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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ed Ford (ranked 252 p4p, 231 weight class) and Miami Vice (ranked 35 p4p, 30 weight class). Vice has chosen Vice as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ed Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miami Vice!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vice ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vice misses with a lunging right hand
and Ford counters with an outside leg kick.
Vice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vice moves away.
Vice only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Vice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Ford as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Miami Vice has been cut.
Ford swings for the body but Vice moves out of range.
Vice lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vice 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.
Vice misses with a body kick.
Ford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Vice missing with a left hand there. Ford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vice swinging wildly here.
Vice wants to clinch.
Vice scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vice.
Vice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Vice.
Ford scores with a leg kick.
Ford lands a really nice looking cross but Vice seems unphased.
Vice swings for the body but Ford moves out of range.
Ford jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Vice takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ford lands with a right hand.
Ford comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ford blocks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Vice. Those never looked like landing.
Miami Vice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford misses with a kick to the body.
Vice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Vice misses.
Ford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ford. That's going to slow Vice down.
Ford blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Ford misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford moves out of range as Vice strikes.
Ford lands a nice looking body kick.
Ford throws a body punch but Vice moves out of range.
Vice wants to counter the offense by Ford and move into the clinch position.
Vice takes a swing at Ford's ribcage but misses.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vice was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Vice misses with an uppercut. Ford saw that one coming.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ford feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ford scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vice in his tracks.
Ford looks to land a body kick but Vice moved away.
Ford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vice checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vice throws a right hand that misses
and Ford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vice lands with a straight right. Ford didn't see that one coming.
Vice is looking to chop away at Ford's legs.
Ford is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vice misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford feints and then cracks Vice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vice down.
Ford throws the kick towards the body but Vice avoids it.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ford throws a body punch but Vice moves out of range.
Vice lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Vice misses the target.
Ford jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ford connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vice's hands.
Ford lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Vice.
Some wild striking there from Vice.
Vice's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ford under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford slips under a jab from Vice.
Vice cracks Ford with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vice.
Ford's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vice connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ford scrambles back to his feet.
Ford looks to throw the jab but Vice is out of range.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vice lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vice throws a lazy right hand but Ford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vice forces Ford back against the cage and clinches.
Vice throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Vice fails to land.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Vice uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vice manages to pull guard.
Ford controlling from the top position.
Ford has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vice tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ed Ford will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Miami Vice's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ford misses with a hook.
Vice jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ford misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Vice misses with a low kick.
Ed Ford is winning the standup battle so far.
Vice throws an off balance right hand
and Ford counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vice. That did some damage!
Ford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vice.
Ford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ford scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ford misses with a low kick.
Vice appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Vice tries a quick counter leg kick but Ford is wise to it.
Ford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ford appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
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 lands a right hook to the body.
Vice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ford moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Vice.
Vice's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vice lunges at Ford with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ford's hand.
A jab from Ford finds it's way through Vice's defenses.
A clash of legs there as Ford blocks the low kick.
Ford connects with a jab.
Ford takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ford explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ford misses with a body shot.
Ford swings widly with a right hand
and Vice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ford blocks a jab.
Vice clinches up with Ford and pushes him back against the cage.
Vice throws a head punch that misses.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Vice blocks a body shot from Ford.
Ford lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vice misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Ford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Our sources have told us that Ford has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Good body shot from Ford.
Vice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vice backwards.
Ford lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vice.
Ford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vice lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ford dodges the punch combination from Vice.
Ford appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vice misses with a lunging right hand
and Ford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vice misses with a hook.
Vice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford looks to score with a jab to the body but Vice is just out of range.
Vice takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vice misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ford.
Vice jabs at Ford's body.
Vice lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vice throws a hook but Ford avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vice lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vice misses with a looping left.
Vice walks into a left hand.
Ford throws a sloppy head kick and Vice moves out of range easily.
Vice throws a lazy uppercut
and Ford counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vice on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ford with a nice cross.
Vice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.
Vice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ford.
Vice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ford.
Vice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford with a jab.
Ford uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vice has time to react.
Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vice.
Ford scores with a hook to the body. Vice takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ford throws a body shot but no joy.
Vice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vice misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.
It appears Ford was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vice lands with a shot to the body.
Ford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vice can do to turn this around?
Ford dips to his left and cracks Vice with an uppercut!
Vice thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Ford dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miami Vice's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ford avoids the body shot from Vice.
Miami Vice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ford connects with a leg kick.
Vice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ford.
Vice tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ford counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Vice looks to land a combination but Ford avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Ford misses the target.
Ford wants to clinch.
Ford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vice misses with a body shot.
Vice thumps Ford with a low kick.
Ford will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Vice has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ford.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford throws a sloppy head kick and Vice moves out of range easily.
Vice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ford cracks a nice hook into Vice's ribs.
Ford blocks a low kick nicely.
Ford checks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Ford. Beautiful body shot.
Ford gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vice tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ford counters with a right hand to the body.
Ford connects with an inside leg kick.
Ford wants to slow Vice down by chopping away at his legs.
Ford uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ford digs a good hook to Vice's body.
Ford takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford throws a leg kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Vice misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vice looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vice misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ford scores with a leg kick.
Ford is looking to slow Vice down with leg kicks.
Vice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ford was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vice manages to avoid it.
Vice misses with a hook.
Ed Ford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ford.
Vice thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ford if he has to take too many more of those.
Ford misses with a body kick.
Ford lands with a right hand.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Vice.
It looked like Ford wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ford lands a jab to Vice's midsection.
Ford paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Vice misses
and Ford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vice connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Ford lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vice doesn't seem phased though.
Ford looks for the body kick but Vice saw that one coming.
Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vice.
Ford throws a shot to the body.
Vice has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vice throws a looping overhand right but Ford ducks down to avoid it.
Vice throws a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the liver by Ford. Beautiful body shot.
Ford lands a nice hook to Vice's body. Vice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vice takes a swing at Ford's ribcage but misses.
Ford defending well as Vice loads up on a big left hand.
Vice takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vice misses with a wild body shot.
Ford connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vice lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ford at a distance.
Vice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ford was well out of range. Poor timing from Vice.
Vice throws a poor cross that misses
and Ford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - Ford coming out on top.
Vice throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vice on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ford takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vice doesn't seem bothered though.
Ford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ford stuns Vice with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vice connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford lands with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Ford.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Ford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ford, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ed Ford!
A victorious Ed Ford thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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