PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jose De Sucre
vs
Ford

190 cm
30
214 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

195 cm
28
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill
Voodoo Nutrition

Aspire Clothing

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Ford!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Sucre counters with a body kick that stops Ford in his tracks momentarily.
Ford throws a poor cross that misses
and De Sucre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ford misses with a right hand
and De Sucre counters with a straight right hand.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Sucre manages to avoid it.
Ford has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Sucre.
Ford misses with a low kick.
De Sucre slips a jab from Ford.
De Sucre was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Sucre definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford lands a really nice looking cross but De Sucre seems unphased.
A shot to the body from Ford misses
and De Sucre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ford takes a swing at De Sucre's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ford crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Sucre - the referee stops the clock and Ford gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Sucre. Ford manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Sucre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ford moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ford swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Sucre makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Sucre throws the kick towards the body but Ford avoids it.
De Sucre cracks a nice hook into Ford's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ford moves into the clinch.
Ford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Sucre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ford misses with an elbow strike.
Ford working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from De Sucre fails to land.
De Sucre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Ford lands a left hand.
De Sucre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
De Sucre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ford.
Ford lands an elbow just above De Sucre 's eye.
Ford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Sucre misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Sucre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Sucre lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ford.
De Sucre misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Sucre struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
De Sucre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Sucre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Sucre lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre blocks an elbow strike from Ford.
De Sucre can't find room to land a body shot as Ford controls the action.
De Sucre misses with some punches.
De Sucre avoids the elbow strike from Ford, against the cage.
De Sucre lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ford misses with some punches.
De Sucre misses with a body punch.
Ford is working De Sucre over against the cage.
De Sucre blocks the elbow strike.
Good body shot from De Sucre.
De Sucre pushes Ford back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Sucre.
Ford misses with some punches.
De Sucre lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Sucre lands with a left to the head.
De Sucre blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ford throws an elbow but misses.
De Sucre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Sucre misses with a body punch.
Ford lands an elbow inside that De Sucre shrugs off.

It looks like Antonio Jose De Sucre has been cut.
De Sucre works on Ford's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre lands a body punch.
Ford misses with the head strike.
De Sucre swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Sucre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Sucre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Sucre lands an uppercut.
De Sucre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
De Sucre lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Still in the clinch, De Sucre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford misses with the head strike.
De Sucre scores with a shoulder strike.
De Sucre misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Sucre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
De Sucre blocks the elbow strike.
Ford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Sucre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ford or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Sucre blocks the elbow strike.
De Sucre struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from De Sucre as the two fighters clinch.
Ford looks winded!
Ford with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a body punch.
De Sucre lands a nice uppercut.
De Sucre lands a right hand.

Ford is rocked!
De Sucre tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can De Sucre finish him?
Good body shot from De Sucre.
A short body shot lands from De Sucre as the two fighters clinch.
Ford seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from De Sucre on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Sucre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Sucre lands a shot to the body.
De Sucre scores with a shot to the side of Ford's head.
De Sucre scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Sucre.
De Sucre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Sucre lands a big right hand that drops Ford! The killer instinct kicks in and De Sucre finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by De Sucre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Jose De Sucre!
In his post fight interview, Antonio Jose De Sucre gave a big smile as he said 'This win was for my Father! May he rest in peace. Cuerpo De Paz!'.