PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Novoselic (ranked 2053 p4p, 230 weight class) and Alan Ford (ranked 2229 p4p, 257 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Novoselic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Novoselic
vs
Ford

178 cm
31
174 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

179 cm
34
175 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Novoselic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Ford!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford lands with a shot to the body.
Novoselic ducks under a wild hook from Ford.
Novoselic throws a push kick but Ford slaps the foot to one side.
Ford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Novoselic tries to land a front kick but Ford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Novoselic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ford's hands.
Ford is looking to score with low kicks.
Novoselic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ford's calf.
Ford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Novoselic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Novoselic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Novoselic misses with a leg kick.
Ford looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Ford jabs Novoselic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ford defending well as Novoselic loads up on a big left hand.
Ford scores with a spinning back kick!
Novoselic is looking to slow Ford down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford tries to clinch up.
Ford works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Ford.
Ford lands with a hook. Novoselic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Novoselic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Novoselic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ford.
Ford raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford moves out of range of the body kick.
Novoselic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marijuana Gardens in the buildup to the fight.
Novoselic connects with a solid leg kick.

Ford closes the distance and pushes Novoselic back into the cage.
Ford managing to block the knees to the body from Novoselic.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Novoselic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Novoselic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Novoselic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Novoselic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ford's brow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Novoselic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novoselic takes a shot to the head.
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 an elbow inside that Novoselic shrugs off.
Novoselic throws an elbow that misses.
Novoselic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Novoselic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Novoselic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Alan Ford has been cut.

Ford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ford blocks a leg kick.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Novoselic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Novoselic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Novoselic.
Ford swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Novoselic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Ford misses its intended target.
Novoselic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ford circles away quickly and effectively.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Novoselic.
Ford slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford looks to land a body kick but Novoselic moved away.
Novoselic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ford is out of range.
That kick from Novoselic tenderised Ford's leg. Ford is trying to keep his angry face on.
Novoselic misses with a low kick.
Novoselic misses with a head kick.
A big right from Novoselic misses.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Novoselic quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Novoselic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ford.
Ford is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Novoselic rather than just go for the knockout.
Novoselic throws a body punch but Ford moves out of range.
Ford wants to slow Novoselic down by chopping away at his legs.
Novoselic throws a shot from downtown. Ford moves away and avoids it.
Ford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ford lands with a nice combination. Novoselic backs away looking to recover.
Ford throws a sloppy head kick and Novoselic moves out of range easily.
Novoselic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novoselic lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ford throws out a loose jab but Novoselic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Novoselic half committed to a counter leg kick.
Novoselic scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Ford misses.
Novoselic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Novoselic.
Ford slips a straight right by Novoselic.
Ford tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ford misses with a low kick as Novoselic jumps back.
Novoselic connects with a solid leg kick.
Ford is looking to land body kicks.
Novoselic connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Novoselic tries to move into range but Ford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ford connects with a nice looking jab.
No joy there for Ford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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 Alex Novoselic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alan Ford's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Novoselic misses the shot to the body.
Novoselic scores with a kick to the body.
Novoselic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from Novoselic misses.
Ford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Novoselic circles away quickly and effectively.
Novoselic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ford's head.
Novoselic connects with a right hand. Ford shakes it off.
Ford missing with a left hand there. Novoselic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Novoselic tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Novoselic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Novoselic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Ford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Novoselic struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
Novoselic working aggressively here.
Ford lands an elbow just above Novoselic 's eye.
Ford's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Novoselic manages to break the clinch.
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 cracks Novoselic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novoselic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ford.
Novoselic lunges at Ford with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ford's hand.
Novoselic ducks under a wild hook from Ford.
Novoselic connects with a jab.
Novoselic misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.
Ford throws an overhand right that lands on Novoselic's shoulder, as Novoselic tries to avoid the shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Novoselic.
Ford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Novoselic throws out the jab.
A clash of legs there as Novoselic blocks the low kick.
Ford misses with a kick to the body.
Ford throws a wild body kick that Novoselic sees coming a mile off.
Ford drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Novoselic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ford.
Novoselic misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.
Novoselic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ford takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Novoselic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Novoselic throws a wild body kick that Ford sees coming a mile off.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Novoselic connects with the punch.
Ford misses with a looping left.
Ford stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ford blocks the body kick.
Ford throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jab by Ford.
Ford drops Novoselic with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Novoselic! Ford dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Ford!
Alan Ford thanked the fans post fight for their support.