PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos Chavez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ford
vs
Chavez

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santos Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford checks a low kick from Chavez.
Chavez has a takedown stuffed.
Ford misses with a double jab.
Ford lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ford looks to score with a jab to the body but Chavez is just out of range.
Ford jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chavez shoots in looking for a takedown but Ford manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Chavez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ford misses with a wild combination.
Ford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chavez circles away quickly and effectively.
Chavez lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
Rob Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford throws a nice looking combination but Chavez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chavez throws out a counter right but Ford avoids it with no problem.
A combination from Ford does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ford under the eye.

It looks like Rob Ford has been cut.

Chavez clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez slows down the pace here.
Chavez wants a takedown but no success here.
Rob Ford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santos Chavez.

Chavez breaks the clinch.

Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Chavez is trying to pull guard but Ford has him pressed against the cage.
Chavez just leaning against Ford, taking a breather.
Ford is trying to break the clinch but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Chavez slowing the pace effectively.
Chavez tries to break the clinch but Ford is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ford avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chavez jumps guard but Ford stands there with Chavez around his waist. Chavez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ford is trying to force a seperation but Chavez has the dominant position.
Chavez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ford avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Ford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chavez wants to break free but Ford has control.
Ford working hard to break the clinch.
Ford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chavez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ford avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Chavez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ford avoids it.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rob Ford is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chavez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ford.
Chavez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ford misses with a wild combination.
Ford connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez slips a jab and a cross from Ford.
Ford lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ford cracks Chavez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ford throws a right and a left that Chavez avoids nicely.
Ford misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Ford misses.
Ford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chavez with a poor takedown
and Ford counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ford throws a series of punches but Chavez avoids them all with ease.
Chavez unleashes a big counter combination but Ford bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Chavez moves into the clinch.
Ford is looking to break free of the clinch but Chavez has double underhooks.
Chavez pushes off an throws an elbow but Ford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chavez leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Ford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Ford's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Chavez.
Ford looks to land a combination but Chavez avoids it well.

Chavez has Ford up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Chavez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Chavez.
Chavez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ford walks away with a smile on his face. Chavez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ford lands a nice hook to Chavez's body. Chavez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford looks to land a combination but Chavez avoids it well.
Chavez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Ford blocks the leg kick.
Chavez misses with a few strikes there.
Ford misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Ford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ford throws a right and a left that Chavez avoids nicely.
Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch but Ford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ford defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Chavez.
Rob Ford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santos Chavez.
Ford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chavez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ford misses with a two punch combination.
Ford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Ford sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ford displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chavez.
Ford throws a nice looking combination but Chavez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ford works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws a combination that misses
and Chavez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rob Ford is winning the standup battle so far.
Ford stuffs the takedown attempt from Chavez. Chavez gets slowly back to his feet.
Ford throws a big counter combination but Chavez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Chavez is breathing heavily.
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!
Ford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Chavez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ford connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chavez's hands.
Chavez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ford circles away quickly and effectively.
Ford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chavez counters with a left and a right that stings Ford.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ford manages to avoid it.
Ford is looking for a counter combo.
Ford fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decent striking displayed by Ford there.
Some wild striking there from Ford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a wild combination.
Rob Ford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ford lunges at Chavez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chavez's hand.
Ford digs a good body shot into Chavez's ribs.
Ford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ford just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chavez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Ford gets tackled into the cage by Chavez. Chavez maintains the clinch.

Chavez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Chavez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ford misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ford swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chavez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
Chavez fails to land the takedown.

Chavez clinches.

Chavez breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Ford dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rob Ford's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Chavez is looking to clinch but Ford is avoiding it.
Ford misses with a two punch combination.
Chavez shoots in and drives through. Ford sprawls well.
Ford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chavez throws a big counter head kick but Ford avoids it with no problem.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Ford throws a right and a left that Chavez avoids nicely.
Ford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chavez can do to turn this around?
Ford works Chavez's body with a nice hook.
Ford throws a right and a left that Chavez avoids nicely.

Chavez moves into range and clinches up with Ford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez effectively controlling the action here.
Chavez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chavez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rob Ford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santos Chavez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Chavez.
Ford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Chavez pulls guard successfully.
Ford wants to stand but Chavez is controlling his posture from full guard.

Chavez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ford defends it easily.
Ford wants to stand but Chavez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Chavez scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A jab lands there for Ford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chavez slips a jab and a cross from Ford.
Ford scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chavez shoots in but no luck this time.
Chavez looks for a takedown but Ford sprawls well.
Chavez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chavez throws a head kick that misses
and Ford counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Ford as he connects with a hook.
Ford throws a right hand that Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Chavez also avoids with ease.
Ford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Ford. Those never looked like landing.
Chavez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ford as he jumps to the side.
Ford shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chavez eats them both and turns towards Ford to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ford goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
No luck for Chavez with that takedown attempt.
Ford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos Chavez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rob Ford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ford feints a jab promting Chavez to slip. Ford then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chavez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Ford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ford, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Ford!