PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niall Ferguson (ranked 1079 p4p, 1732 weight class) and Randall Dean (ranked 164 p4p, 250 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ferguson
vs
Dean

188 cm
26
220
16 - 8 - 0

184 cm
20
220
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Northern Zombie
Conquer

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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Niall Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Randall Dean!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson connects with a nice looking jab.
Dean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferguson.
Ferguson lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Ferguson.
Dean misses with a hook to the body

and Ferguson counters by moving into the clinch.
Ferguson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Ferguson is struggling to control the position.
Ferguson presses Dean against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Ferguson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferguson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ferguson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dean pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ferguson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ferguson tries to work over Dean's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Ferguson.
Dean leaning against his opponent.

Ferguson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dean tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ferguson wants to slow Dean down by chopping away at his legs.
Dean looks to throw the jab but Ferguson is out of range.
Dean misses with a looping left.
Dean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferguson manages to avoid it.
Dean cracks a nice hook into Ferguson's ribs.
Dean does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dean tries to move into range but Ferguson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ferguson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice body kick from Ferguson.
Ferguson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean's corner calls for a 1-2. Dean obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean misses the body punch
letting Ferguson counter with a right hand.
Ferguson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dean connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ferguson scrambles back to his feet.
Dean dips to his left and cracks Ferguson with an uppercut!
Ferguson tries to land a front kick but Dean steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ferguson throws a leg kick but Dean sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ferguson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dean.
Dean misses with a series of wild punches.
Ferguson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ferguson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ferguson avoids the body shot from Dean.
A good leg kick by Ferguson.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ferguson.
Dean missing with a left hand there. Ferguson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ferguson throws a shot to the body.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferguson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dean.
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Ferguson slips the punch.
Dean walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ferguson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dean blocks the body kick.
Dean cracks Ferguson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dean looks to score with a jab to the body but Ferguson is just out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dean!
Dean jabs at Ferguson's body.

Ferguson closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dean.
Ferguson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dean prevents a body shot from Ferguson.
Dean just leaning against Ferguson, taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Ferguson.
Ferguson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to throw a body punch but Dean avoids it by throwing Ferguson back against the cage.
I was talking to Ferguson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dean tries to throw a body punch but Ferguson avoids it by throwing Dean back against the cage.
Dean swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dean is looking to break free of the clinch but Ferguson has double underhooks.
Ferguson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dean is leaning against Ferguson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ferguson.
Dean is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dean tries to circle away but Ferguson has him pinned against the cage.
Ferguson can't find room to land a body shot as Dean controls the action.
Dean tries to circle away but Ferguson has him pinned against the cage.
Dean's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dean's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Niall Ferguson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dean is looking to score with low kicks.
A right-left combo lands from Ferguson.
Dean works Ferguson's body with a nice hook.
Dean throws out a leg kick but Ferguson moves out of range and Dean only half commits.
Ferguson thows a leg kick but Dean checks it
and Dean counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Ferguson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ferguson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Ferguson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ferguson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dean can do to turn this around?
Dean taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Dean is looking to break free of the clinch but Ferguson has double underhooks.
Ferguson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferguson has a couple of punches blocked by Dean.
Niall Ferguson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Ferguson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferguson content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferguson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dean tries to circle away but Ferguson has him pinned against the cage.
Dean can't break the clinch.
Good body shot from Ferguson.
Ferguson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Ferguson scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dean's efforts to push away.
Ferguson can't get the takedown.
Dean has a couple of punches blocked by Ferguson.
Ferguson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ferguson breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Dean misses the target.
Dean cracks Ferguson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dean takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ferguson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dean throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ferguson connects with a leg kick.

Ferguson drives through and clinches with Dean against the cage.
Ferguson struggles to land a body shot inside as Dean controls his hands.
Ferguson tries a body shot but Dean blocks it.
Ferguson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferguson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ferguson can't find room to land a body shot as Dean controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean stalling in the clinch but Ferguson improves position.
Dean swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dean trying to control the position but instead, Ferguson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dean into the cage.

Ferguson manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Ferguson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ferguson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dean swings for the body but Ferguson moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dean. Ferguson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferguson lands a nice looking body kick.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean misses with a lunging right hand
and Ferguson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dean misses with a hook to the body

and Ferguson moves into the clinch.
Dean looking to stall.
A short right from Ferguson on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean tries a body shot but Ferguson blocks it.
Ferguson pressing his opponent against the cage.

Ferguson manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Ferguson.
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Ferguson slips the punch.
Ferguson tries to counter by clinching up but Dean breaks away and moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferguson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dean lands a slapping body shot.
Dean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ferguson tries to clinch up but Dean circles away and keeps his distance.
Dean throws the left hand but Ferguson avoids the punch easily.
Dean takes a swing at Ferguson's ribcage but misses.
Ferguson scoring well with a low kick there.
Ferguson connects with an inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Niall Ferguson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Ferguson lands a glancing blow to the side of Dean's head.
Dean fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dean misses the shot to the body.
Dean ducks right into an uppercut from Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ferguson wants to clinch up but Dean keeps it at a distance.
Ferguson slips under a jab from Dean.
Ferguson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ferguson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ferguson blocks a head kick by Dean.
Ferguson lands a glancing blow to the side of Dean's head.
Dean misses with an uppercut.
Ferguson throws a head kick but Dean moves out of range.

Ferguson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferguson lands a body shot.
Dean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Ferguson.
Ferguson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ferguson struggles to land a body shot inside as Dean controls his hands.
Dean is trying to break the clinch but Ferguson has him pressed against the cage.
Dean is trying to break free.
Ferguson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dean's elbow.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Ferguson has Dean pressed against the cage, preventing Dean from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ferguson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferguson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dean's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean cracks Ferguson with a nice body shot.
Ferguson struggles to land a body shot inside as Dean controls his hands.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dean stalling in the clinch but Ferguson improves position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferguson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ferguson pushes Dean back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Dean is rocked!
Ferguson scores with a shot to the side of Dean's head.
Dean is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferguson finish him?
Ferguson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Dean tries to stall but Ferguson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferguson digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dean takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferguson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ferguson dips a shoulder and cracks Dean with a mighty uppercut! Dean falls back against the cage and Ferguson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Dean is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ferguson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Niall Ferguson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Niall Ferguson waved his t-shirt featuring Conquer's logo in front of the cameras.