PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Cleary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick Cleary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cleary
vs
Ford

172 cm
23
183 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

179 cm
23
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Ford!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ford clinches with his opponent.
Cleary has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Cleary lands a body punch.
A short right from Cleary on the inside.
Cleary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleary tries to land knees in the clinch but Ford avoids the damage to the body.
Ford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cleary's defenses.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cleary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Cleary misses with a body punch.
Cleary tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Cleary misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cleary's brow.
Cleary misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Cleary decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cleary is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Ford stands and steps away. Cleary gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford avoids the body shot from Cleary.
Ford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cleary sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cleary throws a quick counter kick to the body but Ford avoids it.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Cleary.

Ford drives through and clinches with Cleary against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ford.
Ford misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
A hook to the body from Cleary.
Cleary misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Cleary.
Cleary misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cleary misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cleary tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Ford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cleary lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A left hand lands to the body for Cleary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ford prevents a body shot from Cleary.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cleary obliges.
Ford looks winded!
Cleary lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleary misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ford.
Cleary lands a right hand.
Cleary scores with a hook to the body.
Cleary tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Cleary jumps guard and drags Ford to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ford stopping the sweep attempt from Cleary.
Cleary is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Cleary lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cleary working over Ford with some ground and pound. Ford looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cleary connects with a nice short shot to Ford's temple.
Cleary takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cleary has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cleary is pressing down on Ford's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ford is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cleary stops Ford from getting back to his feet.
Cleary wants to pass to mount but Ford is defending the position.
Ford told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Ford is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ford tries to get to full guard but Cleary has control of the leg.
Cleary tries to pass to full mount but Ford defends it.
Cleary working the head and body with strikes.
Ford regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cleary landing with the ground and pound.
Ford looking to control.
Cleary passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ford is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Ford's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ford is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Cleary is staying active.
Cleary lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cleary looks up at the clock and then as Ford takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cleary smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cleary working the head and body with strikes.
Cleary is chipping away with strikes.
Cleary working the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleary moves into full mount!
Ford working to try and regain half guard.
Cleary raining down hammerfists from mount.

Ford is rocked!

It looks like Alan Ford has been cut.
Cleary raining down shots from the mount!
Ford is still in real trouble! Can Cleary finish him?
Cleary landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Cleary dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alan Ford's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Cleary looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ford seems to have recovered his senses.
Cleary closes the distance but Ford moves to the side
and Ford counters with a left and a right that stings Cleary.
Cleary fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Cleary misses.
Cleary moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFord.
Ford lands a head kick. Cleary smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cleary moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ford takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ford throws a head kick but Cleary moves out of range.
Cleary looks to land a right hand but Ford moved out of range.
A jab lands there for Cleary.
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!
Cleary misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleary lands an overhand right.
Ford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cleary throws a right and a left that Ford avoids nicely.
Cleary looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ford raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cleary takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cleary scores with a hook to the body. Ford takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ford throws a right hand that misses
and Cleary counters with a good low kick that Ford was not able to check.
Cleary shoots in but Ford avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Patrick Cleary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cleary throws a body punch but Ford moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cleary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Ford closes the distance and pushes Cleary back into the cage.
Cleary fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cleary misses with a punch to the body.
Patrick Cleary has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cleary tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Cleary as the two fighters clinch.
Cleary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
Cleary misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cleary tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ford smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Cleary. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ford lands a really nice looking cross but Cleary seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ford closes the distance and pushes Cleary back into the cage.
Cleary digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Cleary blocks an elbow strike from Ford.

Ford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cleary fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cleary.
Cleary connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cleary lands with an uppercut that bounces Ford off the cage and back into range.
Cleary is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ford can do to turn this around?
Ford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ford on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cleary misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford slips a straight right by Cleary.
Ford is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ford slips under a jab from Cleary.
Ford let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Patrick Cleary is winning the standup battle so far.
Ford looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cleary lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cleary.
It seemed like Ford was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cleary throws a sloppy head kick and Ford moves out of range easily.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cleary.
Ford looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A left lands for Cleary.
Ford swats away the attempt to clinch by Cleary.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Cleary dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alan Ford's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Cleary moves away from the strike by Ford.
Ford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cleary.
Cleary keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ford.
Cleary is looking to score with low kicks.
Cleary lands a jab to Ford's midsection.
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cleary.
Cleary steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ford.
Cleary lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cleary throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ford is trying to counter with his kicks.
Jab from Cleary.
Cleary throws a lazy right hand but Ford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleary tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ford defends well and Cleary ends up having to push Ford into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cleary throws a lazy head kick
and Ford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cleary throws a looping overhand right but Ford ducks down to avoid it.

Cleary feints and as Ford raises his hands in defense, Cleary changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cleary works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cleary lands with a punch from half guard.
Cleary throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ford regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cleary looking to pass the guard.
Cleary is looking to advance position but Ford has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Ford misses with a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleary bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Alan Ford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ford's guard.
Ford wants to get back to full guard.

Cleary is looking for a kimura but Ford is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cleary to get the leverage.
Ford on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ford keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cleary looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Cleary is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ford has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cleary missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cleary is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford won't allow Cleary to pass to mount.
Cleary is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cleary lands with a punch from half guard.
Cleary is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cleary landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Ford manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Ford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ford throws a hook but Cleary avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Cleary misses the target.
Ford lands a lovely overhand right.
Cleary shoots in looking for a takedown but Ford manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cleary's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleary scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cleary throws a head kick that misses.
Cleary connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ford's hands.
Cleary throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ford slips under a jab.
Cleary takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Cleary misses the target.
A nice side step and Ford releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ford.

It looks like Patrick Cleary has been cut.
Ford throws a shot from downtown. Cleary moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Cleary misses its target.
Cleary blocks a head kick by Ford.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Cleary showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cleary has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Cleary!
After winning the bout, Patrick Cleary thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.