PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ask Midgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant Ferguson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ferguson
vs
Midgard

225 cm
30
300 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Grant Ferguson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ask Midgard!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Midgard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Midgard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Midgard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ferguson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Midgard throws a right and a left that Ferguson avoids nicely.
Midgard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferguson .
Midgard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Grant Ferguson has been cut.
Ferguson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Midgard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Midgard. Those never looked like landing.
Nice shot by Ferguson .
Nice uppercut there from Midgard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Midgard misses with a few strikes there.
Ferguson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Midgard swinging wildly here.
Ask Midgard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferguson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Midgard. Those never looked like landing.
Ferguson throws the left hand but Midgard avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Midgard does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson misses the jab.
Midgard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferguson .
Midgard lands a two punch combo.
Midgard looks winded!
Sloppy strikes from Ferguson . Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Midgard misses.
Ferguson slips a jab and a cross from Midgard.
Ferguson looks to land a combination but Midgard avoids it well.
Midgard looks to land a combination. Ferguson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Midgard misses with a two punch combination.
Ferguson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Midgard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferguson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ferguson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ferguson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Ferguson misses.
Midgard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ferguson counters with a nice body shot.
Midgard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Ferguson . Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Midgard misses with a looping right.
Ferguson misses with a two punch combination.
Ferguson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Grant Ferguson 's cut is getting worse.
Ferguson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice straight punches there by Midgard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Midgard.
Sloppy strikes from Midgard. Those never looked like landing.
Ferguson misses with a wild combination.
Midgard misses with the combination.
A combination from Midgard does no damage.
Midgard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ferguson throws the left hand but Midgard avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midgard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferguson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ferguson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ferguson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Midgard.
Midgard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ferguson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ferguson looks to land a combination but Midgard avoids it well.
Jab by Ferguson .
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ferguson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Midgard.
Ferguson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Midgard.
Ferguson lands a nice shot that snaps Midgard's head back.
Midgard avoids the body shot from Ferguson .
Midgard misses with a double jab.
Ferguson misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Midgard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Midgard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferguson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Midgard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Midgard tries to bum rush Ferguson with a series of wild strikes but Ferguson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Midgard tries to bum rush Ferguson with a series of wild strikes but Ferguson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ferguson throws a right hand that Midgard ducks under and follows up with a left that Midgard also avoids with ease.
Midgard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ferguson .
Ferguson throws the left hand but Midgard avoids the punch easily.
Midgard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ferguson momentarily.
Midgard digs a good body shot into Ferguson 's ribs.
Ferguson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Midgard.
Midgard cracks Ferguson with an open hand slap.
Ferguson scores with a one two! Midgard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Midgard looks to land a combination but Ferguson avoids it well.
Midgard tries to bum rush Ferguson with a series of wild strikes but Ferguson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson slips a jab and a cross from Midgard.
Ferguson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Midgard throws a one two combo.

Grant Ferguson 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Midgard swinging wildly here.
Midgard is working the combinations to good effect here.
Midgard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Midgard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ferguson lands with a straight right. Midgard didn't see that one coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ferguson .
Midgard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferguson .
Midgard lands with a hook. Ferguson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ferguson needs to keep his hands up - Midgard had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferguson dodges the punch combination from Midgard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ferguson looks to score with a jab to the body but Midgard is just out of range.
Ferguson misses with the combination.
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ferguson misses with a few strikes there.
Midgard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Midgard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Midgard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ferguson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Midgard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Midgard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferguson .
Ferguson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Midgard misses the target.
Ferguson scores with a jab to the body.
Ferguson misses with a few strikes there.
Midgard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ferguson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ferguson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Midgard throws a right and a left that Ferguson avoids nicely.
Ferguson misses with a double jab.
Midgard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Some wild striking there from Midgard.
Ferguson tries to bum rush Midgard with a series of wild strikes but Midgard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ferguson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Midgard lands a head shot.

Jeez, Grant Ferguson 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Midgard fails to land with a series of punches.
Ferguson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Midgard counters with a stiff right hand.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Midgard is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ferguson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ferguson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Midgard on the side of the head.
Midgard misses with a wild combination.
Ferguson lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferguson slips a jab and a cross from Midgard.
Ferguson swinging wildly here.
Midgard throws a series of punches but Ferguson moves out of range.
Ferguson misses with the combination.
Midgard misses with the combination.
Midgard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Midgard throws a right hand that Ferguson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ferguson also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Ferguson . Those never looked like landing.
Midgard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Midgard throws a shot to the body.
Midgard throws a nice looking combination but Ferguson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Midgard throws a one two combo.
Ferguson looks to land a combination but Midgard avoids it well.
Midgard lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ferguson tries to bum rush Midgard with a series of wild strikes but Midgard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferguson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ferguson misses with a wild combination.
Midgard misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ask Midgard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grant Ferguson 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ferguson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Midgard dodges the punch combination from Ferguson .
A jab from Ferguson misses.
Midgard lands with a nice combination. Ferguson backs away looking to recover.
Midgard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Midgard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Grant Ferguson 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ask Midgard!