PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brock Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yehuda Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferguson's entrance music is POWER. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ozawa's choice of entrance music: cannibal corpse-make them suffer. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ferguson
vs
Ozawa

173 cm
21
199 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)
Global Empire MMA Gear

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Ferguson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yehuda Ozawa!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozawa wants to clinch.
Ozawa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ferguson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ferguson lands a nice shot that snaps Ozawa's head back.
Ferguson slips under a jab.
Ferguson cracks Ozawa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ferguson misses with a few strikes there.

Ferguson shoots in and bounces Ozawa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ferguson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ferguson wants to control from the top but Ozawa keeps moving.

Ozawa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ferguson lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson stands up over Ozawa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferguson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ferguson postures up.

Ozawa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ferguson defends well.

Ozawa has an active guard here but Ferguson has managed to pass into half guard.
Ferguson working the head and body with strikes.
Ozawa trying to control here.
Ferguson controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ozawa keeps working.
Ferguson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Ozawa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ferguson pulls his head out easily.
Ferguson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ozawa's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ozawa looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice strikes from Ferguson there.
Ferguson sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Ferguson is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ferguson lands a nice short elbow.

Ozawa actively working from the bottom here.

Ferguson wants to work for an arm triangle but Ozawa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ferguson is nestled in close to Ozawa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ferguson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ferguson lands strikes from half guard.
Ferguson is nestled in close to Ozawa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Ferguson is looking for a kimura but Ozawa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ferguson to get the leverage.
Ferguson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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!

Ferguson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ozawa sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ferguson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ozawa defends it well.

Ferguson is working for a kimura but Ozawa is defending it quite comfortably.

Ferguson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ozawa sees it coming and defends easily.
Ozawa is refusing to be controlled, as Ferguson sits in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ferguson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ozawa is staying active underneath Ferguson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Ferguson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ferguson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ferguson works on Ozawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Ferguson controlling the action here for a moment.
Ozawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ozawa misses with a punch to the body.
Ferguson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ozawa blocks an elbow strike.
Ozawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferguson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ozawa tries to work over Ferguson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ozawa pushes Ferguson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ferguson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ferguson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferguson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ozawa or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson lands a body shot.
Ferguson lands a body punch.
Ozawa is breathing heavily.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ferguson.
Ozawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Ferguson manages to break the clinch.
Ferguson works Ozawa's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferguson throws a combination. Ozawa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Ferguson forces Ozawa back against the cage and clinches.
Ozawa can't find room to land a body shot as Ferguson controls the action.

Ferguson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown by Ferguson or perhaps it was just good defense by Ozawa which made him look bad.
Ferguson lands a glancing blow to the side of Ozawa's head.

Ozawa is rocked!
Ferguson drops Ozawa with a naaaaasty hook - Ozawa is in real trouble here! Ferguson dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Ferguson!
Brock Ferguson is the new middleweight champion!
Brock Ferguson decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.