PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Derek Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ford Prefect (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patterson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ice Cream Paint Job. The crowd seem to be enjoying Prefect's choice of entrance music: Mos Def - Mathematics. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Patterson
vs
Prefect

179 cm
25
156 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

177 cm
25
157 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derek Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ford Prefect!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Prefect's head backwards.
Patterson scores with a nice strike.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Prefect throws a jab but it's blocked by Patterson.
Prefect thows a body shot but no joy.
Prefect will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prefect is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Patterson.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prefect moves away.
Prefect uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patterson.
Prefect misses with a wild body shot.
Prefect throws a lazy right hand but Patterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prefect swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prefect.
A jab from Patterson misses.
Patterson misses with a looping right.
Patterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prefect.
Prefect slips a jab and a cross from Patterson.
A big right from Patterson misses.
Prefect moves out of range as Patterson strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Prefect looks to score with a jab to the body but Patterson is just out of range.
Prefect throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patterson misses with a straight right.
Prefect cracks Patterson with an open hand slap.
Prefect throws a hook to the side of Patterson's head but Patterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prefect lands an overhand right.
Prefect throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patterson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prefect circles away quickly and effectively.
Patterson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Prefect misses with a hook.
Patterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prefect.
Patterson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Prefect rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Patterson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prefect staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prefect takes a swing at Patterson's ribcage but misses.
Patterson misses with a hook.
Prefect swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Prefect throws a hook but Patterson blocks it.
Prefect blocks a jab.
Patterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Patterson. Those never looked like landing.
Prefect tries to move into range but Patterson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Patterson lands a jab to the head.
Patterson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Patterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prefect.
Sloppy strikes from Patterson. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Patterson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Prefect lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Prefect moves out of range of the strikes.
Prefect keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patterson.
Patterson swings for the body but Prefect moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Prefect. That's going to slow Patterson down.
Patterson misses with a hook.
No joy there for Patterson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab lands there for Patterson.
Patterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patterson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Prefect throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patterson on the side of the head.
Prefect lands with a nice combination. Patterson backs away looking to recover.
Prefect walks into a stiff left hand from Patterson.
Donk. Prefect catches Patterson right on the button with a cross.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Patterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Patterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Prefect throws a jab when Patterson was well out of range.
Patterson scores with a punch to the head.
Patterson throws a series of punches but Prefect avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prefect throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prefect throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Prefect swinging wildly here.
Patterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Patterson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prefect misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prefect just misses with a punch to the body.
Patterson tries to bum rush Prefect with a series of wild strikes but Prefect uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Patterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An inside leg kick from Prefect misses.
Prefect scores with a nice right hand.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Prefect.
Patterson lunges at Prefect with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Prefect's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Patterson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Prefect looks to throw the jab but Patterson is out of range.
Prefect lands with a hook. Patterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Patterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prefect moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prefect connects with a right hand. Patterson shakes it off.
Prefect misses with a looping left.
Prefect throws a big shot that misses.
Prefect throws a jab when Patterson was well out of range.
Patterson misses the body punch
and Prefect counters with a series of strikes. Patterson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Prefect slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Prefect lands a leg kick that knocks Patterson off balance momentarily.
Patterson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Prefect looks to score with a jab to the body but Patterson is just out of range.
Patterson connects with a single shot there.
Derek Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Prefect. That snapped Patterson's head back.
Patterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prefect.
Prefect takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prefect will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Patterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Derek Patterson is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Patterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prefect fails to land with a series of punches.
Patterson slips under a jab.
Patterson throws a hook but Prefect blocks it.
Patterson stalks Prefect and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Prefect's face. Prefect staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch combination from Patterson misses.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prefect moves away.
Patterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prefect moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prefect looks to land a right hand but Patterson moved out of range.
Prefect ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patterson moves away.
Nice cross by Patterson.
Patterson misses with an uppercut. Prefect saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Patterson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Prefect lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Prefect.
Patterson misses with a series of wild punches.
Prefect lands with a hook. Patterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prefect.
Patterson throws a nice looking combination but Prefect bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Patterson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Patterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prefect moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prefect connects with a body shot that sends Patterson's belly button to the back.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Patterson moves forwards but Prefect connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Patterson tries to bum rush Prefect with a series of wild strikes but Prefect uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Prefect slips a straight right by Patterson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Prefect coming out on top.
Prefect comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prefect avoids a punch combination nicely.
Prefect feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pattersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Patterson walks into a jab.
Patterson stuns Prefect with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Prefect thows a body shot but no joy.
Patterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Derek Patterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Patterson misses.
Patterson misses with a hook
and Prefect counters with a right hand to the body.
Prefect misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheers as Prefect lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patterson doesn't seem phased though.
Prefect fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patterson manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prefect ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Patterson!
Nice cross by Patterson.
Patterson blocks a jab.
Prefect scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Prefect throws a hook to the side of Patterson's head but Patterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prefect jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prefect scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Prefect backs up against the cage.
Patterson throws a series of punches but Prefect moves out of range.
Patterson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Prefect dodges the punch combination from Patterson.
Prefect feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pattersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patterson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Prefect at a distance.
Prefect misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ford Prefect will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Prefect throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.
Prefect scores with a nice right hand.
Patterson misses with a series of wild punches.
Patterson misses with a hook. Prefect ducked under it nicely.
Prefect lands a jab.
Patterson throws a body punch but Prefect moves out of range.
Patterson walks into a straight right hand from Prefect.
Patterson lands a nice shot to the body.
Patterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Prefect looks to land a left hand but Patterson moved out of range nicely.
Prefect throws a looping overhand right but Patterson ducks down to avoid it.
Patterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prefect was well out of range. Poor timing from Patterson.
Patterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prefect sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Prefect slips a straight right by Patterson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patterson. Prefect does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prefect throws a hook but Patterson avoids it easily.
Prefect swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prefect throws a low kick but Patterson moves out of range easily.
Patterson throws out a powerful jab.
Patterson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Patterson.
Patterson slips a jab from Prefect.
Patterson misses with a straight right.
Prefect swinging wildly here.
Patterson misses with a wild combination.
Prefect throws a right and a left that both miss.
Prefect showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patterson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prefect manages to avoid it.
Prefect avoids the body shot from Patterson.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Patterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Prefect thows a left - swing and a miss!
Patterson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Donk. Prefect catches Patterson right on the button with a cross.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Patterson misses the jab.
Patterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prefect was well out of range. Poor timing from Patterson.
Prefect blocks a jab.
Prefect swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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!
A jab lands there for Patterson.
Prefect wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to move into range but Prefect moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Patterson throws a series of punches but Prefect moves out of range.
Patterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Prefect is just out of range.
Patterson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Prefect misses with a hook.
Patterson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Prefect lands with an uppercut that bounces Patterson off the cage and back into rage.
Prefect lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Prefect connects with a right hand. Patterson shakes it off.
Prefect with a hook.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prefect moves away.
Patterson misses with the combination.
Prefect comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prefect takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prefect throws a lazy right hand but Patterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prefect ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patterson moves away.
Patterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patterson misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Prefect, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Prefect throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prefect throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.
Prefect swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prefect slips under a jab from Patterson.
Patterson jabs Prefect right on the nose. Prefect blinks but takes it well.
Patterson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Prefect was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patterson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prefect throws out the jab.
Prefect connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Derek Patterson.
Well Patterson 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ford Prefect!