PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Albatross (ranked 25 p4p, 165 weight class) and Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad (ranked 2 p4p, 15 weight class). Ferkingstad is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Try That In A Small Town. 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.

Albatross
vs
Ferkingstad

170 cm
32
140
43 - 9 - 1

175 cm
35
156
31 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Shadow Realm Apparel

Conquer
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Albatross!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferkingstad throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Albatross on the side of the head.
Ferkingstad takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ferkingstad looks to land a body kick but Albatross moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Albatross misses the target.
Good work by Albatross as he checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Albatross misses the target.
Albatross looks to land a right hand but Ferkingstad moved out of range.
Albatross with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ferkingstad takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ferkingstad slips under a jab from Albatross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Albatross lands a big head kick that sends Ferkingstad tumbling to the mat! Albatross takes a step backwards and waves Ferkingstad back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Albatross is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ferkingstad.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Albatross cracks Ferkingstad with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ferkingstad looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Albatross finish him?

Ferkingstad is rocked!
Ferkingstad throws a leg kick
and Albatross counters with a big right hand! Oh Ferkingstad is in trouble here! Albatross follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Albatross!
Johnny Albatross retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Johnny Albatross made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.