PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between White Squall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Ferreira has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Squall
vs
Ferreira

200 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

193 cm
25
223 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Good chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Squall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferreira.
Ferreira shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Squall defends it nicely.
Ferreira swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Ferreira has Squall up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Squall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Squall is trying to push Ferreira away but Ferreira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Squall scores with a shot to the side of Ferreira's head.
Squall is trying to break free.
Ferreira is trying to maintain a safe position but Squall gets an underhook and turns Ferreira into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Squall.

Ferreira has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Squall is trying to keep an underhook but Ferreira manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ferreira wants to pass to mount but Squall is defending the position.
Squall is trying to stand back up but Ferreira is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squall has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ferreira is working away from the top position though.
Squall won't allow Ferreira to pass to mount.
Squall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ferreira on the ground.

Ferreira seems to be looking for submissions.
Squall is looking to improve his position.
Ferreira looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ferreira is trying to work for a kimura but Squall is defending well.
Ferreira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ferreira trying to control the action but Squall is working from the bottom.

Ferreira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ferreira looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ferreira takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira prevents Squall from improving his position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gabriel Ferreira wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ferreira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Squall under the eye.
Ferreira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squall.
Squall keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
White Squall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Squall misses with a hook
and Ferreira counters with a nice uppercut.
Squall throws a jab when Ferreira was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ferreira tries for a takedown but Squall circles away easily
and Squall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White Squall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Ferreira.
Squall throws a big shot that misses.
Squall on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Ferreira 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.

Ferreira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
BOOM! Ferreira connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ferreira breaks from Squall's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ferreira controlling his opponent.
Ferreira throws some wild stikes that Squall manages to avoid easily.
Ferreira prevents Squall from getting the reversal.
Ferreira putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Squall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Squall tries to get out of the position.
Ferreira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Squall really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ferreira controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squall blocking the ground and pound.
Squall is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ferreira content just to control the position here.
Squall is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira unloading with bombs!

Squall is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Ferreira locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Squall is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gabriel Ferreira!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gabriel Ferreira made sure he mentioned Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina), along with how happy he was to win his fight.