PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Ferguson

150 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson avoids a punch combination nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Green takes a knee to the side of the body.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Ferguson avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Ferguson trying to land knees to the body.
Green could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Green tries to circle away but Ferguson has him pinned against the cage.
Green blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Green.
Ferguson trying to land knees to the body.
Green lands a left hand.
Ferguson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Green is defending well for now.
Ferguson blocks an uppercut.
Green softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ferguson stalling.
Ferguson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ferguson trying to control the position but instead, Green has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ferguson into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green lands a shot to the body.
Green managing to block the knees to the body from Ferguson.
Ferguson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ferguson looks winded!
Green blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Green - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Green.
Green lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Green wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferguson won't allow it.
A short left from Green.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Green.
Green lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Green is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good body shot from Green.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Green has had enough of the clinch but Ferguson keeps him there for the moment.
Green working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Green breaks the clinch.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ferguson has time to react.

Ferguson is rocked!

Green moves into the clinch.
Ferguson is still on wobbly legs! Can Green finish him?
Green misses with a punch on the inside.
Green misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Green.
Ferguson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Green.
Green will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ferguson up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Green fails to land.
Green misses with a short punch on the inside.
Green will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ferguson up against the cage.
Green wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferguson won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferguson seems to have recovered his senses.
Green digs a right hand underneath Ferguson's ribcage. Ferguson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Green.
A nice right hand lands inside from Green.
Green wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ferguson has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Green creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Green.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Green lands a nice uppercut.
Green lands an uppercut.
Ferguson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Green.
A nice right hand lands inside from Green.
A shot in the inside from Green.
Green lands a hook that snaps the head of Ferguson backwards.
A short uppercut from Green.
Green pushes Ferguson against the cage. Green is working some dirty boxing. Green pushes off with a quick right hook! Ferguson goes down! Ferguson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Green moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Green!