PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Day Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man's entrance music is Day Man Remix. A fine choice. Fernandez has chosen Roy Jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Man
vs
Fernandez

190 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Day Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Desmond Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fernandez moves into range and clinches up with Man.
Fernandez landing knees to the body.
Fernandez stalling against the cage.
Man tries to break the clinch but Fernandez is controlling the position.
Fernandez lands an elbow that stopped Man in his tracks for a moment.
Fernandez just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Man fails to land.
Fernandez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernandez keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fernandez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Man tries to break free but Fernandez pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fernandez tries for a takedown but Man manages to get underhooks.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man takes a knee right on the jaw!
Man misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Fernandez.
Fernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Man is breathing heavily.
Fernandez lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fernandez lands a nice elbow.
Man is pressed up against the cage. Fernandez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Man down to the mat. Man avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Fernandez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Fernandez pulls Man into guard.
Man has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Fernandez pushes Man off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Fernandez rushes Man and presses him up against the cage.
Fernandez lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fernandez drags the fight down to the ground.

Fernandez wriggles free and stands up.

Fernandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fernandez lands a nice elbow.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Fernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fernandez lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Fernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fernandez.
Fernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fernandez lands a damaging elbow.
Fernandez lands an elbow that stopped Man in his tracks for a moment.
Fernandez lands an elbow inside.
Fernandez connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernandez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fernandez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Man pulls his leg out and moves away.
Day Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Fernandez.

Fernandez has Man up against the cage in a clinch.

Fernandez decides to pull guard.

Fernandez pushes Man off and gets back to his feet.

Fernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez lands a knee to the body.
Fernandez lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fernandez manages to pull guard.

Fernandez kicks Man off and gets to his feet.

Fernandez closes the distance and clinches.
Fernandez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fernandez lands an elbow that stopped Man in his tracks for a moment.
Fernandez has Man pushed against the cage.
Fernandez lands a damaging elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fernandez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fernandez scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernandez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Desmond Fernandez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fernandez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Man sprawls well. Man wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fernandez gets slowly back to his feet.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Fernandez takes the fight into the clinch.
Desmond Fernandez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fernandez prevents a body shot from Man.
Fernandez is stalling here.
Knees to the body from Fernandez.
Fernandez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries a body shot but Fernandez blocks it.
Fernandez scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fernandez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Desmond Fernandez.
Fernandez is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Fernandez instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Fernandez.
Fernandez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fernandez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Fernandez lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fernandez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fernandez's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Man being controlled against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fernandez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fernandez avoiding damage.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Fernandez avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Man letting Fernandez take a breather here.
Fernandez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Man gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fernandez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Man's face.
Fernandez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fernandez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man stops a takedown attempt from Fernandez.
Day Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Fernandez.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Man's face.
Fernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fernandez has Man pushed against the cage.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fernandez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fernandez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fernandez lands a knee to the head.
Fernandez lands an elbow that stopped Man in his tracks for a moment.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fernandez can't get the takedown.
Fernandez taking a breather.
Fernandez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fernandez.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Fernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fernandez stalling the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man is trying to break the clinch but Fernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Fernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Fernandez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Man tries to break free but Fernandez pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Desmond Fernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Man throws a looping overhand right but Fernandez ducks down to avoid it.
Fernandez walks into a left hand.
Man lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Fernandez with that takedown attempt.
Fernandez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Man lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fernandez at a distance.
Fernandez tries to clinch but Man moves out of range.
Fernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fernandez is looking to clinch.
Man lands with an uppercut that bounces Fernandez off the cage and back into range.
Man with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man cracks Fernandez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Man works the jab nicely.
Day Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Man connects with a body shot.
Man keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fernandez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Man pinned against the cage. Man gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Day Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Fernandez.
Man lands a body shot.
Man lands a jab.
Man scores with a jab to the body.
Day Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fernandez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Man sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Fernandez has Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Fernandez stalling in the clinch.
Fernandez misses with a knee to the head.
Fernandez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fernandez.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Fernandez lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Fernandez is controlling him.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Fernandez has double underhooks.
Man wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fernandez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Fernandez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fernandez lands a nice elbow.
Fernandez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fernandez connects with a knee to the head.
Fernandez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Man pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Fernandez jumps into guard, dragging Man to the mat.
Man wants to get up but he can't break Fernandez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fernandez on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fernandez has his feet on Man's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Day Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fernandez shoots in and drives through. Man sprawls well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Man fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Fernandez. Fernandez maintains the clinch.
Fernandez landing knees to the head.
Fernandez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Fernandez avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fernandez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Man uses from the top position.

Fernandez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Desmond Fernandez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fernandez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Desmond Fernandez.
I've got Fernandez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Fernandez!
Desmond Fernandez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.