QFC Tournament 451 Round 1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean McCraw (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.

Melo
vs
McCraw

180 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nicolas Melo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean McCraw!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McCraw throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Melo was covering up waiting for the punch and McCraw finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McCraw works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Melo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McCraw on the ground.
McCraw scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McCraw working the head and body with strikes.
Melo is looking to control McCraw's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Melo avoid being mounted?
McCraw seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Melo wants to control but McCraw is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCraw scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McCraw uses his free foot to push down on Melo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Melo.
McCraw content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo wants to try and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by McCraw.
McCraw dominating with strikes here.
McCraw scoring with strikes but Melo is staying in there.
McCraw unloading with bombs!
Melo wants to control but McCraw is having none of it.
McCraw breaks from Melo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Melo is rocked!
McCraw cracks Melo with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean McCraw!

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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robyn Fou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy McRolen (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.

Fou
vs
McRolen

184 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robyn Fou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeremy McRolen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McRolen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fou.
McRolen misses with a straight left.
McRolen misses with a double jab.

Fou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McRolen lands an elbow that stopped Fou in his tracks for a moment.
Fou swings wildly with an uppercut but McRolen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McRolen lands a body punch.
Fou takes a shot to the head.
Fou working hard to break the clinch.
McRolen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Robyn Fou has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McRolen lands with a right to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McRolen.
Fou misses with a body punch.
McRolen just leaning against Fou, taking a breather.
McRolen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McRolen lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McRolen lands an elbow that stopped Fou in his tracks for a moment.
Fou is looking to control McRolen's arms but McRolen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fou has his back to the cage.
McRolen lands an elbow just above Fou 's eye.
McRolen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from McRolen.
McRolen lands a body shot.
A short right from McRolen.

Fou is rocked!
McRolen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Fou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fou is breathing heavily.
McRolen unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Fou! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but McRolen is unloading with more strikes now! Fou drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy McRolen!

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hype
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pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
57%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Rodelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Schlemper (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.

Rodelin
vs
Schlemper

180 cm
25
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Rodelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pedro Schlemper!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodelin stuffs the takedown attempt from Schlemper. Schlemper gets slowly back to his feet.
Schlemper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Schlemper is defended easily by Rodelin.
Horrible takedown attempt by Schlemper or perhaps it was just good defense by Rodelin, which made it look bad.
Brian Rodelin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Schlemper.

Rodelin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rodelin tries to pass to full mount but Schlemper defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodelin works his way into side control.

Rodelin is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Schlemper looks calm but he's in trouble here. Rodelin gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Schlemper is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Rodelin lets go of the hold and Schlemper can pop his arm back in it's socket.

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

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
69%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Praxedes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shonie Delight (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.

Praxedes
vs
Delight

184 cm
21
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

155 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juan Praxedes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shonie Delight!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Topper Green and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Praxedes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Delight quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Praxedes moves into full mount! Delight won't be happy about that!
Praxedes controlling from mount.
Delight keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Delight wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Praxedes.
Delight is looking to improve his position but Praxedes isn't that keen on the idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Praxedes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Delight manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Delight really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Praxedes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Praxedes prevents Delight from improving his position.
Delight tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Praxedes has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Praxedes looking to isolate an arm here. Delight doesn't see it coming and as Praxedes extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Praxedes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Praxedes!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Listerine Care (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Octavion Augustus (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.

Care
vs
Augustus

150 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Listerine Care!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Octavion Augustus!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Care. Those never looked like landing.
Care throws a right and a left that both miss.
Care misses with a few strikes there.
Care could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
No joy there for Care, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Care will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Care throws a series of punches but Augustus avoids them all with ease.
Care tries to bum rush Augustus with a series of wild strikes but Augustus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Care throws a series of strikes that have Augustus backpedaling.
Care lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice cross by Care.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Augustus dodges the punch combination from Care.
Nice uppercut lands for Care. That snapped Augustus's head back.
Augustus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Augustus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Care pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Care looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Care throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Care. Those never looked like landing.
Care scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Care throws a nice looking combination but Augustus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Care lands a nice looking body shot.
Care throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Listerine Care seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Care misses with a wild combination.
Care fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Care.
Care misses with a series of wild punches.
Care smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Listerine Care is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Care. Augustus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Care tries to bum rush Augustus with a series of wild strikes but Augustus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Care lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Care looks to score with a jab to the body but Augustus is just out of range.
Care lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Augustus circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Care misses with a double jab.
Care throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Care throws a right and a left that both miss.
Augustus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Care lands a nice shot to the body.
Augustus moves forwards but Care connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Care cracks Augustus with a good jab.
Care throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Listerine Care dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circle momentarily. Care darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Care thuds a left hand into Augustus's body.
Care throws a right and a left that Augustus avoids nicely.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Care here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Augustus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Care. Those never looked like landing.
Care misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Care fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Augustus manages to avoid it.
Augustus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Care misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Care cracks Augustus with a good jab.
Care throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Augustus.
Care throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Augustus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Care throws a series of strikes that have Augustus backpedaling.
Listerine Care is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Care. Augustus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Care lands a nice shot to the body.
Care throws a series of punches but Augustus moves out of range.
Care scores with a jab to the body.
Care rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Augustus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Care loads up on a big right hand but Augustus slips the punch.
Care scores with a nice head shot.
Care is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Augustus can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Care misses.
Care will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Care misses with a jab, cross combination.
Care digs a good body shot into Augustus's ribs.
A punch combination from Care misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Care misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Augustus.
Care fails to land with a series of punches.
Care connects with a crisp jab.
Augustus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Care cracks Augustus with a good jab.
Care throws a body punch but Augustus moves out of range.
Listerine Care is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Care throws a body punch but Augustus moves out of range.
Care getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Care misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Care throws a body shot but no joy.
Augustus is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Care.
Care's corner calls for a 1-2. Care obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Care misses with a two punch combination.
Augustus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Care.
Care throws a lazy right hand but Augustus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Care throws a nice looking combination but Augustus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Care jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Listerine Care dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Care swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Care fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Care misses with a wild combination.
Care tries to bum rush Augustus with a series of wild strikes but Augustus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Care throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Care throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Augustus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Care. Those never looked like landing.
Care throws a series of punches but Augustus moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Care looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Augustus takes one on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Care. Those never looked like landing.
Care cracks Augustus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Care lands with a right hand.
Care just misses with a punch to the body.
Augustus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Care smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Care lands with a shot to the body.
Care connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Augustus's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Care throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Augustus.
A right-left combo lands from Care.
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!
Care misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Augustus.
Care rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Augustus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Augustus slips a jab and a cross from Care.
Care misses with a few strikes there.
Care throws a series of punches but Augustus moves out of range.
Augustus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Care.
Care misses with a few strikes there.
Care misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Augustus.
Care misses with an uppercut.
Augustus moves out of range as Care strikes.
A punch combination from Care misses.
Care moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Care goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Care swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Care throws a series of punches but Augustus avoids them all with ease.
Care will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Augustus might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Care has got the better of the exchanges.
Augustus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Care.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Care throws a body shot but no joy.
Care throws a right and a left that Augustus avoids nicely.
Octavion Augustus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Listerine Care is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Care misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Listerine Care showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Care has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight for Octavion Augustus!
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight for Octavion Augustus!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Octavion Augustus!

Octavion Augustus wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Ferriero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kacper Feral (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.

Ferriero
vs
Feral

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Ferriero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kacper Feral!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Feral looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ferriero!
Feral working the ground and pound but Ferriero is defending the strikes.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big elbow.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero misses with a strike from the bottom.
Feral creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ferriero sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
An elbow from Feral crashes against the mat.
Feral scores with a couple of short elbows.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero dodges the ground and pound from Feral.
Ferriero takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.

Ferriero is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferriero tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ferriero on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferriero is looking for a sweep.
Feral lands a few punches from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Ferriero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferriero takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ferriero is breathing heavily.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Ferriero seems to have got his legs back now.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big right hand but Ferriero just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Feral in side control lands a decent elbow.
Feral is chipping away with strikes.
Feral works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ferriero taking a bit of punishment here - Feral scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Feral lands a few punches from side control.
Feral lands an elbow.
Feral lands a decent elbow from side control.
Feral cracks Ferriero with a big elbow.
Ferriero wants to control but Feral postures up.
Feral is working Ferriero over with some ground and pound from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Feral in side control lands a decent elbow.
Feral lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Feral working the head with strikes.
Ferriero on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Feral landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feral working the body and head with strikes.
Feral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferriero down.
Feral working the ground and pound from side control.
Feral working the ground and pound.
Feral lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Feral lands some shots froms side control.
Check out the look on Feral's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Feral works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Feral is putting a hurting on Ferriero here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ferriero is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ferriero takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Feral landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferriero taking a bit of punishment here - Feral scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feral working the head with strikes.
Feral is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Ferriero's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Feral lands a nice forearm strike.
Feral scores with punches from side control.
Ferriero takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Feral in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ferriero looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Feral turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kacper Feral!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
41%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Abdullah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Blankenstaf (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.

Abdullah
vs
Blankenstaf

150 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abdul Abdullah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Blankenstaf!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blankenstaf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdullah.
Blankenstaf shoots in but Abdullah avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Blankenstaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdullah.
Abdullah throws a big shot that misses.
Abdullah is looking to clinch but Blankenstaf is avoiding it.

Abdullah darts in and clinches Blankenstaf up against the cage.
Blankenstaf blocks a body shot from Abdullah.
Blankenstaf is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Abdullah is defending well.
Blankenstaf tries to pull guard but Abdullah won't allow it.
Abdul Abdullah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Blankenstaf.
Blankenstaf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blankenstaf has a couple of punches blocked by Abdullah.
Blankenstaf fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abdullah gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blankenstaf.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullah misses with a punch to the body.
Abdullah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Ryan Blankenstaf has been cut.
Abdullah lands an elbow inside.
Blankenstaf swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah lands a nice elbow.
Abdullah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abdullah can't find room to land a body shot as Blankenstaf controls the action.
Abdullah lands a nice elbow.
Abdullah lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Ryan Blankenstaf's cut even more.
A right handed body shot lands from Abdullah.
Blankenstaf looks winded!

Abdullah lands a vicious elbow to the side of Blankenstaf's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Abdullah tries to finish him with strikes but Blankenstaf still seems able to defend himself so Abdullah steps back and lets Blankenstaf get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Blankenstaf is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abdullah loads up on a big right hand but Blankenstaf slips the punch.
Abdullah throws a big shot that misses.
Abdullah wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Abdullah misses the target.

Abdullah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Abdullah lands an elbow inside that Blankenstaf shrugs off.

The cut above Ryan Blankenstaf's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Abdullah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Ryan Blankenstaf's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Abdullah lands an elbow that stopped Blankenstaf in his tracks for a moment.
Blankenstaf is still on wobbly legs! Can Abdullah finish him?

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Blankenstaf's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abdul Abdullah!