PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tupa Dufu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dufu kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rock You Like A Hurricane. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dufu
vs
Ford

182 cm
29
175 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
175 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tupa Dufu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Ford!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Dufu misses.
Ford thinks about the counter body kick.
Dufu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ford looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dufu swings widly with a right hand
and Ford counters with a one-two to the body.
A jab from Dufu finds it's way through Ford's defenses.
Ford misses with a kick to the body.
Ford swats away the attempt to clinch by Dufu.
Ford has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dufu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ford listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ford throws a lazy right hand but Dufu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ford slips a jab from Dufu.
Ford lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dufu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ford doesn't seem bothered though.
Ford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dufu scores with a punch to the head.

Ford closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Dufu fails to land.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Dufu.
Dufu tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Dufu.
Nice elbow from Ford.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dufu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dufu blocks an elbow strike.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.
Dufu has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
Dufu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford lands an elbow that stopped Dufu in his tracks for a moment.
I was talking to Dufu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dufu's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Dufu fails to land.
Ford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dufu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dufu working aggressively here.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.
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 can't find room to land a body shot as Dufu controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Dufu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Ford.
Dufu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dufu lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dufu.
Dufu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dufu can't break the clinch.
Dufu tries to throw a body punch but Ford avoids it by throwing Dufu back against the cage.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford pushes off an throws an elbow but Dufu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ford blocking some punches.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dufu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dufu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dufu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dufu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
Ford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dufu avoids it.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Dufu.
A nice left hand lands by Dufu.
Dufu blocks the elbow strike.
Dufu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
Ford blocks a body shot from Dufu.
Dufu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ford fails to land.
Dufu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dufu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dufu working aggressively here.
Ford lands a nice elbow.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws an elbow that misses.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Dufu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Dufu misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Ford.
Dufu lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Dufu has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dufu.
Dufu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dufu.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dufu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dufu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dufu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ford. Dufu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dufu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ford.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford throws a head kick but Dufu moves out of range.
Dufu is looking for a counter combo.
Ford shoots in for a takedown but Dufu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Ford moves into the clinch.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tupa Dufu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dufu.
Ford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dufu throws out the jab.
Dufu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Dufu misses.
Ford is looking to land body kicks.
Ford staying out of range there.

Dufu clinches up with Ford and pushes him back against the cage.
Ford lands an elbow just above Dufu 's eye.

It looks like Tupa Dufu has been cut.
Ford tries to work over Dufu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ford prevents a body shot from Dufu.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ford throws an elbow but misses.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Dufu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Dufu scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dufu dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Dufu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ford works on Dufu's body with a couple of short punches.
Dufu is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dufu fails to land.
Dufu scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ford.
Dufu tries to throw a body punch but Ford avoids it by throwing Dufu back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Dufu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dufu misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dufu.
Ford blocking some punches.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Dufu.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dufu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dufu throws a head punch that misses.
Ford has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dufu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ford can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Dufu fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dufu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Ford lands an elbow inside that Dufu shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Dufu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ford blocks a jab.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dufu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ford is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dufu throws a jab when Ford was well out of range.
Ford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dufu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ford connects with a leg kick. Dufu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ford swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Dufu misses its intended target.
Ford keeps the fight on the outside.
Dufu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.
It seemed like Ford was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dufu ducks under a wild hook from Ford.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
An inside leg kick lands from Ford.
Dufu throws a big shot that misses.
Tupa Dufu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ford slips a straight right by Dufu.
Alan Ford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dufu misses with a looping left.
Ford slips a jab and a cross from Dufu.

Ford rushes Dufu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dufu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford lands a nice elbow.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Dufu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dufu dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Dufu throws a head punch that misses.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Dufu controls the action.
Dufu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dufu blocking some punches.
Dufu working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Dufu.
Dufu cracks Ford with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dufu blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dufu.
Dufu dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Dufu lands a body punch.
Dufu misses with a punch on the inside.
Alan Ford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dufu misses with a punch to the body.
Dufu lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Dufu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
Dufu working aggressively here.
Ford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dufu digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
Ford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dufu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dufu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dufu tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Dufu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dufu blocks the elbow strike.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alan Ford will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tupa Dufu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A nice combination there by Dufu.
Dufu looks to land a right hand but Ford moved out of range.
Dufu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ford scores with a kick to the body.
Dufu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dufu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dufu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ford swinging wildly here.
Ford misses with a series of wild punches.
Dufu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ford missing with a left hand there. Dufu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tupa Dufu is winning the standup battle so far.
Dufu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dufu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dufu rushes Ford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufu scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Dufu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dufu's sensitive parts.
Ford throws a body shot but no joy.
Dufu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Alan Ford has been cut.
Ford misses with an uppercut. Dufu saw that one coming.
Ford throws a big shot that misses.
Dufu blocks a jab.
Dufu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Dufu rushes Ford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ford lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Dufu misses with the head strike.
Ford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Dufu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dufu scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dufu blocks the elbow strike.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dufu's elbow.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Dufu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dufu.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dufu backwards.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dufu avoids a wild elbow strike from Ford.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Dufu.
Dufu throws a head punch that misses.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Dufu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ford.
Dufu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dufu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Dufu blocks the elbow strike.
Ford blocking some punches.
Dufu gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dufu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dufu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Dufu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
Ford blocks a body shot from Dufu.
Dufu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ford misses with the head strike.
Dufu prevents a body shot from Ford.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ford prevents a body shot from Dufu.
Dufu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Dufu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dufus head.
Dufu dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Ford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Dufu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dufu misses with a wild body shot.
Dufu wants to clinch.
Ford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tupa Dufu.
I think Dufu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for Alan Ford!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Tupa Dufu!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Tupa Dufu!

Tupa Dufu wins by split decision!
A victorious Tupa Dufu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.