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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jasper Ferrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Bernard will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jasper Ferrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Bernard!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bernard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bernard must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ferrell has Bernard pulled in close to control his posture.
Ferrell lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ferrell stands and steps away. Bernard gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bernard feints and as Ferrell raises his hands in defense, Bernard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bernard looks winded!
Bernard stops Ferrell from standing up.
Ferrell manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bernard manages to get himself to full guard.
Ferrell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ferrell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ferrell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ferrell's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ferrell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ferrell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ferrell throwing strikes from guard but Bernard blocks nicely.
Ferrell could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ferrell connects with a couple of short punches.
Bernard has an active guard here but Ferrell has managed to pass into half guard.
Ferrell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bernard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ferrell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bernard has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Wolfgangs Training Company $50. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Bernard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ferrell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ferrell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ferrell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ferrell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ferrell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ferrell drives through with a takedown into Bernard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferrell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ferrell scoring with some ground and pound.
Ferrell chips away with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bernard will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bernard looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ferrell passes into half guard.
Ferrell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell lands strikes from half guard.
Bernard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ferrell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ferrell working Bernard over with strikes.
Ferrell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ferrell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ferrell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ferrell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ferrell decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Ferrell circles away.
Ferrell wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ferrell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bernard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bernard gets caught napping as Ferrell dives in and scores a takedown. Bernard manages to retain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
William Bernard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bernard drives through with a takedown into Ferrell's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ferrell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ferrell manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bernard manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bernard looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ferrell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ferrell scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jasper Ferrell dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bernard gets a takedown into half guard.
Ferrell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ferrell trying to control from the bottom.
Bernard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ferrell moves into full guard.
Ferrell controlling Bernard's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferrell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bernard is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Ferrell there.
Ferrell escapes and gets back to his feet.
Ferrell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bernard can do to turn this around?
Bernard thows a body kick. Ferrell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bernard enables Ferrell to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bernard manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bernard is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ferrell is aware though and is defending well.
Ferrell working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bernard's head.
Bernard isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ferrell stacks Bernard on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ferrell!
Jasper Ferrell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bernard throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bernard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ferrell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ferrell landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferrell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bernard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bernard takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bernard tries to buck Ferrell off but Ferrell is having none of it.
Bernard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ferrell connects with a decent elbow.
Ferrell lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ferrell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Ferrell's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bernard wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Ferrell working the head with strikes.
Bernard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ferrell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ferrell working the ground and pound.
Bernard misses with a strike from the bottom.
Ferrell decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Ferrell darts in looking for a takedown but Bernard gets double underhooks and turns Ferrell into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrell swats away the attempt to clinch by Bernard.
Bernard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bernard clinches with his opponent.
Bernard breaks from the clinch.
Bernard throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ferrell shoots in for a double leg but Bernard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A clash of legs there as Ferrell blocks the low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jasper Ferrell dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ferrell shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Ferrell there.
Ferrell is looking for a kimura but Bernard is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ferrell to get the leverage.
Bernard is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Bernard working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bernard has left one of his arms exposed and Ferrell doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Bernard screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jasper Ferrell!
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