PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hogan Robson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferguson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fabolous - My Time. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kevin Ferguson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Robson
vs
Ferguson

203 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
207 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hogan Robson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ferguson blocks a head kick by Robson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robson. Ferguson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robson tries to clinch but Ferguson moves out of range.
Ferguson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ferguson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ferguson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Robson has Ferguson up against the cage in a clinch.
Ferguson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Kevin Ferguson has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robson obliges.
Ferguson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ferguson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Robson lands a knee to the body.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Robson avoids the damage to the body.
Robson has Ferguson pushed against the cage.
Robson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ferguson looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Robson tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferguson avoids the damage to the body.
Ferguson letting Robson take a breather here.
Robson lands an elbow that stopped Ferguson in his tracks for a moment.
Robson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ferguson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Robson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Robson pushes Ferguson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ferguson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Robson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Robson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Robson gets through Ferguson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Robson tries a knee to the head but Ferguson blocks it.
Robson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ferguson is trying to maintain a safe position but Robson gets an underhook and turns Ferguson into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Robson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Robson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

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

Ferguson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferguson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ferguson is still on wobbly legs! Can Robson finish him?
Hogan Robson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robson jabs at Ferguson's body.
Ferguson seems to have recovered his senses.

Robson drops Ferguson with a beautiful combination! Ferguson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Robson is looking for the KO!
Robson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Robson throws a right hand that Ferguson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ferguson also avoids with ease.
Robson misses with a wild combination.
Robson jabs at Ferguson's body.
Robson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Robson.
Robson lands a jab to Ferguson's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson throws a nice looking combination but Ferguson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Robson is looking to slow Ferguson down with leg kicks.
Robson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Robson drives through and clinches with Ferguson against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robson obliges.
Robson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Robson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Robson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Robson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Robson clinches up against the cage.
Ferguson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robson is defending well for now.
Robson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ferguson wants to break free but Robson has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson lands a knee to the head.
Ferguson misses with a knee strike.
Ferguson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Robson lands an elbow just above Ferguson 's eye.
Ferguson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robson connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robson obliges.
Robson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferguson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Robson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Robson working Ferguson over with knees to the body.
Robson lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Kevin Ferguson's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robson lands a good knee to the midsection. Ferguson won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Robson.

Robson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Robson instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hogan Robson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Ferguson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Robson looks to land a combination but Ferguson avoids it well.
Robson works over Ferguson's head and body with a nice combination.
Robson misses with a wild combination.
Robson misses with a wild combination.
Robson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Robson with a nice cross.
Robson throws a sloppy head kick and Ferguson moves out of range easily.
Ferguson blocks a head kick by Robson.
Ferguson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ferguson moves in looking to clinch but Robson pushes him off.
Robson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ferguson can do to turn this around?
Ferguson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Robson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson fails to pull guard.
Ferguson is breathing heavily.
Ferguson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Robson's face.
Robson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ferguson has had enough of the clinch but Robson keeps him there for the moment.
The referee calls for Robson to work.

Robson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ferguson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Robson sprawls well. Robson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ferguson gets slowly back to his feet.
Hogan Robson is winning the standup battle so far.

Robson closes the distance and clinches.
Ferguson is looking to control Robson's arms but Robson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ferguson has his back to the cage.
Ferguson avoiding damage as Robson throws knees to the body.

Ferguson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robson tries to close the distance and clinch but Ferguson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robson drops Ferguson with a beautiful combination! Ferguson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Robson is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Robson drops Ferguson with a huge uppercut! Ferguson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Robson is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

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