PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Nasty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Ferguson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ferguson
vs
Nasty

180 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Big Nasty!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson leaves Nasty with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nasty lands a jab to the nose.
Nasty throws a hook to the side of Ferguson's head but Ferguson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ferguson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ferguson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Nasty gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ferguson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ferguson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nasty wants to stand up but Ferguson is controlling him.
Nasty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ferguson stops Nasty from standing up.
Ferguson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ferguson trying to control the position from guard on top but Nasty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferguson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ferguson thows a big elbow that misses.
Nasty is looking to stand up but Ferguson isn't so interested in that idea.
Ferguson passes Nasty's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ferguson trying to control the action but Nasty is working from the bottom.
Nasty pushes Ferguson off looking to stand but Ferguson dives back in and keeps control.
Ferguson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ferguson lands strikes from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferguson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nasty really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ferguson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ferguson controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nasty?
Ferguson prevents Nasty from getting the reversal.
Nasty squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ferguson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ferguson avoids the attempt from Nasty to control.
Ferguson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ferguson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nasty?
Ferguson dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferguson breaks from Nasty's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nasty takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasty can't escape the position.
Nasty is bucking up trying to escape but Ferguson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Nasty is rocked!
Nasty takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Ferguson's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Ferguson!