PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between DJ Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Anderson
vs
Ferreira

189 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, DJ Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Ferreira as Anderson shoots in.
Anderson fails to land the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Ferreira which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DJ Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson is looking to take a break and control but Ferreira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Ferreira is defending well.
Ferreira tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
Ferreira works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a strike but Ferreira rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ferreira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ferreira stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
Anderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ferreira on the ground.
Ferreira is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ferreira stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Ferreira working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ferreira just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Anderson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ferreira taking a breather here.
Ferreira is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ferreira working the ground and pound.

Ferreira wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Anderson, who protects the arm well.

Ferreira is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ferreira looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Ferreira seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Anderson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ferreira misses with the ground and pound.
Ferreira advances to full mount.
Anderson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ferreira punching from mount but Anderson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ferreira controlling the position easily from mount.
Anderson is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ferreira unloads with some shots from mount but Anderson bucks and avoids them well.
Anderson is squirming around, avoiding Ferreira's attempts to control the action.
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Anderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anderson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ferreira.
Ferreira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ferreira is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Anderson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Ferreira jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Anderson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ferreira prevents Anderson from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Ferreira dominated that round.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anderson moves out of range as Ferreira strikes.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ferreira pinned against the cage. Ferreira gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ferreira misses with a takedown attempt - Anderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ferreira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ferreira is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ferreira passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ferreira is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ferreira working for a guillotine from mount but Anderson is in no mood to give up.
A nice elbow there by Ferreira.
Ferreira controlling the pace for now.
Anderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ferreira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ferreira controlling from mount.
Ferreira has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Anderson's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ferreira working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ferreira is landing with some decent strikes but Anderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ferreira working Anderson over with strikes here.

Anderson is rocked!
Ferreira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Anderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferreira controlling from the full mount.

Ferreira with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Anderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.

Ferreira looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferreira lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Ferreira controlling his opponent.
Ferreira lands a big elbow.
Ferreira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson is trying to escape the mount.
Ferreira landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Anderson wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Ferreira scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Anderson is looking for a way out.

Ferreira looking for the RNC.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Anderson defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Ferreira's arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Ferreira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Anderson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ferreira sprawls well initially but Anderson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Anderson is tying to control. Ferreira wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ferreira slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ferreira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ferreira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anderson trying to control but Ferreira is working from the bottom.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ferreira is keeping the position for now.
Ferreira looking to control.
Ferreira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ferreira is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ricardo Ferreira has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Ferreira pulls Anderson in to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Anderson has his takedown stuffed

so Ferreira counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anderson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ferreira is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ferreira distracts Anderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Ferreira from controlling successfully.
Ferreira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ferreira wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Ferreira won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Anderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ferreira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferreira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.

Ferreira working for a submission but Anderson is keeping him at bay.
Ferreira controlling his opponent.

Ferreira wants to finish this one by submission but Anderson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ferreira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson is trying to escape the mount.
Ferreira controlling the pace for now.
Anderson tries to reverse the position but Ferreira maintains control.

Ferreira is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Anderson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Anderson tries to lock up and control but Ferreira gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ferreira tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ferreira avoids the attempt from Anderson to control.
Ferreira with good strikes from the mount here!
Ferreira misses with a head shot.
Ferreira thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
DJ Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferreira controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Ferreira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ferreira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Ferreira!