PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes into the arena with saliva- Badass blaring out of the sound system. Ferguson has chosen Flo Rida- 54321 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jack Watts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Watts
vs
Ferguson

172 cm
18
159 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ferguson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ferguson cracks Watts with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ferguson fails to land with a series of punches.
Ferguson lands a nice shot that snaps Watts's head back.
Ferguson throws a nice looking combination but Watts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watts shoots in for a takedown but Ferguson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ferguson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Ferguson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ferguson duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Ferguson.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ferguson.
Ferguson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ferguson throws a leg kick which misses Watts's front leg but catches the back leg as Watts tries to avoid it.
Jake Ferguson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts needs to keep his hands up - Ferguson had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ferguson.
Nice uppercut lands for Ferguson. That snapped Watts's head back.

Watts is rocked!
Watts looks up at the clock. Bad move! Ferguson lands a right hand from hell, dropping Watts. Ferguson pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Ferguson!
A determined Jake Ferguson didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!