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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between bj Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Probert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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168 cm
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139 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bj Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sparky Probert!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Probert cracks Ferguson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Probert lands with a straight right. Ferguson didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Probert does it's job there.
Ferguson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Probert's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Probert wants to stand but Ferguson is controlling the position.
Ferguson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ferguson shoots for a double leg takedown but Probert sprawls well. He's pushed Ferguson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Probert misses with a series of wild punches.
Ferguson shoots in and gets a takedown into Probert's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferguson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson passes into half guard.
Ferguson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Probert wants to get back to his feet.
Ferguson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Probert knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ferguson drops an elbow to the side of Probert's head.
Probert wants to control but Ferguson is keeping busy.
Ferguson is taking a breather. Probert says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Sparky Probert hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Probert goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson scores with a takedown into Probert's guard.
Probert really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ferguson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ferguson throwing strikes from guard but Probert blocks nicely.
Ferguson trying to control the position from guard on top but Probert is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferguson passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson content to control rather than advance.
Ferguson wants to stand but Probert has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ferguson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
bj Ferguson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Probert comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Probert bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ferguson's head backwards.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ferguson.
Probert stuns Ferguson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Probert throws a shot to the body.
Ferguson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Probert throws a low kick, looking for Ferguson's leg but Ferguson calmly moves out of range.
Ferguson tries to clinch up.
Ferguson closes the distance but Probert moves to the side
and Probert counters with a right hand to the body.
Probert dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ferguson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Probert.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Probert.
Probert digs a good body shot into Ferguson's ribs.
Ferguson checks a low kick from Probert.
Ferguson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Probert to score with a decent uppercut.
Probert getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ferguson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Probert stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for bj Ferguson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ferguson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Probert closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ferguson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferguson with a poor takedown
and Probert counters with a big right hand! Oh Ferguson is in trouble here! Probert follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sparky Probert!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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