PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk St Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riggs's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hot Iron & The Lead Sled. St Lazarus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. No Worries kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Riggs
vs
St Lazarus

177 cm
38
154 lbs
40 - 26 - 1

169 cm
31
167 lbs
29 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Riggs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kirk St Lazarus!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riggs misses with the combination.
Riggs clobbers St Lazarus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

St Lazarus closes the distance and clinches.
St Lazarus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riggs tries to break free but St Lazarus pushes him back against the cage.
Riggs throws a head punch that misses.
St Lazarus scores with a shot to the side of Riggs's head.
Riggs lands a hook to the side of the head.

Riggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Riggs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Lazarus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Lazarus was well out of range. Poor timing from Riggs.
St Lazarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riggs avoids the head kick by St Lazarus.
Riggs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling St Lazarus to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Lazarus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Riggs's head.
Danga de danga de dang - Riggs scores with a four punch combination!
Riggs throws a nice looking combination but St Lazarus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A lazy left from St Lazarus finds it's target.
Riggs connects with a right hand. St Lazarus shakes it off.
Riggs misses the jab.
St Lazarus feints the counter takedown.
St Lazarus misses the shot to the body.
St Lazarus throws a hook but Riggs avoids it easily.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Lazarus manages to avoid it.

St Lazarus instigates a clinch.

St Lazarus has clasped his hands together around Riggs's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
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!
St Lazarus throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Riggs wants to control but St Lazarus postures up.
St Lazarus moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Riggs is looking to work his way out of this bad position but St Lazarus is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus in side control, throwing shots but Riggs defends.
St Lazarus scoring with punches from side control.
St Lazarus tries to score with some ground and pound. Riggs controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Riggs struggling a bit here.
Riggs gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
St Lazarus looking to control but Riggs is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Lazarus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
St Lazarus is landing with some decent strikes but Riggs is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
St Lazarus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Riggs is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
St Lazarus lands a big elbow.
St Lazarus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Riggs is desperately trying to improve his position but St Lazarus has a good base and remains in mount.
St Lazarus avoids the attempt from Riggs to control.
St Lazarus throwing strikes here but Riggs is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! St Lazarus connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St Lazarus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Lazarus controlling his opponent.
St Lazarus breaks from Riggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Riggs wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by St Lazarus.
St Lazarus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Riggs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Riggs is looking to get to half guard.
St Lazarus looking to control but Riggs is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Riggs avoids a series of strikes thrown by St Lazarus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk St Lazarus dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Riggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Lazarus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Riggs finds it's way round the side to connect with St Lazarus's head.
That kick from St Lazarus tenderised Riggs's leg. Riggs is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slow jab from Riggs misses its intended target.
Riggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Lazarus was well out of range. Poor timing from Riggs.
Riggs cracks the inside of St Lazarus's front leg.
Riggs connects with a single shot there.
Riggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Lazarus drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Riggs defends it well.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Riggs crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from St Lazarus - the referee stops the clock and Riggs gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says St Lazarus. Riggs manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Riggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Lazarus throws a half hearted mid kick.
St Lazarus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riggs.
St Lazarus checks a leg kick.
And St Lazarus responds with a good body kick, but Riggs manages to step out the way in time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riggs. St Lazarus does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Lazarus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riggss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus misses with a takedown attempt - Riggs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Lazarus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Lazarus stuns Riggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Riggs looks to land a right hand but St Lazarus moved out of range.
Riggs throws a big shot that misses.
St Lazarus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Lazarus throws a shot to the body.
St Lazarus tries to clinch but Riggs moves out of range.
No joy there for Riggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Lazarus lands a right hook to the body.
St Lazarus lands with an overhand left.
St Lazarus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riggs.
St Lazarus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Riggs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Lazarus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riggs. Riggs obviously looking to wear him down.
St Lazarus has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Riggs throws a jab but it's blocked by St Lazarus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Lazarus throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Riggs counters with a nice body kick.
St Lazarus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by St Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riggs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Riggs swings away with a leg kick that misses.
St Lazarus throws out a counter right but Riggs avoids it with no problem.
Kirk St Lazarus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riggs ducks under a wild hook from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus misses with a body shot.
Riggs jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
St Lazarus throws a low kick but Riggs moves out of range easily.
St Lazarus ducks under a wild hook from Riggs.
Riggs pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Martin Riggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Riggs throws a leg kick which misses St Lazarus's front leg but catches the back leg as St Lazarus tries to avoid it.
St Lazarus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riggs was well out of range. Poor timing from St Lazarus.

St Lazarus clinches up against the cage.
St Lazarus prevents Riggs from breaking the clinch.
Riggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St Lazaruss head.
St Lazarus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Riggs is defending well.
Riggs lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Riggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Lazarus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Riggs throws a wild body kick that St Lazarus sees coming a mile off.
A big right from Riggs misses.
Riggs has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
St Lazarus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Riggs misses the shot to the body.
St Lazarus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Riggs is out of range.
Riggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
St Lazarus lands a slapping body shot.
Riggs throws a leg kick but St Lazarus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
St Lazarus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martin Riggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk St Lazarus.
St Lazarus checks a low kick from Riggs.
St Lazarus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Lazarus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Lazarus moves away from the strike by Riggs.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Lazarus. That's going to slow Riggs down.
St Lazarus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Riggs misses the jab.
Riggs looks to land a body kick but St Lazarus moved away.
St Lazarus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Lazarus checks a low kick from Riggs.
St Lazarus throws a counter combo.
St Lazarus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice straight punches there by St Lazarus. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of St Lazarus.
St Lazarus blocks a low kick nicely.
Martin Riggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Lazarus throws a leg kick but Riggs moved away.
Riggs lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Riggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Lazarus throws the kick towards the body but Riggs avoids it.
St Lazarus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riggs's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kirk St Lazarus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St Lazarus swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Riggs counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St Lazarus tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Riggs misses.
A low kick from Riggs misses
and St Lazarus counters with a good, hard body kick but Riggs shrugs it off.
Riggs misses with a body kick.
Riggs throws a shot to the body.
St Lazarus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Riggs takes a swing at St Lazarus's ribcage but misses.
Riggs throws a hook but St Lazarus avoids it easily.
Riggs cracks St Lazarus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
St Lazarus moves out of range as Riggs throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Lazarus lands a jab to Riggs's midsection.
A punch combination from St Lazarus misses.

St Lazarus rushes Riggs and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Lazarus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Lazarus swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by St Lazarus.
St Lazarus misses with the head strike.
St Lazarus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Riggs is defending well.

Riggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Riggs gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows St Lazarus to score an easy takedown into full guard.
St Lazarus passes into half guard.
Riggs is trying to get back to full guard.
Riggs is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Lazarus.
Riggs blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus trying to control from half guard but Riggs is working away.
Riggs pushes St Lazarus off looking to stand but St Lazarus dives back in and keeps control.
St Lazarus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Lazarus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

St Lazarus gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
St Lazarus scores with a hook to the body. Riggs takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Lazarus shoots in for a takedown but Riggs shows good takedown defense.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riggs throws out a loose jab but St Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riggs circles away quickly and effectively.
St Lazarus blocks a leg kick.
St Lazarus checks a leg kick nicely.
St Lazarus moves out of range of the body kick.
Riggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before St Lazarus can pounce on him.
St Lazarus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St Lazarus looks to land a right hand but Riggs moved out of range.
St Lazarus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Lazarus misses with a head kick.
St Lazarus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St Lazarus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riggs.
A left lands for St Lazarus.
Riggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from St Lazarus.
Riggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before St Lazarus can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus closes the distance and clinches up with Riggs, looking for a takedown. St Lazarus pushes Riggs against the cage but Riggs circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Martin Riggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk St Lazarus.
St Lazarus closes the distance and clinches up with Riggs, looking for a takedown. St Lazarus pushes Riggs against the cage but Riggs circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Riggs is looking to counter punch.
St Lazarus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
St Lazarus checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riggs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Lazarus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riggs with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Lazarus throws a nice inside leg kick.
St Lazarus misses with an attempted mid kick.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Lazarus moves away.
Good work by Riggs as he checks the leg kick.
Riggs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St Lazarus throws a hook but Riggs blocks it.
St Lazarus lands a high kick!
St Lazarus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Riggs lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and St Lazarus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Lazarus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk St Lazarus really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St Lazarus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Riggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Riggs misses with a body shot.
Riggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riggs cracks St Lazarus with a good jab.
Riggs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riggs scores with a kick to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of St Lazarus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Riggs slips a jab and a cross from St Lazarus.
Riggs throwing a counter right hand but St Lazarus manages to avoid it.
St Lazarus throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Lazarus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Riggs misses with a low kick as St Lazarus jumps back.
A slapping body kick lands there for St Lazarus.
Riggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Lazarus was well out of range. Poor timing from Riggs.
St Lazarus drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Riggs defends it well.
Riggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Lazarus sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands a slapping body shot.
Riggs keeps the fight on the outside.
St Lazarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riggs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St Lazaruss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Riggs throws a quick inside leg kick.
St Lazarus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
St Lazarus scores with a jab. Riggs acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Riggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Lazarus was well out of range. Poor timing from Riggs.
St Lazarus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riggs.
Riggs wants to land a leg kick but St Lazarus is out of range.
Nice defenses there by St Lazarus.
Sloppy strikes from Riggs. Those never looked like landing.
St Lazarus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riggs.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
St Lazarus takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

St Lazarus closes the distance and pushes Riggs back into the cage.
Riggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Lazarus has him pressed against the cage.
Riggs tries to work over St Lazarus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Lazarus tries a body shot but Riggs blocks it.
Riggs prevents the takedown attempt.
Kirk St Lazarus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riggs throws a punch but it's blocked by St Lazarus.
Riggs prevents a body shot from St Lazarus.
Riggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Lazarus has him pressed against the cage.
Riggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St Lazarus backwards.
St Lazarus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Riggs fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by St Lazarus as he connects with a hook.
Riggs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Riggs misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs tried to score with a low kick but St Lazarus checks it.
Riggs jabs at St Lazarus's body.
Riggs 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.
St Lazarus digs a good body shot into Riggs's ribs.
Riggs thumps St Lazarus with a low kick.
St Lazarus lands a right hook to the body.
St Lazarus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riggs's calf.
Riggs feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Lazarus's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riggs.
Riggs with a jab.
St Lazarus misses with a leg kick
and Riggs makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Riggs tries to land a leg kick but St Lazarus saw it coming and moves away.
Nice body kick from St Lazarus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Lazarus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Riggs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riggs throws a leg kick that misses.
Riggs sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Riggs shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Riggs will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
St Lazarus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Riggs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riggs misses with a hook. St Lazarus ducked under it nicely.
St Lazarus gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Riggs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riggs throws a wild body kick that St Lazarus sees coming a mile off.
St Lazarus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Riggs will feel that in the morning.
St Lazarus connects with a single shot there.
St Lazarus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St Lazarus lands a nice hook to Riggs's body. Riggs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Riggs tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kirk St Lazarus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

St Lazarus misses with a wild body shot.
Good shot there by Riggs.
St Lazarus connects with a leg kick. Riggs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Riggs throws a nice inside leg kick.
Riggs misses with a leg kick.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
St Lazarus tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nice cross by St Lazarus.
Riggs connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Riggs throws a body shot but no joy.
St Lazarus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Riggs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs misses with a hook. St Lazarus ducked under it nicely.
Riggs misses with a hook.
Riggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Lazarus.
Riggs lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
St Lazarus scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Riggs is out of range and St Lazarus settles back down.
Riggs slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
St Lazarus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Riggs rather than just go for the knockout.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Lazarus. That's going to slow Riggs down.

St Lazarus dives in and scores a takedown into Riggs's guard.
St Lazarus is stalling in the full guard.
St Lazarus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
St Lazarus stands up over Riggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Lazarus throws a big elbow that misses.
St Lazarus engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
St Lazarus postures up.
Martin Riggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus wants to pass the guard but Riggs is keeping the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kirk St Lazarus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
St Lazarus wants to control from the top but Riggs keeps moving.
St Lazarus showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Riggs throws a series of punches but St Lazarus avoids them all with ease.
St Lazarus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Riggs eats them both and turns towards St Lazarus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Riggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Lazarus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riggs works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
St Lazarus checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St Lazarus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
St Lazarus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Riggs takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
St Lazarus slips a straight right by Riggs.
Riggs takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Riggs lands with a thumping leg kick.
No joy there for Riggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Lazarus misses with a body kick.
Riggs misses with a looping right.
St Lazarus lands with a cross.
St Lazarus blocks a leg kick.
St Lazarus cracks the inside of Riggs's front leg.
St Lazarus misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riggs lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a leg kick
and St Lazarus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
St Lazarus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Riggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Riggs misses with a leg kick
and St Lazarus counters with a stiff right hand.
St Lazarus moves out of range of the body kick.
Riggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Lazarus.
Riggs misses with a leg kick.
Riggs throws a low kick but St Lazarus avoids it.
St Lazarus is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Riggs avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
Riggs tries a low kick but St Lazarus avoids it.
Jab, jab by Riggs - just one landing.
Riggs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Lazarus circles away quickly and effectively.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
St Lazarus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Riggs does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Martin Riggs.
Well St Lazarus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:49
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirk St Lazarus!
Kirk St Lazarus is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Kirk St Lazarus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.