PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Paul Mon Ami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jean Paul Mon Ami has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ford
vs
Paul Mon Ami

195 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

184 cm
24
209 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KnockOut
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Paul Mon Ami!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mon Ami bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mon Ami keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mon Ami tries to land a leg kick but Ford saw it coming and moves away.
Mon Ami throws a jab when Ford was well out of range.
Ford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mon Ami circles away quickly and effectively.
Mon Ami has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mon Ami moves away from the strike by Ford.
Mon Ami throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ford throws a poor cross that misses
and Mon Ami counters with a nice uppercut.
Ford fails to land with a series of punches.
Mon Ami misses with a series of wild punches.
Mon Ami takes one on the button.
Ford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mon Ami sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ford keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ford lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Holding Cell in the buildup to the fight.
Mon Ami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ford throws a big shot that misses.
Mon Ami connects with a crisp jab.
Mon Ami throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ford sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mon Ami fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mon Ami displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ford throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ford. Mon Ami does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mon Ami closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ford scores with a head kick.
Mon Ami lands a body shot.
Mon Ami throws a big shot that misses.
Ford misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mon Ami! But no joy.
Ford blocks a jab.
Ford misses the jab.
Ford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice cross by Mon Ami.
Ford doesn't manage to clinch there - Mon Ami circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mon Ami misses with a straight right.
Mon Ami scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mon Ami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mon Ami misses with a two punch combination.
Ford seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Mon Ami keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mon Ami back to the cage. Ford follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mon Ami.
It looked like Ford wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mon Ami takes a kick to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Mon Ami there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ford throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mon Ami is rocked!
Mon Ami is holding his hands too far apart here. Ford throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Mon Ami is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rob Ford!
A very excited looking Rob Ford made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.