PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akhmed The Big T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think The Big T might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bad. Ferguson has chosen Fabolous - My Time as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

The Big T
vs
Ferguson

193 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 2

183 cm
24
207 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 6 - 4 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akhmed The Big T!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson looks for a takedown but The Big T sprawls well.
Ferguson tries to close the distance and clinch but The Big T swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferguson fails to land the takedown.

The Big T feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The Big T preventing the sweep.
The Big T prevents Ferguson from getting back to his feet.
The Big T passes Ferguson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ferguson is looking to improve his position.

Ferguson pushes The Big T off and gets back to his feet.
Ferguson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

The Big T looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ferguson!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Big T controlling from the full mount.
Ferguson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The Big T tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ferguson is desperately trying to improve his position but The Big T has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferguson looks gassed!
The Big T with the ground and pound from mount.
The Big T tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ferguson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ferguson wants to hold on but The Big T pushes him away.
The Big T content just to control the position here.
Ferguson is desperately trying to improve his position but The Big T has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Big T with the ground and pound from mount.
Ferguson wants to hold on but The Big T pushes him away.
The Big T controlling the position easily from mount.
Ferguson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Big T controlling the position easily from mount.
Ferguson can't escape the position.
The Big T looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Big T seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ferguson for as long as he can get away with.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The Big T lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, The Big T cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The Big T controlling his opponent.
The Big T lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by The Big T.
The Big T is landing with some decent strikes but Ferguson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akhmed The Big T dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Big T with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ferguson counters with a head kick.
Ferguson misses with a head kick.
Ferguson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and The Big T counters with a shoot takedown. Ferguson fights it but they end up in guard.
Ferguson wants to stand but The Big T is controlling the position.
The Big T is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ferguson is breathing heavily.
Ferguson looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Big T is one step ahead there.
Akhmed The Big T overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Big T looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Akhmed The Big T.

The Big T shoots in and bounces Ferguson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The Big T controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ferguson working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Big T sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ferguson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The Big T slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ferguson has his takedown stuffed

and The Big T counters with a shoot takedown. Ferguson fights it but they end up in guard.
The Big T advances position into side control!
The Big T controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Big T working away.
Ferguson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Big T remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ferguson tries to bench press The Big T off him but The Big T keeps the position.
The Big T controlling the position from side mount.
Ferguson sneaks back into half guard.
The Big T moves nicely into side control.
Ferguson tries to bench press The Big T off him but The Big T keeps the position.
The Big T works to advance to full mount. Ferguson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akhmed The Big T dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The Big T shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Ferguson actively working from the bottom here.
Ferguson trying to hold on to The Big T's head to control him but The Big T postures up.
The Big T controlling the action here.
Ferguson looks like he's trying to stand up.
The Big T content to control rather than advance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson is trying to get back to full guard.
The Big T slows the pace down in half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Akhmed The Big T has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

The Big T shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ferguson's guard.
The Big T with a nice head shot there.
The Big T passes Ferguson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The Big T perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson wants to improve his position but The Big T is controlling well.
Ferguson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The Big T looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Ferguson looking for submissions off his back.
The Big T content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ferguson is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, The Big T seems content to control.
Ferguson pushes The Big T off looking to stand but The Big T dives back in and keeps control.
The Big T is thwarting Ferguson's attempts to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Akhmed The Big T just wasn't active enough.
The Big T throws a series of strikes that have Ferguson backpedaling.

The Big T scores a takedown into full mount!
The Big T can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ferguson is looking to escape.
Ferguson is trying to escape the mount.
Akhmed The Big T is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Big T controlling from mount.
The Big T looking to control but Ferguson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ferguson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Big T controlling from mount.
Ferguson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akhmed The Big T showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Big T has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akhmed The Big T!