PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rob Ford (ranked 3750 p4p, 389 weight class) and Krit Leekpai (ranked 4230 p4p, 423 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ford
vs
Leekpai

195 cm
37
215 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

192 cm
26
205 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krit Leekpai!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Leekpai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Leekpai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ford comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Leekpai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leekpai missing with a left hand there. Ford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leekpai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ford.
Ford throws a body punch but Leekpai moves out of range.
Leekpai avoids the body shot from Ford.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Leekpai takes a swing at Ford's ribcage but misses.
Leekpai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ford takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Leekpai throws a good cross that connects.
Leekpai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ford throws out the jab.
Ford thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford throws a right hand that Leekpai ducks under and follows up with a left that Leekpai also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leekpai swings for the body but Ford moves out of range.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ford tries to clinch but Leekpai is having none of it.
Ford is looking to wear down Leekpai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ford slips a jab from Leekpai.
Leekpai connects with a right hand. Ford shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford is looking to clinch.
Leekpai scores with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick from Leekpai misses.
Ford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford throws a series of punches but Leekpai moves out of range.
Leekpai connects with a solid leg kick.
Leekpai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Leekpai lands.
Leekpai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ford was well out of range. Poor timing from Leekpai.
Leekpai tries to work over Ford's front leg with a kick but Ford checks it.
Leekpai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leekpai moves out of range of the strikes.
Leekpai throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Ford misses the target.
Leekpai misses with an uppercut.
Ford swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leekpai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leekpai.
A jab from Ford finds it's way through Leekpai's defenses.
Ford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by Leekpai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leekpai feints and then cracks Ford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ford down.
Ford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ford throws a jab but it's blocked by Leekpai.
Ford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leekpai.
Ford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ford just misses with a punch to the body.
Ford misses with a head kick.
Leekpai throws out a counter right but Ford avoids it with no problem.
Ford lands a lovely overhand right.
Leekpai is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ford had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Leekpai throws a hook but Ford blocks it.
Ford takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Ford slips under a jab.
Leekpai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford tests Leekpai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Krit Leekpai will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Leekpai tries to work over Ford's front leg with a kick but Ford checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ford. Leekpai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice cross by Ford.
Ford tried to score with a low kick but Leekpai checks it.
Ford takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab by Ford.
Leekpai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leekpai moves forwards but Ford connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Leekpai is rocked!
Ford cracks Leekpai with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Leekpai is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Leekpai is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Leekpai could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (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.