PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Owen Fernandez (ranked 3352 p4p, 3997 weight class) and Andrew Andrew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Andrew has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fernandez
vs
Andrew

190 cm
25
200
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Owen Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Andrew!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch but Andrew swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Andrew! But no joy.

Fernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Andrew wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Andrew gets underhooks to prevent Fernandez's takedown attempt.

Andrew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fernandez.
Andrew moves away from the strike by Fernandez.

Fernandez closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Andrew's guard.
Fernandez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Andrew wants to stand up but Fernandez is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Andrew's head.
Fernandez wants to control from the top but Andrew keeps moving.
Fernandez is working Andrew over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fernandez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fernandez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fernandez trying to control but Andrew is working from the bottom.
Andrew is looking to stand up but Fernandez isn't so interested in that idea.
Andrew is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Fernandez landing some decent shots from guard.
Andrew is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fernandez is controlling him.
Fernandez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrew is looking to stand up but Fernandez isn't so interested in that idea.
Fernandez lands a couple of digs.
Fernandez won't allow Andrew to get back to his feet.
Fernandez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Andrew is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fernandez is controlling him.
Fernandez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fernandez won't allow Andrew to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fernandez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fernandez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fernandez with a nice head shot there.
Andrew wants to get back to his feet but Fernandez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fernandez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Andrew is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fernandez postures up and lands a big shot to Andrew's brow.
Fernandez works over Andrew with some ground and pound from guard.
Fernandez stops Andrew from standing up.
Fernandez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fernandez won't allow Andrew to get back to his feet.
Fernandez wants to control from the top but Andrew keeps moving.
Fernandez distracts Andrew with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Andrew is wriggling around but Fernandez manages to pass to half guard.
Andrew is looking to escape.
Andrew is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fernandez scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez prevents Andrew from standing back up.
Fernandez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Andrew with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Andrew wants to get back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fernandez connects with a nice short shot to Andrew's temple.
Fernandez trying to control the action but Andrew is working from the bottom.
Andrew is trying to stand.
Fernandez lands strikes from half guard.
Fernandez stops Andrew from getting back to his feet.
Fernandez working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Andrew is staying active underneath Fernandez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Andrew wants to get back to his feet.
Fernandez lands with a punch from half guard.
Fernandez working the head and body with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Fernandez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Andrew connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fernandez. Fernandez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Andrew connects with the punch.
Fernandez misses with a double jab.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andrew moves away.
Andrew swats away the attempt to clinch by Fernandez.
Andrew stuffs the takedown attempt from Fernandez. Fernandez gets slowly back to his feet.
Andrew looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernandez is just out of range.
Fernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Andrew can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrew avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fernandez misses with a body shot.
Andrew connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fernandez misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Fernandez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andrew misses the shot to the body.
Fernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice cross by Andrew.
Fernandez tries for a takedown but Andrew circles away easily
and Andrew counters with a nice uppercut.
Fernandez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Fernandez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fernandez prevents Andrew from getting back to his feet.
Andrew is looking to stand back up but Fernandez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Andrew.
Andrew is trying to stand up here but Fernandez is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Andrew with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrew tries to kick Fernandez off but Fernandez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fernandez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Andrew can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fernandez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Andrew is trying to stand back up but Fernandez is controlling him
Fernandez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fernandez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Fernandez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fernandez lands a heavy elbow.

It looks like Andrew Andrew has been cut.
Andrew is trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrew is bucking up trying to escape but Fernandez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrew is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Fernandez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Andrew is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fernandez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Andrew is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Fernandez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Andrew wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez landing strikes from the mount.

The cut above Andrew Andrew's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Andrew wants to get back to his feet.
Owen Fernandez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A nice elbow there by Fernandez.

Andrew Andrew's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Owen Fernandez!