PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuhiro Ishida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferguson has chosen Flo Rida- 54321 as his entrance music. Mitsuhiro Ishida could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jake Ferguson's chin.

Ishida
vs
Ferguson

167 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitsuhiro Ishida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ishida shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ferguson sprawls well. Ferguson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ishida gets slowly back to his feet.

Ishida closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ishida is looking to advance position but Ferguson won't allow it.
Ferguson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ferguson wants to control but Ishida is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ishida not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ishida controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Ishida scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ishida tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ishida trying to control the position but Ferguson is working away.

Ishida looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishida controlling the position.
Ishida wants to control but Ferguson is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishida misses with the ground and pound.
Ishida working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ishida throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ishida throws an elbow but Ferguson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ishida working away.
Ishida trying to control the action but Ferguson is working from the bottom.
Ishida working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishida happy to just control the position for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ishida shoots in looking for a takedown. Ferguson tries to sprawl out of it but Ishida keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ferguson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitsuhiro Ishida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishida shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ferguson but Ferguson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ishida gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ishida staying calm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuhiro Ishida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ishida closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ferguson quickly recovers to half guard.
Ishida content to control rather than advance.

Ishida is looking for a kimura but Ferguson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ishida to get the leverage.
Ishida moves into full mount! Ferguson won't be happy about that!
Ishida avoids the attempt from Ferguson to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishida trying to control but Ferguson is having none of it.
Ferguson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Ishida looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ishida tries to control but Ferguson wriggling away.
Ishida throws some wild stikes that Ferguson manages to avoid easily.
Ishida throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Ishida wants to control the pace but Ferguson is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ishida.
BOOM! Ishida connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ishida content just to control the position here.
Ishida tries to control but Ferguson wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ishida tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ishida trying to control but Ferguson is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Ishida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuhiro Ishida dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ishida will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ferguson stuffs the takedown.
Ferguson misses with a wild combination.
Ferguson fails to land with a series of punches.

Ishida feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ishida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ishida looking to sit in guard and control but Ferguson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ferguson wants to control from the top but Ishida keeps moving.
Ishida looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ferguson is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ferguson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ishida has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ferguson has managed to get both his arms back between Ishida's legs - danger averted.
Ferguson won't allow Ishida to sweep him here.

Ishida looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Ferguson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ishida has control of Ferguson's left arm, preventing Ferguson from doing any damage.
Ishida on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ishida tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishida is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ishida 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.

Ishida is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ishida is trying to keep Ferguson in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ishida working for a triangle but Ferguson defends it easily.
Ishida looking to control.
Ishida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ferguson can do to turn this around?
Ishida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ishida is pulling down on Ferguson's head. It's preventing any offense from Ferguson, at least for the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mitsuhiro Ishida just wasn't active enough.
Ferguson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ishida closes the distance and clinches.
Ishida looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitsuhiro Ishida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishida is looking for a takedown.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ishida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishida has Ferguson pressed against the cage, preventing Ferguson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ishida tries to score a body lock takedown but Ferguson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ishida changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ferguson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ferguson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ishida as he jumps to the side.
Jake Ferguson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferguson stuffs the takedown.
Mitsuhiro Ishida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ishida.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitsuhiro Ishida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ishida 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitsuhiro Ishida!