PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Skjoldr Leifsson (ranked 2355 p4p, 22540 weight class) and Joe Higgins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Higgins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Skjoldr Leifsson's chin.

Leifsson
vs
Higgins

179 cm
33
183
13 - 13 - 0

182 cm
28
180
3 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skjoldr Leifsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Higgins!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Higgins moves out of range of the leg kick from Leifsson.
Higgins throws out a counter right but Leifsson avoids it with no problem.
Higgins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Leifsson lands the left hand.
Leifsson cracks Higgins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Skjoldr Leifsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leifsson lands with a shot to the body.
Higgins scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leifsson in his tracks.
Higgins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Leifsson misses with an uppercut
and Higgins counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Skjoldr Leifsson has been cut.
Leifsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leifsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Higgins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Leifsson scores with a punch to the head.
Leifsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Higgins! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leifsson scores with a leg kick.
Higgins misses with a hook.
Leifsson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Leifsson misses with a looping left.
Leifsson misses with a straight right.
Leifsson cracks Higgins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Leifsson misses with a double jab
and Higgins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Leifsson gets a clinch.

Higgins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leifsson throws a hook but Higgins blocks it.
It seemed like Higgins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leifsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Higgins circles away quickly and effectively.
Higgins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Leifsson feints and then cracks Higgins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Higgins down.
Leifsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higgins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leifsson darts in trying to clinch
and Higgins counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leifsson throws a leg kick that is checked

and Higgins counters with a nice right hand that sends Leifsson toppling to the canvas! Leifsson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Higgins finish him?!

Leifsson is rocked!
Leifsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leifsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Leifsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Higgins circles away quickly and effectively.
Leifsson lands with a cross.
Leifsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leifsson scores with a leg kick.
Leifsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Higgins! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higgins fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Leifsson does no damage.
Despite the aggression on Higgins's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Higgins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Higgins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Leifsson.
Leifsson misses with a leg kick
and Higgins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Higgins fails to land with a series of punches.
Leifsson misses with a low kick.
Leifsson tries to score with a low kick but Higgins moves his leg out of the way.
Leifsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Leifsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Higgins.
Leifsson thumps Higgins with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Higgins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Higgins throws a hook but Leifsson avoids it easily.
Higgins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Leifsson tries to clinch but Higgins moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Higgins! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Higgins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Higgins 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.
Leifsson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Higginss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Leifsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Higgins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Higgins slips a jab and a cross from Leifsson.
Higgins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Higgins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leifsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab by Leifsson.
Leifsson throws a leg kick
and Higgins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Higgins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leifsson.
As Higgins looks to move away, Leifsson throws a big counter combo but Higgins just gets out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skjoldr Leifsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson'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.

An inside leg kick from Leifsson misses.
Leifsson throws a lazy right hand but Higgins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leifsson tries to work over Higgins's front leg with a kick but Higgins checks it.
Leifsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Higgins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Leifsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Leifsson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Higgins on the side of the head.
Leifsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Higgins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leifsson.

Leifsson moves into range and clinches up with Higgins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leifsson scores with a shoulder strike.

Higgins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Higgins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Skjoldr Leifsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Leifsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leifsson tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leifsson defending well as Higgins loads up on a big left hand.
Leifsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Higgins has time to react.
Leifsson is looking to slow Higgins down with leg kicks.
Leifsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Higgins looks to throw the jab but Leifsson is out of range.
Leifsson works the jab nicely.
Leifsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leifsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Leifsson moves into the clinch.
Higgins blocking some punches.
Leifsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Higgins can do to turn this around?

Higgins manages to break the clinch.
Higgins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leifsson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Higgins is out of range and Leifsson settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Leifsson throws a shot from downtown. Higgins moves away and avoids it.
Leifsson throws a leg kick which misses Higgins's front leg but catches the back leg as Higgins tries to avoid it.
Leifsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Skjoldr Leifsson's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Leifsson scores with a four punch combination!
Higgins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Leifsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leifsson lands a jab to the head.
Leifsson missing with a left hand there. Higgins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leifsson lands a two punch combo.
Leifsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Higgins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Higgins takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson throws a lazy right hand but Higgins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leifsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Higgins ducks under a wild hook from Leifsson.
Leifsson tries to land a body kick
and Higgins counters with a stiff right hand.
Leifsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Leifsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Higgins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leifsson.
Higgins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Leifsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Higgins paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Leifsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Higgins, pushing him back against the cage.

Higgins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leifsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Higgins moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Higgins! But no joy.
Higgins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Higgins throws out the jab.
Higgins throws a hook but Leifsson avoids it easily.
It looked like Leifsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Leifsson ducks under a wild hook from Higgins.
Leifsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Higgins.
Higgins slips under a jab.
Higgins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leifsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Higgins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leifsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Higgins throws an off balance right hand
and Leifsson counters with a one-two to the body.
Leifsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Higgins.
Leifsson is looking to clinch but Higgins is avoiding it.
It seemed like Higgins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leifsson dips to his left and cracks Higgins with an uppercut!

Higgins is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skjoldr Leifsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Leifsson wants to clinch up but Higgins keeps it at a distance.
Higgins is still on wobbly legs! Can Leifsson finish him?
Higgins walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Higgins limp body while Leifsson jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Skjoldr Leifsson!
Skjoldr Leifsson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.