back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Riggs is rocked!

It looks like Martin Riggs has been cut.
Riggs has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Riggs misses with an uppercut.
Oh Riggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quintana slips a jab from Riggs.
Quintana defending well as Riggs loads up on a big left hand.
Riggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Quintana throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riggs attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Quintana misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riggs throws a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Riggs.
Riggs blocks a head kick by Quintana.
Quintana misses with a wild body shot.
Riggs throws a right and a left that both miss.

Quintana feints and as Riggs raises his hands in defense, Quintana changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Riggs seems keen to control Quintana's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quintana wants to control from the top but Riggs keeps moving.
Riggs is trying to control the position but Quintana postures up.
Quintana is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Riggs wants to sweep here but Quintana controlling him for the moment.
Riggs doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Quintana lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Quintana looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Riggs is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Quintana thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Riggs if he has to take too many more of those.
Riggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Quintana. That snapped Riggs's head back.
A jab from Quintana misses.
Martin Riggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quintana manages to avoid it.
A big right from Quintana misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a low kick.
Quintana lands with an uppercut that bounces Riggs off the cage and back into range.
Riggs stuffs the takedown attempt from Quintana. Quintana gets slowly back to his feet.
Riggs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quintana cracks the inside of Riggs's front leg.
A head kick misses from Quintana.
Quintana misses with a jab to the body
and Riggs counters with a slapping leg kick.

Quintana closes the distance and clinches.
Quintana avoiding damage as Riggs throws knees to the body.
Quintana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riggs can't find room to land a body shot as Quintana controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riggs trying to land knees to the body.
Riggs stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quintana lands a shoulder strike.
Riggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quintana's elbow.
Riggs blocking some punches.
Riggs makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quintana misses with some punches.
Riggs has a couple of punches blocked by Quintana.
Quintana lands with a light punch inside.
Riggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riggs lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quintana or not.
Riggs lands a right hand.
Quintana avoiding damage as Riggs throws knees to the body.
Riggs gets through Quintana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riggs misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Quintana fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Quintana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Riggs's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Riggs tries to score with a low kick but Quintana moves his leg out of the way.
Quintana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Riggs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Quintana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riggs lands an overhand right.
Quintana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riggs moves away.
Quintana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've been informed that Quintana has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quintana shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Riggs as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Quintana misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Riggs misses with a body shot.
Quintana listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Quintana plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Riggs scores with a spinning back kick!
Riggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quintana.
Quintana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Quintana throws a head kick that misses
and Quintana takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riggs throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Quintana tried to score with a low kick but Riggs checks it.
Riggs misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintana on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riggs. Riggs obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quintana takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Quintana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Riggs connects with a jab.

Riggs sends Quintana crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Riggs is motioning to the referee to let Quintana up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Quintana is rocked!
Quintana loads up on a big right hand but Riggs slips the punch.
Quintana is still on wobbly legs! Can Riggs finish him?
Quintana looks to land a left hand but Riggs moved out of range nicely.
A lazy body kick from Quintana
and Riggs counters with a slapping leg kick.
Riggs lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Riggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Quintana.
Quintana throws a lazy uppercut
and Riggs counters with a nice low kick that buckles Quintana's knee momentarily.
Quintana seems to have recovered his senses.
Quintana has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a looping right.
A leg kick checked by Quintana.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quintana.
Quintana misses with a low kick.
Riggs moves into range and connects with a jab.
Riggs moves out of range as Quintana strikes.
Riggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Quintana counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Quintana looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Riggs is refusing to be controlled, as Quintana sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quintana wants to pass to mount but Riggs is defending the position.
Quintana thows a huge punch but Riggs dodges it nicely.
Riggs wants to control but Quintana is keeping busy.
Riggs is looking to get back to full guard here but Quintana has managed to pass to side control instead.
You can see the frustration on Riggs's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee asks Quintana politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Quintana prefers to stall for the moment though.
Quintana working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Riggs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martin Riggs's cut.
That's time! Riggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Quintana misses with an attempted mid kick.
Quintana dives in and grabs Riggs's left leg, looking for a takedown. Riggs pushes down on Quintana's head and hops out.
Riggs slips a jab from Quintana.
Riggs tries to clinch up but Quintana circles away and keeps his distance.
Quintana avoids the body shot from Riggs.
Riggs looks to throw the jab but Quintana is out of range.
Nice body punch from Riggs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Quintana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Riggs. Beautiful body shot.
Martin Riggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Quintana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Riggs moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs misses the shot to the body.
Quintana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riggs's corner calls for a 1-2. Riggs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Riggs misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Quintana misses.

Riggs rushes Quintana and presses him up against the cage.
Quintana is working Riggs over against the cage.
Quintana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quintana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riggs misses with a body punch.
Riggs blocks a body shot from Quintana.
A right handed body shot lands from Riggs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quintana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs missing with knees to the body.
Quintana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Quintana uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Riggs fails to land.
Quintana working aggressively here.
Riggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin Riggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quintana presses Riggs against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riggs misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Quintana as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Riggs scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Quintana.
Riggs throws a head punch that misses.
Quintana lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riggs or not.
Riggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quintana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riggs is keeping busy.
Riggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quintana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintana lands a hook that snaps the head of Riggs backwards.
Quintana taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Quintana.
Quintana struggles to land a body shot inside as Riggs controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quintana.
Riggs is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Riggs lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quintana backwards.
Riggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quintana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Riggs lands an uppercut.
Riggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Quintana throws a head punch that misses.
Riggs tries a body shot but Quintana blocks it.
Quintana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riggs lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Riggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Riggs on the inside.
Quintana wants to stall.
Riggs lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quintana throws a head punch that misses.
Riggs lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quintana or not.
Quintana misses with the head strike.
Riggs is looking to control Quintana's arms but Quintana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riggs has his back to the cage.
Quintana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riggs's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Riggs.
Riggs slowing the pace effectively.
Quintana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riggs misses with some punches.
Quintana managing to block the knees to the body from Riggs.
Riggs trying to land knees to the body.
Riggs misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Riggs showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Riggs!
An out of breath Martin Riggs thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.