PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wabricio Ferdum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by Jackson 5 - I Want You Back. Ferdum has chosen PARIS - the devil made me do it as his entrance music. Matt Black could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wabricio Ferdum's chin.

Black
vs
Ferdum

192 cm
30
277 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

195 cm
36
260 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wabricio Ferdum!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferdum slips under a jab from Black.
Black throws a shot from downtown. Ferdum moves away and avoids it.
Black scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Black.
Black throws a poor cross that misses
and Ferdum counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ferdum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
Ferdum doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Ferdum decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black manages to get to full guard.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ferdum throws a strike but Black rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferdum is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Ferdum working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Black doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Black manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Black with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Black lands a couple of elbows.
Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Black tries to free his leg and advance position but Ferdum is retaining full guard.
Ferdum manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Black manages to get himself to full guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Black looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Black is trying to control the position but Ferdum postures up.

Black looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ferdum content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferdum trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferdum loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ferdum trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ferdum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Ferdum is sitting in close to Black's body. Black has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Ferdum is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Ferdum is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Black.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matt Black!
Matt Black seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.