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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Patriot (ranked 151 p4p, 324 weight class) and Ed Ford (ranked 21 p4p, 38 weight class). Gorgon Patriot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Patriot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Ford!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot throws a low kick, looking for Ford's leg but Ford calmly moves out of range.
Patriot misses with a looping right.
Ford has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ford misses with a head kick.
Patriot throws a big counter combination but Ford scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Patriot buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patriot can pounce on him.
Patriot moves out of range of the strikes.
Patriot fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ford just manages to avoid it.
Ford gets tackled into the cage by Patriot. Patriot maintains the clinch.
Ford lands a body punch.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Patriot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Patriot.
Patriot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patriot has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
Patriot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Ford works on Patriot's body with a couple of short punches.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford lands with a light punch inside.
Patriot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patriot misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Patriot.
Patriot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Patriot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ford working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Ford.
Patriot misses with some punches.
Ford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Patriot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot blocks a body shot from Ford.
Patriot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ford.
Patriot misses with a punch to the body.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot prevents a body shot from Ford.
A nice left hand lands by Patriot.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ford digs a right hand underneath Patriot's ribcage. Patriot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Ford blocking some punches.
Patriot misses with a punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a nice uppercut.
Patriot gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Patriot.
Patriot working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Ford.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ford lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patriot.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Patriot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patriot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Ford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Patriot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Patriot throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patriot.
Ford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford lands a shot to the body.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford lands with a light punch inside.
Patriot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ford gets through Patriot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Patriot.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Patriot.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorgon Patriot dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Patriot looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patriot.
Patriot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patriot moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFord.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Ford backs away, Patriot returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ford misses with a kick to the body.
Ford takes one to the side of the head.
Ford pushes Patriot up against the cage in a clinch.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Patriot pushes Ford back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ford presses Patriot against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Ford misses with some punches.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries a body shot but Patriot blocks it.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gorgon Patriot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Patriot lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ford or not.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Patriot misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Patriot fails to land.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Ford works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford prevents a body shot from Patriot.
Ford pushes Patriot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Patriot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford lands a nice shot to the body.
Ford blocks a body shot from Patriot.
Patriot lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patriot scores with a shot to the side of Ford's head.
Patriot lands a left hand.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patriot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Patriots head.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Ford.
Patriot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Ford.
Ford blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patriot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Patriot tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot misses with some punches.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford blocks a body shot from Patriot.
A short uppercut from Patriot.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Patriot fails to land.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patriot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ford on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Patriot.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patriot.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot presses Ford against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorgon Patriot dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Patriot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ford moves into the clinch.
Patriot digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Patriot prevents a body shot from Ford.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford lands a shoulder strike.
Ford scores with a shot to the side of Patriot's head.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford cracks Patriot with a nice body shot.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford tries a body shot but Patriot blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford lands a right hand.
Patriot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patriot.
Patriot changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ford fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Patriot with a nice calf kick.
Ford lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patriot.
Ford looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Patriot wants to clinch.
Patriot throws a low kick but Ford moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Ford was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ford checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ford is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Patriot lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patriot tries to clinch but Ford is having none of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Patriot.
Ford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Patriot works on Ford's body with a couple of short punches.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Patriot.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Patriot.
Patriot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Patriot has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
Patriot pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Patriot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patriot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patriot tries to close the distance and clinch but Ford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patriot throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ford has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patriot finds it's way round the side to connect with Ford's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patriot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patriot connects with a leg kick.
Patriot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ford moves forwards but Patriot connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Ford does it's job there.
Ford needs to keep his hands up - Patriot had a free shot at his head there.
Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patriot.
Patriot misses with a hook
and Ford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Patriot wants to slow Ford down by chopping away at his legs.
Gorgon Patriot is winning the standup battle so far.
Patriot with the inside leg kick.
A left and a right from Ford both land. Nice combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Gorgon Patriot did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looks like Gorgon Patriot has been cut.
Ford feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Patriot sprawling to the canvas! Patriot rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ford finish him?!
Patriot is rocked!
Ford's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Ford blocks the leg kick.
Oh Patriot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ford drops Patriot with a naaaaasty hook - Patriot is in real trouble here! Ford dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Ford!
Ed Ford is the new lightweight champion!
Ed Ford 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.
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