PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Ford (ranked 3686 p4p, 25652 weight class) and Kane Sharr Ikk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ford
vs
Sharr Ikk

170 cm
25
265
1 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
250
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kane Sharr Ikk!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford fails to land the takedown.
Sharr Ikk looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sharr Ikk defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ford.
Sharr Ikk scores with a jab. Ford acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ford throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sharr Ikk's waist but Sharr Ikk gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ford off to one side.
Sharr Ikk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sharr Ikk 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.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Ford. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ford closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sharr Ikk can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ford is looking for a kimura here.

Ford is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ford is looking for a kimura but Sharr Ikk is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ford to get the leverage.

Ford is looking for a kimura here.

Ford seems to be looking for submissions.

Ford seems to be working for a kimura but Sharr Ikk defends the submission attempt.

Ford is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Ford is trying for a kimura here. Sharr Ikk looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Ford wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jacob Ford!