PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merrill Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Bastedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ford
vs
Bastedo

183 cm
23
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Merrill Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Bastedo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bastedo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bastedo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bastedo working away.
Ford is trying to improve his position.
Bastedo controls the position.
Ford tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Ford's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bastedo controls the position.

Bastedo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ford, who protects the arm well.
Bastedo landing a few strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford tries to improve position but can't.
Bastedo lands some shots froms side control.
Bastedo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastedo lands a decent elbow from side control.

Ford is rocked!

It looks like Merrill Ford has been cut.
Ford is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oh Ford is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bastedo controls the position from side control.

Bastedo has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ford is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Bastedo yanks on the arm and Ford is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Bastedo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Justin Bastedo!