PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warrior comes to the cage accompanied by Power Rangers theme song by CANNIBAL CORPSE. Fernandez has chosen Pantera as his entrance music. Ultimate Warrior is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Warrior
vs
Fernandez

205 cm
27
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

196 cm
26
245 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez blocks a jab.
Fernandez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fernandez throws a right and a left that Warrior avoids nicely.
Warrior moves in looking to clinch but Fernandez pushes him off.
Fernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warrior.
Warrior tries to clinch but Fernandez moves out of range.
Fernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fernandez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Warrior to the mat! Warrior manages to get full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Warrior is looking to stand up but Fernandez isn't so interested in that idea.
Fernandez passes Warrior's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fernandez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Warrior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fernandez.

Fernandez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Warrior is trying to stand back up but Fernandez is controlling him

Fernandez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Warrior has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior is trying to stand.
Warrior trying to control here.
Fernandez stops Warrior from getting back to his feet.

Fernandez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Warrior defends it well.
Fernandez trying to control the action but Warrior is working from the bottom.

Fernandez decides to return to a standing position.
Warrior is looking to clinch.
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Warrior rushes Fernandez and presses him up against the cage.
Fernandez trying to control the position but instead, Warrior has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fernandez into the cage.
Fernandez misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warrior tries to clinch there but Fernandez circles away.
Fernandez misses with a body shot.
Warrior tries to clinch but Fernandez moves out of range.
Warrior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Warrior.
Fernandez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Warrior pinned against the cage. Warrior gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warrior jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Warrior is looking to clinch.
Fernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez tries to clinch but Warrior moves away

and Warrior holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Fernandez looks gassed!
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior working Fernandez over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernandez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Warrior controlling the action here for a moment.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fernandez lands a shot to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Fernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Warrior.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Warrior lands a knee to the body.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fernandez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Warrior.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Warrior blocks a head kick by Fernandez.
Fernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Warrior.
Fernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Warrior moves out of range easily.
Ray Fernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Warrior circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warrior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fernandez tries to clinch up.

Warrior clinches.
Fernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fernandez.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fernandez pulls Warrior into guard.
Warrior wants to control from the top but Fernandez keeps moving.
Warrior content to stall in guard here.
Warrior wants to stand but Fernandez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Fernandez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fernandez misses with a body kick.
Warrior is looking to clinch but Fernandez is avoiding it.
Warrior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Fernandez or perhaps it was just good defense by Warrior which made him look bad.
Warrior checks the leg kick.

Warrior takes the fight into the clinch.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ray Fernandez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Fernandez.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior blocks a body shot from Fernandez.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fernandez is trying to break the clinch but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Fernandez looking to slow down the pace here.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Fernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warrior lands a knee to the head.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fernandez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Warrior landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fernandez is defending well for now.

Fernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ray Fernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warrior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Warrior tries to clinch but Fernandez is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Fernandez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Fernandez takes one on the button.
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fernandez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warrior moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernandez misses with a double jab.

Warrior pushes Fernandez up against the cage in a clinch.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior scores with a knee to the head.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fernandez misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Fernandez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fernandez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Warrior swivels and escapes.
Warrior connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fernandez swinging wildly here.
Fernandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ultimate Warrior is winning the standup battle so far.
Warrior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fernandez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Warrior as he jumps to the side.
Fernandez wants to slow Warrior down by chopping away at his legs.
Fernandez keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fernandez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Fernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warrior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fernandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ultimate Warrior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Fernandez.
Fernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior is looking to clinch.
Warrior tries to clinch
and Fernandez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Warrior fails in his attempt to clinch.

Fernandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fernandez.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
Ultimate Warrior has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior prevents Fernandez from breaking the clinch.
Fernandez tries to work over Warrior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fernandez is working for takedown but Warrior is calmly controlling the position for now.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks it.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Fernandez can't get the takedown.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Fernandez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Warrior lands a knee to the head.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior landing knees to the head.
Fernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fernandez's face.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fernandez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Warrior pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fernandez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Warrior gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Warrior gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fernandez.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fernandez blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.

Fernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Warrior doesn't manage to clinch there - Fernandez circles away.
Warrior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Warrior.
Warrior moves in looking to clinch but Fernandez pushes him off.
Warrior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fernandez shoots in but Warrior avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Warrior has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez jumps guard but Warrior turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Fernandez blocks with his arms.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fernandez is trying to break the clinch but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Warrior lands a knee to the head.

Fernandez gets control of Warrior's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fernandez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Fernandez manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Warrior is looking to clinch but Fernandez is avoiding it.
Warrior moves out of range of the body kick.
Warrior tries to clinch but Fernandez moves away
and Warrior takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Warrior moves in looking to clinch but Fernandez pushes him off.
Fernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ray Fernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ultimate Warrior is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fernandez tries to land a front kick but Warrior steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ultimate Warrior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Warrior, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ultimate Warrior!
A relieved looking Ultimate Warrior thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.