PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Florence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross comes into the arena with Ice-T Fly By blaring out of the sound system. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mark Florence was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ross
vs
Florence

180 cm
22
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
170 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Conviction

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Florence!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Florence keeps the fight on the outside.
Florence throws a leg kick but Ross moved away.
Ross blocks a low kick nicely.
Ross is looking to clinch.
Florence shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Florence swats away the attempt to clinch by Ross.
Florence swats away the attempt to clinch by Ross.
Florence tries a head kick but it misses.
Ricky Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ross throws a sloppy head kick and Florence moves out of range easily.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up but Florence swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Florence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ross wants to clinch.
Ross lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ross walks into a stiff left hand from Florence.
Florence swats away the attempt to clinch by Ross.

Ross gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Florence taking a breather.
Florence is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florence.
Ross putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Florence in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Florence looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Florence looking to slow down the pace here.
Ross lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ross throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Ross slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ross.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Ross won't allow it.
Ross stalling in the clinch.
Ross blocks a body shot from Florence.
Ross lands a nice knee to the body.
Ross with a knee to the head.
Ross lands a knee to the head.
Florence stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Florence jumps guard but Ross stands there with Florence around his waist. Florence gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florence.
Florence is looking to break free of the clinch but Ross has double underhooks.
Florence managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Ross using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Florence manages to break the clinch.
Ross tries to clinch up but Florence circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross throws and low kick but Florence moves out of range easily.
Florence shoots in but no luck this time.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ross - that will leave a mark!
Florence looks gassed!
Florence throws a sloppy head kick and Ross moves out of range easily.
Ross scoring well with a low kick there.
Ross tries to clinch but Florence moves out of range.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Florence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up but Florence swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ross wants to clinch.
Ross moves in looking to clinch but Florence pushes him off.
A head kick by Ross misses

and Florence counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ross's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ross wants to stand up but Florence is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ross wriggles free and stands up.
Ross closes the distance but Florence moves to the side
and Florence counters with a two punch combo.
Florence shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ross but Ross pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ricky Ross has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Florence.
Ross misses with a head kick.
Ross wants to clinch but Florence slips to the side
and Florence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ross lands a nice leg kick that just misses Florence's sensitive parts.
Ross throws a shot to the body.
Ross throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ross dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A nice leg kick lands there from Ross.
A shot to the body from Florence misses
and Ross counters with a solid body kick.

Ross lands a left and a right that send Florence crashing to the mat, dazed. Ross thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Florence is rocked!
Ross throws a quick head kick that knocks Florence silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Ross is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ricky Ross!