PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fernandez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Yakety Sax. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ryan's choice of entrance music: Wassup - by ASAP Rocky. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fernandez
vs
Ryan

183 cm
29
190 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Red Hand Clothing
Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santos Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Ryan throws a right and a left that Fernandez avoids nicely.
Ryan swinging wildly here.
Ryan lands a jab.
Fernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fernandez fails with a takedown attempt.
Ryan loads up on a big right hand but Fernandez slips the punch.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernandez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ryan.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but Ryan circles away and keeps his distance.

Fernandez moves into range and clinches up with Ryan.
Ryan is trying to break the clinch but Fernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Fernandez tries to work over Ryan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ryan lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ryan blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Ryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fernandez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ryan clobbers Fernandez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ryan throws an overhand right that lands on Fernandez's shoulder, as Fernandez tries to avoid the shot.
Fernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
Fernandez is looking to clinch.
Fernandez slips under a jab from Ryan.
Fernandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ryan looks to throw the jab but Fernandez is out of range.
Ryan thows a left - swing and a miss!

Fernandez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ryan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez trying to control the action but Ryan is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan is looking to reverse the position.
Ryan is not content to let Fernandez control the position.
Ryan trying his best to control but Fernandez has mounted him.
Ryan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fernandez working the ground and pound effectively.
Fernandez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ryan wants to control but Fernandez is having none of it.
Ryan is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Fernandez is staying active.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez unloads with some shots from mount but Ryan bucks and avoids them well.
Fernandez raining down shots from the mount!
Fernandez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ryan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernandez with shots to the head and body - Ryan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fernandez tries to control but Ryan wriggling away.
Ryan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fernandez.
Ryan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fernandez working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Santos Ryan has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandez is landing with some decent strikes but Ryan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Ryan is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez cracks Ryan with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Fernandez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jason Fernandez made sure he mentioned Red Hand Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.