PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sensimelio Estevez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Estevez has chosen Welcome to Jamrock! I'm on mushroooooms! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ferguson
vs
Estevez

178 cm
29
143 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

164 cm
24
149 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garrett Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sensimelio Estevez!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson misses with a low kick.
Estevez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ferguson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Estevez.
Ferguson stuffs the takedown.
Ferguson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.
Ferguson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ferguson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ferguson throws a sloppy head kick and Estevez moves out of range easily.
Estevez tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ferguson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Estevez. Estevez obviously looking to wear him down.
Estevez tries a head kick but it misses.
Estevez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ferguson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ferguson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Estevez backs away, Ferguson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ferguson thumps Estevez with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ferguson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estevez throws a leg kick that misses.
Ferguson lands a head kick. Estevez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A looping hook to the body misses from Estevez. Ferguson does a little dance to reset his feet.

Estevez gets tackled into the cage by Ferguson. Ferguson maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Ferguson.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Estevez avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez can't break the clinch.
Ferguson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ferguson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Estevez tries to stall but Ferguson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Estevez successfully pulls guard.
Ferguson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ferguson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Estevez is proving hard to escape from.
Ferguson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ferguson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Estevez keeping moving, preventing Ferguson from controlling successfully.

Estevez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estevez keeping moving, preventing Ferguson from controlling successfully.
Ferguson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Estevez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferguson controlling the position for now.
Ferguson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ferguson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Ferguson is looking for a sweep. Estevez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estevez is keen to just control but Ferguson is a slippery customer.

Estevez is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ferguson gets full guard.
Ferguson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Estevez throws a big right hand that misses.
Ferguson pulls Estevez in close to his closed guard and prevents Estevez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ferguson looking to control.
Ferguson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Estevez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ferguson tries to clinch there but Estevez circles away.
An inside leg kick from Ferguson misses.
Ferguson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ferguson moves out of range of the body kick.
Ferguson tries a head kick but it misses.
Garrett Ferguson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ferguson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ferguson misses with a leg kick.
Estevez misses with a low kick.
Estevez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Estevez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ferguson looks for the body kick but Estevez saw that one coming.
Ferguson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Estevez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ferguson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Garrett Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sensimelio Estevez.
Ferguson moves out of range of the body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ferguson - that will leave a mark!
Garrett Ferguson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Estevez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Estevez thumps Ferguson with a low kick.
Estevez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ferguson counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Ferguson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ferguson closes the distance and pushes Estevez back into the cage.
Ferguson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Estevez avoiding damage as Ferguson throws knees to the body.
Ferguson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Estevez.
Ferguson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estevez blocks it with crossed arms.
Estevez avoiding damage as Ferguson throws knees to the body.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Estevez avoids the damage to the body.
Ferguson lands a knee to the body.
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the head but Estevez blocks with his arms.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Estevez avoids the damage to the body.
Ferguson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Estevez can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estevez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ferguson after a bit of a struggle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Estevez as Ferguson tries to tie him up.
Ferguson scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estevez avoids it.
Ferguson misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ferguson landing knees to the body.
Estevez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garrett Ferguson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ferguson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Estevez's face.
Estevez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ferguson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ferguson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Estevez's face.
Estevez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estevez avoids it.
Ferguson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Estevez avoiding damage as Ferguson throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Estevez stalling the fight.
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estevez avoids it.
Ferguson trying to land knees to the body.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Estevez avoids the damage to the body.
Ferguson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Estevez avoiding damage as Ferguson throws knees to the body.
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estevez avoids it.
Ferguson tries to land knees in the clinch but Estevez avoids the damage to the body.
Estevez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Estevez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Estevez is trying to pull guard but Ferguson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Garrett Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sensimelio Estevez.
Ferguson is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Estevez.

Estevez decides to pull guard.
Ferguson wants to stand but Estevez is controlling his posture from full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Estevez is on top in guard.

Ferguson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ferguson trying to control the position.
Ferguson has Estevez pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ferguson controls Estevez momentarily but Estevez frees himself.
Estevez trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferguson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferguson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Estevez.
Estevez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Estevez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Estevez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Estevez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ferguson, who protects the arm well.
Ferguson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Ferguson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Estevez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ferguson lands a leg kick that knocks Estevez off balance momentarily.
Estevez throws a wild body kick that Ferguson sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ferguson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Estevez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Estevez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ferguson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some bone on bone action there as Ferguson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ferguson misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Estevez. Ferguson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferguson feints and then cracks Estevez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Estevez down.
Nice defenses there by Ferguson.
Estevez misses with a head kick.
Ferguson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferguson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ferguson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And Estevez tries to counter it with a takedown but Ferguson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Estevez checks a leg kick.
Ferguson lands with a kick to the temple. Estevez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ferguson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Estevez. That did some damage!
Ferguson looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ferguson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A slow jab from Estevez misses its intended target.
Estevez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ferguson as he jumps to the side.
Estevez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ferguson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Estevez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A lazy left from Estevez finds it's target.
Estevez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a low kick.
Estevez tries to work over Ferguson's front leg with a kick but Ferguson checks it.
Ferguson blocks a leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Estevez.
A leg kick checked by Estevez.

Estevez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ferguson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Estevez has passed into side control.
Sensimelio Estevez has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson wants to control but Estevez postures up.
Sensimelio Estevez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferguson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ferguson wants to control but Estevez postures up.
Ferguson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ferguson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Ferguson won't allow Estevez to pass to mount.
Garrett Ferguson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ferguson wants to improve his position but Estevez is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estevez is pressing down on Ferguson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ferguson is holding on for now.
Ferguson is doing well to control the position and prevent Estevez from advancing to side control.

Estevez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ferguson sees it coming and defends easily.

Estevez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ferguson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ferguson wants to control but Estevez is keeping busy.
Ferguson gets full guard.

That's four 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.
Ferguson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

It looks like Ferguson is going to stand back up.
Estevez tries to get to full guard but Ferguson has control of the leg.
Ferguson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Ferguson decides to stand and escape the position.

Ferguson rushes Estevez and presses him up against the cage.
Estevez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Estevez's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Garrett Ferguson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ferguson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garrett Ferguson!
Sensimelio Estevez spoke after the fight, saying 'I ate to many mushrooms and I thought he was trying to eat my face man! Just legalize weed already so I can be in my a game!'.