PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Vallely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rual Ferdinand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallely kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Ferdinand is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fluorecent Adolecent. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Vallely
vs
Ferdinand

184 cm
24
190 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
199 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Vallely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rual Ferdinand!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferdinand misses with a kick to the body.
Ferdinand walks into a stiff left hand from Vallely.
Vallely lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ferdinand misses with a low kick.
Vallely lands with a cross.
Ferdinand dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vallely uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ferdinand.

Ferdinand rushes Vallely and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ferdinand can't find room to land a body shot as Vallely controls the action.
Vallely wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferdinand won't allow it.
Ferdinand with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ferdinand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vallely avoids it.
Ferdinand missing with knees to the body.
Ferdinand lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferdinand looking to throw knees to the head but Vallely is blocking nicely.
Ferdinand tries to work over Vallely's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferdinand misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferdinand keeps control of Vallely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ferdinand trying to land knees to the body.
Vallely tries to stall but Ferdinand uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vallely wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vallely takes a shot to the head.
Vallely wants to break free but Ferdinand has control.
Ferdinand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vallely avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vallely - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vallely on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vallely lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ferdinand misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vallely tries to break free but Ferdinand pushes him back against the cage.
Vallely is trying to break the clinch but Ferdinand is controlling him.
Ferdinand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vallely avoids it.
Ferdinand lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallely is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ferdinand doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vallely avoiding damage as Ferdinand throws knees to the body.
Ferdinand can't find room to land a body shot as Vallely controls the action.
Ferdinand working Vallely over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferdinand missing with knees to the body.
Vallely on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferdinand.

Vallely pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vallely cracks Ferdinand with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ferdinand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ferdinand closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ferdinand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ferdinand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vallely moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallely takes a swing at Ferdinand's ribcage but misses.
Ferdinand misses with a jab, cross combination.

Ferdinand gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ferdinand throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vallely is trying to break free.

Vallely breaks from the clinch.
Vallely throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ferdinand stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ferdinand with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vallely to score with a decent uppercut.
Vallely lunges at Ferdinand with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ferdinand's hand.
Vallely lands a nice looking body shot.
Vallely fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferdinand takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ferdinand looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ferdinand.
Ferdinand throws a leg kick but Vallely sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vallely with a nice cross.
Vallely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vallely throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ferdinand stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vallely with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vallely thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ferdinand tries a head kick but it misses.
Vallely connects with a right hand. Ferdinand shakes it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vallely is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vallely misses the jab.
Ferdinand moves out of range of the strikes.
Vallely misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Vallely dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ferdinand closes the distance and clinches.
Ferdinand tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vallely's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vallely.

Vallely escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Vallely as he connects with a hook.
Vallely fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferdinand manages to avoid it.
Vallely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferdinand was well out of range. Poor timing from Vallely.
Ferdinand misses with a hook. Vallely ducked under it nicely.
Vallely misses with a looping right.
Vallely comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ferdinand is looking to clinch but Vallely is avoiding it.
Vallely circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vallely makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ferdinand clinches up with Vallely and pushes him back against the cage.
Vallely wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ferdinand has him pressed against the cage.
Ferdinand trying to land knees to the body.
Ferdinand misses with a body punch.
Ferdinand looking to throw knees to the head but Vallely is blocking nicely.
Ferdinand trying to land knees to the body.

Vallely's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vallely waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferdinand.
Vallely swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferdinand.
A telegraphed right hand from Vallely misses the target.
Vallely swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ferdinand.
Vallely lands a glancing blow to the side of Ferdinand's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallely loads up on a big right hand but Ferdinand slips the punch.
Vallely uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ferdinand wants to clinch.
Vallely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferdinand was well out of range. Poor timing from Vallely.
Vallely throws a right hand that misses
and Ferdinand counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferdinand moves out of range as Vallely strikes.
Ferdinand 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.
Vallely scores with a one two! Ferdinand had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Ferdinand is rocked!
Vallely swinging wildly here.
Vallely avoids the head kick by Ferdinand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallely swings for the body but Ferdinand moves out of range.
Vallely jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Ferdinand gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ferdinand tries to throw a body punch but Vallely avoids it by throwing Ferdinand back against the cage.
Ferdinand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vallely avoids it.
Vallely can't break the clinch.
Vallely working hard to break the clinch.
Ferdinand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vallely has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ferdinand misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferdinand misses with an elbow strike.
Vallely working hard to break the clinch.
Vallely blocks an elbow strike.
Ferdinand looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferdinand with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vallely wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vallely wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferdinand won't allow it.

Vallely manages to break the clinch.
Mike Vallely is winning the standup battle so far.
Ferdinand throws a leg kick
and Vallely makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vallely connects with a nice looking jab.
Ferdinand is breathing heavily.
Vallely scores with a jab. Ferdinand acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vallely misses with a straight right.
Vallely misses the shot to the body.
Ferdinand takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ferdinand with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vallely to score with a decent uppercut.
Vallely fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferdinand manages to avoid it.
Ferdinand wants to clinch up but Vallely keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Vallely dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ferdinand misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vallely dodges the punch combination from Ferdinand.
Ferdinand slips under a jab.
Ferdinand takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vallely stuns Ferdinand with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vallely takes a swing at Ferdinand's ribcage but misses.
Ferdinand blocks a head kick by Vallely.

Ferdinand instigates a clinch.
Ferdinand misses with a knee to the head.
Ferdinand takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ferdinand lands a left hand.
Vallely wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rual Ferdinand seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallely is trying to push Ferdinand away but Ferdinand has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ferdinand throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vallely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ferdinand utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Vallely pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ferdinand takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rual Ferdinand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ferdinand lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vallely will feel that in the morning.
Vallely clobbers Ferdinand with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A telegraphed right hand from Vallely misses the target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ferdinand.
Ferdinand slips a straight right by Vallely.
Rual Ferdinand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallely digs a good body shot into Ferdinand's ribs.
Ferdinand moves in looking to clinch but Vallely pushes him off.
Vallely throws an overhand right that lands on Ferdinand's shoulder, as Ferdinand tries to avoid the shot.
Ferdinand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vallely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vallely throws out a loose jab but Ferdinand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vallely lands with a right hand.
Ferdinand on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vallely throws a good cross that connects.
Vallely looks to land a left hand but Ferdinand moved out of range nicely.
Vallely misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Ferdinand to counter with a crisp jab.
Ferdinand moves away from the strike by Vallely.
Ferdinand slips a jab and a cross from Vallely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferdinand misses with a wild body shot.
Vallely swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferdinand.
Vallely waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferdinand.
Vallely listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ferdinand moves out of range of the strikes.
Vallely stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vallely wants it to stay on the feet.
Mike Vallely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rual Ferdinand.
Vallely connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ferdinand tries to clinch there but Vallely circles away.
Vallely lands a lovely overhand right.
Vallely cracks Ferdinand with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mike Vallely is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferdinand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vallely throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ferdinand misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vallely connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ferdinand is looking to slow Vallely down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferdinand shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ferdinand is still on wobbly legs! Can Vallely finish him?
Ferdinand misses with a body shot.
Ferdinand gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ferdinand with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vallely to score with a decent uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ferdinand doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vallely lands with a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Vallely showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vallely, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Vallely!