PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wabricio Ferdum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Buckets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferdum comes to the cage accompanied by PARIS - the devil made me do it. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ferdum
vs
Buckets

195 cm
35
260 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

200 cm
30
270 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wabricio Ferdum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Buckets!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckets throws a head kick that misses.

Ferdum gets the takedown into side control.
Ferdum tries to score with some ground and pound. Buckets controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Buckets avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ferdum.
Buckets is trying to improve his position.
Ferdum 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.
Buckets takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Ferdum thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ferdum scores with a couple of short elbows.
Buckets is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ferdum connects with a decent elbow.
Buckets defending against the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buckets tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ferdum wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ground and pound from Ferdum seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Buckets managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ferdum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferdum looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Buckets is avoiding damage well.
Buckets is looking to regain half guard here but Ferdum keeps moving and retains side control.
Ferdum landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferdum creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Buckets sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Buckets taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Ferdum's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ferdum lands a few punches from side control.
Ferdum prevents Buckets from escaping the position.
Buckets is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ferdum is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Buckets is in a horrible position here. Ferdum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ferdum cracks Buckets with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ferdum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buckets is looking to escape.
Ferdum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buckets?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferdum scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ferdum tries to control but Buckets wriggling away.
Buckets really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ferdum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ferdum lands a big elbow.
Ferdum lands a heavy elbow.
Ferdum postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buckets looks a forlorn figure.
Ferdum looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Buckets covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wabricio Ferdum!
Wabricio Ferdum thanked the fans post fight for their support.