PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Ferriero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kacper Feral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ferriero
vs
Feral

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Ferriero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kacper Feral!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Feral looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ferriero!
Feral working the ground and pound but Ferriero is defending the strikes.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big elbow.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero misses with a strike from the bottom.
Feral creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ferriero sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
An elbow from Feral crashes against the mat.
Feral scores with a couple of short elbows.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero dodges the ground and pound from Feral.
Ferriero takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.

Ferriero is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferriero tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ferriero on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferriero is looking for a sweep.
Feral lands a few punches from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Ferriero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferriero takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ferriero is breathing heavily.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero seems to have got his legs back now.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big right hand but Ferriero just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Feral in side control lands a decent elbow.
Feral is chipping away with strikes.
Feral works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ferriero taking a bit of punishment here - Feral scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Feral lands a few punches from side control.
Feral lands an elbow.
Feral lands a decent elbow from side control.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big elbow.
Ferriero wants to control but Feral postures up.
Feral is working Ferriero over with some ground and pound from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Feral in side control lands a decent elbow.
Feral lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Feral working the head with strikes.
Ferriero on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Feral landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feral working the body and head with strikes.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.
Feral working the ground and pound from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Feral lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Feral lands some shots froms side control.
Check out the look on Feral's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Feral works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Feral is putting a hurting on Ferriero here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ferriero is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ferriero takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Feral landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferriero taking a bit of punishment here - Feral scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feral working the head with strikes.
Feral is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Ferriero's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Feral lands a nice forearm strike.
Feral scores with punches from side control.
Ferriero takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Feral in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ferriero looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Feral turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kacper Feral!