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RRFC 40: Weeks vs Diaz PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford scoring well with a low kick there.
Ford staying out of range there.
Ford bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps O'Neil's head backwards.
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.
We've been told by Ford's head coaches at McGrady FT that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
O'Neil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ford.
Ford jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O'Neil takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O'Neil slips under a jab.
Landon Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Ford misses.
Ford throws a half hearted mid kick.
O'Neil swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O'Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford throws a counter high kick but O'Neil was just alert enough to avoid it.
O'Neil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
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 is looking to chop away at O'Neil's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ford.
A punch lands to the side of Ford 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ford misses with a body kick.
O'Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O'Neil chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ford can pounce on him.
O'Neil misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O'Neil.
O'Neil walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ford.
Ford throws a low kick but O'Neil avoids it.
O'Neil misses with a straight right.
Ford missing with a left hand there. O'Neil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ford. That's going to slow O'Neil down.
Ford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O'Neil.
O'Neil is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ford.
O'Neil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
O'Neil checks a low kick from Ford.
Ford throws a quick inside leg kick.
O'Neil pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ford throws a head kick that misses.
Ford throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good shot there by Ford.
O'Neil lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ford throws a hook but O'Neil avoids it easily.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O'Neil.
Ford throws a leg kick that misses.
O'Neil missing with a left hand there. Ford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ford throws out a leg kick but O'Neil moves out of range and Ford only half commits.
O'Neil has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
O'Neil takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ford smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ford goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ford sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks O'Neil to the ground! Ford dives into full mount looking to finish!
O'Neil is rocked!
O'Neil wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ford.
O'Neil is still in real trouble! Can Ford finish him?
O'Neil avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ford.
O'Neil is wriggling around trying to escape.
O'Neil seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws some wild stikes that O'Neil manages to avoid easily.
Ford landing strikes from the mount and O'Neil is in trouble!
Ford landing shots from mount.
O'Neil working to try and regain half guard.
Ford thowing shots but they're missing.
Ford looking to ground and pound but O'Neil is blocking nicely.
Ford misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
O'Neil avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ford.
O'Neil blocking the ground and pound.
Ford throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ford thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
O'Neil taking shots to the head.
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 thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Ford lands a couple of good shots and O'Neil has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Ford throwing sloppy strikes.
O'Neil tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Ford throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
O'Neil is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O'Neil is in a horrible position here. Ford smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford prevents O'Neil from getting the reversal.
Ford misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Landon Ford dominated that round.
That's time! Ford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
O'Neil on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ford. Ford obviously looking to wear him down.
Ford throws a leg kick but O'Neil moved away.
Ford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick misses from Ford.
A head kick misses from Ford.
O'Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ford throws a series of punches but O'Neil avoids them all with ease.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford lands a leg kick that knocks O'Neil off balance momentarily.
O'Neil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O'Neil misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.
Ford moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheers as O'Neil lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ford doesn't seem phased though.
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!
O'Neil thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ford if he has to take too many more of those.
O'Neil misses with a wild body shot.
Ford slips under a jab from O'Neil.
O'Neil connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O'Neil's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford lands a really nice looking cross but O'Neil seems unphased.
Ford with a body punch. A glancing blow.
O'Neil takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ford throws a head kick that misses.
Ford motions for O'Neil to come forward. Ford throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Landon Ford is winning the standup battle so far.
Ford throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ford throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ford walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O'Neil checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
O'Neil raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
O'Neil chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ford throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O'Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O'Neil misses with a looping left.
Ford takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
O'Neil staying out of range there.
O'Neil keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford thows a left - swing and a miss!
O'Neil looks for the body kick but Ford saw that one coming.
Ford tries a head kick but it misses.
O'Neil lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
O'Neil misses with a body shot.
O'Neil thumps Ford with a low kick.
Ford misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Ford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O'Neil throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Ford misses.
O'Neil's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ford under the eye.
Ford lands a jab.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Ford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O'Neil can do to turn this around?
Ford throws a nice outside leg kick.
O'Neil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ford.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O'Neil drives through and clinches with Ford against the cage.
Ford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O'Neil pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ford is out of range and O'Neil settles back down.
A slow jab from Ford misses its intended target.
A right-left combo lands from Ford.
Ford shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
O'Neil takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick misses from O'Neil.
Ford throws a head kick that misses.
O'Neil wants to clinch.
Ford throws a wild body kick that O'Neil sees coming a mile off.
Ford missing with a left hand there. O'Neil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O'Neil looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ford looks for the body kick but O'Neil saw that one coming.
O'Neil checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a low kick.
Ford lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crunch! Ford slams his shin into O'Neil's torso.
O'Neil thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford is looking to counter with a body kick.
O'Neil dips to his left and cracks Ford with an uppercut!
O'Neil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
O'Neil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ford misses with a low kick.
O'Neil feints a counter leg kick.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O'Neil moves away.
Ford tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and O'Neil is able to avoid easily.
Ford lands a nice shot to the body.
O'Neil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ford's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O'Neil blocks a head kick by Ford.
O'Neil wants to counter with a clinch but Ford pushes him away.
Ford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
O'Neil avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Landon Ford dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ford - that will leave a mark!
A looping hook to the body misses from O'Neil. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
O'Neil has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ford.
Ford misses with the body kick
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ford misses with a hook.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O'Neil tests Ford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A cross from O'Neil lands.
Ford is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Ford. Those never looked like landing.
Oh Ford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
O'Neil throws a leg kick but Ford checks it.
O'Neil plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Ford swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Ford face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mickey O'Neil!
During a confident post fight interview, Mickey O'Neil thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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