PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nick Briggs enters the cage!

Ferreira
vs
Briggs

180 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Solid 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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Virgulino Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Briggs fails with a takedown attempt.
Ferreira moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ferreira lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Nick Briggs has been cut.
Briggs fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Briggs.
Virgulino Ferreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Briggs.
Ferreira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferreira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Ferreira. No joy for Briggs on that attempt.

Ferreira gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Briggs to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Ferreira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Briggs can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Briggs's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Briggs lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferreira down.
Ferreira takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Briggs moves into full mount!
Briggs controlling from the full mount.
Ferreira tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ferreira hang on?
Briggs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ferreira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Briggs on the ground.
Ferreira is in all sorts of trouble here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Briggs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Briggs lands a heavy elbow.
Briggs with a couple of short strikes.
Briggs controlling from mount.
Ferreira is bucking up trying to escape but Briggs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ferreira is looking to improve his position but Briggs isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs trying to control but Ferreira is having none of it.
Briggs connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Briggs content just to control the position here.
Ferreira is trying desperately to improve position.
Ferreira is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Briggs with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Briggs cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Briggs landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira wants to hold on but Briggs pushes him away.
Ferreira is trying to escape the mount.
Briggs controlling from mount.

Briggs working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferreira regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Briggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferreira.
Briggs misses the jab.
Ferreira throws out a loose jab but Briggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira throws a poor cross that misses

and Briggs counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Briggs.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferreira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Briggs jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ferreira walks away with a smile on his face. Briggs gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Briggs shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ferreira as he avoids it easily.
Briggs closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ferreira circles away.
Virgulino Ferreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Briggs.
Briggs swings for the body but Ferreira moves out of range.
Ferreira wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Briggs.
Ferreira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ferreira avoids it really well and circles away.
Ferreira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Oooooh!!! Ferreira has knocked Briggs down with a huge combo! Ferreira steps away and waves a wobbly Briggs back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Virgulino Ferreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briggs looks to throw the jab but Ferreira is out of range.
Ferreira connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That has opened up Nick Briggs's cut even more.

Ferreira lands a left and a right that send Briggs crashing to the mat, dazed. Ferreira thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Briggs is rocked!
The fighters circling - Briggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Briggs is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferreira finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferreira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut there from Ferreira.
Briggs misses with the combination.
Virgulino Ferreira is winning the standup battle so far.

Briggs drives through and clinches with Ferreira against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ferreira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Briggs seems to have recovered his senses.
Ferreira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Briggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferreira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Briggs misses with a takedown attempt - Ferreira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ferreira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nick Briggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ferreira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Briggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Virgulino Ferreira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ferreira throws a hook to the side of Briggs's head but Briggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ferreira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Briggs looks for a takedown but Ferreira sprawls well.

Briggs shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Briggs was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Briggs advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ferreira really wants to buck Briggs off and get back to his feet.
Briggs controlling the pace for now.
Ferreira is working to get back to half guard.
Briggs postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ferreira looks a forlorn figure.
Ferreira is trying to escape the mount.
Briggs controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Briggs controlling from mount.
Ferreira is squirming around, avoiding Briggs's attempts to control the action.
Briggs lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Briggs content just to control the position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Briggs is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ferreira to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ferreira shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgulino Ferreira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Briggs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ferreira slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ferreira slaps away a takedown attempt from Briggs, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Briggs looking to score a takedown here. Ferreira is defending well but Briggs drives through and ends up in Ferreira's guard.

Briggs got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ferreira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Briggs has managed to get both his arms back between Ferreira's legs - danger averted.
Briggs pushing down on Ferreira's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ferreira wants to get back to full guard.
Ferreira wants to get back to full guard but Briggs has passed into side control.
Briggs works to advance to full mount. Ferreira defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Briggs looking to control but Ferreira is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ferreira is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Briggs with the ground and pound from mount.
Ferreira tries to reverse the position but Briggs maintains control.
Briggs dominating with strikes here.
Briggs can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ferreira is looking to escape.
Briggs controlling from the full mount.
Briggs wants to control the pace but Ferreira is squirming around nicely.
Ferreira is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs lands a nice shot to the head.
Briggs has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ferreira's face.
Briggs cracks Ferreira with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira is working to get back to half guard.
Briggs content just to control the position here.
Briggs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ferreira squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Briggs trying to control but Ferreira is having none of it.
Ferreira is trying desperately to improve position.
Briggs lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Briggs lands a couple of good shots and Ferreira has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Ferreira defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Briggs scores with punches and elbows.
I really don't envy Ferreira right now.
Briggs controls the action.
Well, with Briggs on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Ferreira is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Ferreira rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Briggs with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ferreira looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Briggs working for a submission but Ferreira is keeping him at bay.
Briggs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Briggs.
Briggs controlling his opponent.
Ferreira is bucking up trying to escape but Briggs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferreira is bucking up trying to escape but Briggs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Briggs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Briggs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Briggs has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Briggs!