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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Triston Santos (ranked 1517 p4p, 1584 weight class) and Adonis Ford (ranked 169 p4p, 176 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Triston Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adonis Ford!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Ford has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ford moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Santos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ford dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Ford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ford moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ford.
Santos misses with a looping left.
Ford steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Santos.
Ford is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Ford tries to get set, Santos tries to push him back and clinch up but Ford manages to avoid the attempt.
Santos lands a jab to the nose.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Ford.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford wants to clinch.
Adonis Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Ford takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Santos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ford wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Ford tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ford blocking some punches.
Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ford tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
Jab, jab by Santos - just one landing.
Ford staying out of range there.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Santos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Santos misses with a straight right.
Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ford backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Ford.
Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ford gets a clinch.
Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ford fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Triston Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adonis Ford.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Ford jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Ford gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Ford is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Santos misses.
Santos connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ford tries to counter with a clinch but Santos shakes him off and moves away.
Ford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ford successfully pulls guard.
Ford is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ford is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ford has Santos pulled in close to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Santos is trying to stand up here but Ford is controlling him well.
Santos is looking to improve his position.
Ford works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ford controlling the pace for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Triston Santos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ford ducks right into an uppercut from Santos.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.
Ford tries to clinch up.
It looked like Santos was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ford.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Ford.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Ford.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Ford.
Santos throws a hook but Ford blocks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Ford blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ford was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Ford takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santos looks to land a combination but Ford avoids it well.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ford wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos throwing a counter right hand but Ford manages to avoid it.
Ford clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos taking a breather.
Ford gets control of Santos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ford not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ford has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Santos doesn't defend quickly enough and Ford has managed to lock this one up! Can Santos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Ford on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Adonis Ford!
An out of breath Adonis Ford thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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mgr
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