PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardiner Wright Blackwood's entrance music is The Land of Make Believe. A fine choice. Ford has chosen For What It's Worth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eric Ford's chin.

Gardiner Wright Blackwood
vs
Ford

190 cm
24
220 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
32
210 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Ford!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a nice right hand.
Ford lands a right hook to the body.
Ford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ford drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a hook but Ford avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ford rushes Gardiner Wright Blackwood and presses him up against the cage.
Ford drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gardiner Wright Blackwood pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ford swings for the body but Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood dodges the punch combination from Ford.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lunges at Ford with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ford's hand.

Ford tries to keep at a distance but Gardiner Wright Blackwood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ford is trying to push Gardiner Wright Blackwood away but Gardiner Wright Blackwood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gardiner Wright Blackwood is defending well.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood leaning his opponent against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Ford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Ford is working for takedown but Gardiner Wright Blackwood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Ford.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood scores with a shoulder strike.

Ford is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Gardiner Wright Blackwood finish him?
A short uppercut from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Ford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gardiner Wright Blackwood avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gardiner Wright Blackwood's brow.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood creates a bit of distance for himself, with Ford pressed up against the cage and cracks Ford with a massive uppercut! Ford goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Gardiner Wright Blackwood!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!
Our winner, Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.