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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Gruber (ranked 1992 p4p, 2610 weight class) and Ed Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruber comes to the cage accompanied by Side to Side. Ford is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Trivium - Strife . Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcel Gruber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ed Ford!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gruber, pushing him back against the cage.
Ford works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gruber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gruber lands a nice shot to the body.
Ford wants to land a leg kick but Gruber is out of range.
Ford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gruber manages to avoid it.
It looked like Gruber wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gruber takes one to the side of the head.
Ford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gruber.
Ford now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ford. Ford obviously looking to wear him down.
Gruber cracks Ford with an open hand slap.
Ford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ford throws a lazy right hand but Gruber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries to work over Gruber's front leg with a kick but Gruber checks it.
Ford missing with a left hand there. Gruber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been informed that Ford has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gruber avoids the head kick by Ford.
Gruber throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ford moves into the clinch.
Gruber keeps control of Ford as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gruber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ford misses the body punch
and Gruber counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gruber has been working on his boxing with his coaches at NYC Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Gruber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ford.
Ford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gruber can pounce on him.
Ford shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gruber lands with a hook. Ford tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford ducks under a wild hook from Gruber.
Ford misses with a left hand
and Gruber counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gruber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.
Gruber dips to his left and cracks Ford with an uppercut!
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!
Gruber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gruber with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gruber tries to land a front kick but Ford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ford throws a head kick that misses.
Ford moves away from the strike by Gruber.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gruber half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruber lands a head shot.
Gruber cracks Ford with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ford is rocked!
Ford misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gruber scores with a counter punch that sends Ford to the canvas! Gruber smells blood - he's punishing Ford with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Ford has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcel Gruber!
After winning the bout, Marcel Gruber thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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