PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dam Briggs (ranked 4814 p4p, 4269 weight class) and Feels Nagato (ranked 255 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Briggs
vs
Nagato

179 cm
24
142
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
138
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dam Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feels Nagato!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Briggs really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Briggs shoots for a takedown but Nagato saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice defenses there by Briggs.
Briggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Nagato misses.
Briggs jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nagato looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Nagato stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nagato wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dam Briggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nagato throws a body punch but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs blocks a jab.
Nagato swings widly with a right hand
and Briggs counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagato tries to bum rush Briggs with a series of wild strikes but Briggs uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nagato throws a big shot that misses.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown but Nagato shows good takedown defense.
Nagato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Briggs clinches up against the cage.
Nagato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagato pushes Briggs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Briggs breaks the clinch.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs blocks it.
Briggs ducks under a wild hook from Nagato.
Nagato misses with a straight right.
Briggs appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Briggs moves away from the strike by Nagato.
Nagato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs blocks it.
Nagato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Briggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagato missing with a left hand there. Briggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Feels Nagato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briggs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Briggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Briggs moves in looking to clinch but Nagato pushes him off.
Nagato might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nagato throws out a loose jab but Briggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Nagato misses its intended target.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs fails with a takedown attempt.
Nagato throws an overhand right that lands on Briggs's shoulder, as Briggs tries to avoid the shot.
Nagato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Feels Nagato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nagato misses with a straight left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Briggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nagato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nagato keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Briggs moves out of range as Nagato strikes.
Horrible takedown attempt by Briggs or perhaps it was just good defense by Nagato, which made it look bad.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs blocks it.
Briggs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nagato swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nagato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Briggs looks for a takedown but Nagato sprawls well.
Nagato looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Briggs is breathing heavily.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs avoids it easily.
Briggs is looking to counter the offense by Nagato and move into the clinch.
Nagato throws a right and a left that Briggs avoids nicely.
Nagato looks to throw the jab but Briggs is out of range.
Nagato stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nagato wants it to stay on the feet.
Nagato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Briggs is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nagato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Briggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Nagato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Briggs slips a jab from Nagato.
A big right from Nagato misses.
Some wild striking there from Nagato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagato misses with an uppercut.
Nagato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Briggs.
Nagato throws a lazy uppercut
and Briggs counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Briggs staying out of range there.
Briggs half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Nagato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Briggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Briggs ducks under a wild hook from Nagato.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nagato sprawls well. Nagato wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Briggs gets slowly back to his feet.
Nagato lands a jab.

It looks like Dam Briggs has been cut.
Nagato misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Briggs throws a quick counter head kick but Nagato was just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Feels Nagato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dam Briggs's cut.
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.

Briggs throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nagato's waist but Nagato gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Briggs off to one side.
Nagato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Briggs blocks a jab.
Nagato lands a body shot.
Nagato misses with an uppercut
and Briggs counters with a series of strikes. Nagato will be more careful next time no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Nagato misses the target.
Nagato misses with a hook. Briggs ducked under it nicely.
Nagato works Briggs's body with a nice hook.
Briggs ducks under a wild hook from Nagato.
Nagato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Briggs.
Briggs throws a counter high kick but Nagato was just alert enough to avoid it.
Feels Nagato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Briggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nagato misses with a hook. Briggs ducked under it nicely.
Nagato looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Nagato loads up on a big right hand but Briggs slips the punch.
Briggs moves out of range as Nagato strikes.
Nagato misses with an uppercut. Briggs saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nagato throws a hook to the side of Briggs's head but Briggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nagato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Briggs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dam Briggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nagato stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dam Briggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nagato looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Nagato lands a nice looking body shot.
Nagato looks to throw the jab but Briggs is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Briggs.
A big right from Nagato misses.
Nagato looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Nagato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Briggs.
Briggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nagato throws out the jab.
Nagato lunges at Briggs with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Briggs's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagato throws a shot from downtown. Briggs moves away and avoids it.
Briggs dives in and grabs Nagato's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nagato pushes down on Briggs's head and hops out.
Nagato looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Briggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nagato.
Briggs fails to land with a series of punches.
Briggs tries to clinch but Nagato moves away
and Nagato counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagato is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nagato changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Briggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nagato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Briggs is looking for a counter combo.
Nagato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Briggs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown but Nagato shows good takedown defense.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nagato! But no joy.
Nagato throws a right hand that misses
and Briggs counters with a right hand to the body.
Briggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagato throws a hook but Briggs avoids it easily.
Nagato connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagato loads up on a big right hand but Briggs slips the punch.
Nagato defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Briggs.
Nagato throws out a counter right but Briggs avoids it with no problem.
Briggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagato.
Briggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nagato.
Nagato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagato looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Briggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagato.
Briggs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Briggs slips a jab from Nagato.
The fight stays on the outside here - Briggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Briggs shoots in but Nagato avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nagato throws the left hand but Briggs avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagato cracks Briggs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Briggs is rocked!
Briggs tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nagato swivels and escapes.
Oh Briggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right from Nagato misses.
Nagato cracks Briggs with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Briggs tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Nagato pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Briggs is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Feels Nagato!