PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martyn Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Polite Efficient (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Polite Efficient is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ford
vs
Efficient

175 cm
27
218 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
220 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Martyn Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Polite Efficient!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Efficient scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ford in his tracks.
Ford shoots in looking for a takedown. Efficient tries to sprawl out of it but Ford keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Efficient manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Efficient lands a right hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Efficient as he connects with a hook.

Efficient clinches.
Ford tries to pull guard but Efficient forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ford is trying to pull guard but Efficient turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martyn Ford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ford jumps guard but Efficient turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ford jumps guard but Efficient turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ford fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Efficient lands an elbow inside that Ford shrugs off.
Efficient lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Efficient lands an elbow that stopped Ford in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Efficient.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Efficient.
Efficient throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ford is breathing heavily.
Ford tries to pull guard but Efficient forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Efficient gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Efficient.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Martyn Ford has been cut.
Efficient lands an elbow just above Ford 's eye.
Efficient gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ford is rocked!
Ford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oh Ford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clinched against the cage, Efficient lands a big elbow that drops Ford! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Ford is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Polite Efficient!
Polite Efficient decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.