PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bret Fergieson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gjergj Kastrioti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bret Fergieson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fergieson
vs
Kastrioti

189 cm
26
213 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bret Fergieson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gjergj Kastrioti!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kastrioti will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fergieson misses with an uppercut. Kastrioti saw that one coming.
Fergieson cracks a nice hook into Kastrioti's ribs.
Fergieson misses with a body shot

and Kastrioti counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fergieson!
Kastrioti working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kastrioti prevents Fergieson from getting the reversal.
Kastrioti with a couple of short strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fergieson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Kastrioti lands a nice shot to the head.
Fergieson is looking to get to half guard.
Kastrioti avoids the attempt from Fergieson to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fergieson is desperately trying to improve his position but Kastrioti has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kastrioti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kastrioti landing strikes from the mount.
Fergieson is trying desperately to improve position.
Fergieson wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fergieson tries to reverse the position but Kastrioti maintains control.
Fergieson regains half guard.
Kastrioti slips a nice elbow through Fergieson's hands, connecting with Fergieson's forehead.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fergieson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kastrioti won't allow Fergieson to sweep him here.
Fergieson wants to get back to his feet but Kastrioti is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kastrioti makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kastrioti throws a big right hand that misses.
Kastrioti connects with a couple of short punches.
Kastrioti passes into half guard.
Kastrioti slips a nice elbow through Fergieson's hands, connecting with Fergieson's forehead.
Kastrioti trying to control the action but Fergieson is working from the bottom.
Kastrioti working over Fergieson with some ground and pound. Fergieson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fergieson pushes Kastrioti off and gets back to his feet.
Kastrioti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fergieson throws out the jab.
Kastrioti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kastrioti decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kastrioti thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fergieson's head.
Kastrioti misses with a head shot. Fergieson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Fergieson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fergieson wants to get back to his feet but Kastrioti is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kastrioti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fergieson is keeping the position for now.
Fergieson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kastrioti is controlling him.
Fergieson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kastrioti is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kastrioti with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fergieson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kastrioti is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fergieson punching from mount but Kastrioti doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kastrioti is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kastrioti gets back to half guard.

Fergieson is working for a kimura but Kastrioti is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kastrioti kicks off Fergieson and gets to his feet.
Fergieson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kastrioti's hands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fergieson.
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!
Fergieson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kastrioti shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fergieson sprawls well. Fergieson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kastrioti gets slowly back to his feet.
Bret Fergieson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gjergj Kastrioti.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fergieson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fergieson duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gjergj Kastrioti will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fergieson misses with a series of wild punches.

Kastrioti shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fergieson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fergieson tries to improve position but can't.
Kastrioti is putting a hurting on Fergieson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fergieson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fergieson wants to get back to full guard.
Kastrioti lands strikes from half guard.
Kastrioti not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fergieson is staying active underneath Kastrioti, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fergieson wants to get back to full guard.
Fergieson trying to control here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nice strikes from Kastrioti there.
Kastrioti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kastrioti working Fergieson over with strikes.
Kastrioti lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastrioti works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kastrioti lands with some strikes.
Kastrioti breaks from Fergieson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kastrioti lands a heavy elbow.
Fergieson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fergieson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kastrioti with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kastrioti with good strikes from the mount here!

Fergieson is rocked!
Kastrioti connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Fergieson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fergieson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fergieson seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Kastrioti! That's really hurt Fergieson and he's turned his back - Kastrioti keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Kastrioti jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gjergj Kastrioti!