PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbert West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferguson comes to the cage accompanied by Fabolous - My Time. Herbert West will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ferguson
vs
West

183 cm
23
207 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
21
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Future Pharmaceuticals (144 for $15)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Herbert West!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ferguson.
Ferguson fails in his attempt to clinch.

West gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
West lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ferguson!
Ferguson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as West tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ferguson is squirming around, avoiding West's attempts to control the action.
Ferguson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

West working for a submission but Ferguson is keeping him at bay.
West lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Kevin Ferguson has been cut.
West has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

West working for a guillotine from mount but Ferguson is in no mood to give up.

West looking for a guillotine from mount but Ferguson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ferguson is looking to escape.

West looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ferguson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

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

West is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ferguson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ferguson shrugs it off.
Ferguson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for West on the ground.
West looks gassed!
Ferguson is looking to get to half guard.
West thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ferguson is trying to escape the mount.
Ferguson tries to hold on but West pushes him away.
West content just to control the position here.
Ferguson tries to lock up and control but West gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
West lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ferguson hang on?
West looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ferguson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

West is working for a kimura but Ferguson is defending it quite comfortably.

West looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson trying to control here.
West stalling.

West is trying for a kimura here. Ferguson looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! West wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Herbert West!