PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adamh Pearse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ford has chosen Stand up - Ludacris as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pearse
vs
Ford

191 cm
34
265 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

197 cm
29
255 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Adamh Pearse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacob Ford!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearse. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jacob Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford takes a swing at Pearse's ribcage but misses.
Ford pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pearse back to the cage. Ford follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pearse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ford moves away.
Ford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pearse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pearse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ford scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Jacob Ford has been cut.
Ford lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pearse throws a series of punches but Ford moves out of range.
Pearse needs to keep his hands up - Ford had a free shot at his head there.
Pearse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ford misses the jab.
Ford fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pearse on the side of the head.
Ford scores with a punch to the head.
Ford checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pearse staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pearse stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pearse takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Adamh Pearse has been cut.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pearse was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Pearse throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ford.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ford tries to clinch up but Pearse circles away and keeps his distance.
Pearse on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pearse misses with a low kick.
Ford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pearse throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pearse thows a body shot but no joy.
Ford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pearse's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pearse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ford stuns Pearse with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ford lands with a straight right. Pearse didn't see that one coming.
Ford lands a jab.
Pearse scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ford in his tracks.
Good standup being displayed there by Ford as he connects with a hook.
Ford throws a jab when Pearse was well out of range.
Pearse takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pearse throws a series of punches but Ford moves out of range.
Pearse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pearse slips a jab from Ford.
Ford throws a jab when Pearse was well out of range.
Pearse blocks a jab.
Pearse throws a push kick but Ford slaps the foot to one side.
Pearse is looking to clinch but Ford is avoiding it.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearse moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ford.

Pearse closes the distance and clinches.

Ford manages to break the clinch.
Pearse throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearse. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ford smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pearse misses with an uppercut. Ford saw that one coming.
Ford lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pearse at a distance.
Ford shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pearse eats them both and turns towards Ford to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pearse is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ford wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pearse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ford jabs at Pearse's body.
Ford is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pearse had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ford throws a nice looking combination but Pearse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pearse is looking to wear down Ford with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ford scores with a shot to the body.
Ford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pearse's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ford forces Pearse back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Ford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pearse misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Ford finds it's target.
Pearse throws a right hand that Ford ducks under and follows up with a left that Ford also avoids with ease.
Ford lands with a hook. Pearse tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pearse was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Ford misses with a body shot.
Pearse wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ford missing with a left hand there. Pearse was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Ford dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ford takes a swing at Pearse's ribcage but misses.
Pearse moves in looking to clinch but Ford pushes him off.
Pearse showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ford.
Pearse tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pearse lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pearse throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Ford stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ford lands with a straight right. Pearse didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pearse just misses with a punch to the body.
Ford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick from Pearse misses.
Ford moves out of range of the body kick from Pearse.
Danga de danga de dang - Ford scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ford fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ford throws a series of strikes that have Pearse backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ford tries to keep at a distance but Pearse has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pearse can't find room to land a body shot as Ford controls the action.
Pearse tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Ford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pearse has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd cheers as Ford lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pearse doesn't seem phased though.
Pearse attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pearse chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ford can pounce on him.
Pearse takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ford lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pearse tries to clinch but Ford moves out of range.
Ford scores with a nice right hand.
Ford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pearse takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ford just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearse throws the left hand but Ford avoids the punch easily.
Pearse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pearse avoids the head kick by Ford.
Nice defenses there by Pearse.
Ford doesn't manage to clinch there - Pearse circles away.
Ford checks a low kick from Pearse.
Ford fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pearse on the side of the head.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pearse looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ford throws out a leg kick but Pearse moves out of range and Ford only half commits.
Pearse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ford circles away quickly and effectively.
Ford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pearse.
Pearse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ford missing with a left hand there. Pearse was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pearse takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ford throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearse tries to move into range but Ford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jacob Ford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ford jabs Pearse to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ford.
Pearse doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ford misses with a head kick.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Ford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pearse takes a kick to the side of the head.

Adamh Pearse's cut is getting worse.
Ford lands a jab.
Pearse takes one to the chin there.
Pearse does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ford getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pearse misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearse takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Ford swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pearse.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ford.
A head kick misses from Ford.
Ford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ford smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ford avoids the body shot from Pearse.
Ford scores with a sloppy right hand. Pearse should have avoided that one.
Ford throws a series of punches but Pearse moves out of range.

Pearse clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ford manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Ford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Pearse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Ford lands a jab to Pearse's midsection.
Ford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pearse lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ford checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearse. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Ford.
Pearse throws a body kick that misses.
Ford throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearse manages to avoid it.
Ford lands a jab to the nose.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ford scores with a hook.
Ford scores with a sloppy right hand. Pearse should have avoided that one.
Pearse thows a body shot but no joy.
Ford swings for the body but Pearse moves out of range.
Pearse is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ford.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford connects with a nice looking jab.

Pearse is rocked!
Pearse is looking to land body kicks.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Ford and Pearse goes tumbling to the canvas! Ford follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Oh Pearse is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Pearse won't allow Ford to pass to mount.
Pearse is trying to stand up here but Ford is controlling him well.
Pearse seems to have got his legs back now.
Ford is looking to advance position but Pearse won't allow it.

Ford stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Pearse to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford checks a leg kick.
Ford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pearse misses with a low kick as Ford jumps back.
Ford wants to clinch.
Ford scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pearse in his tracks.
Pearse doesn't manage to clinch there - Ford circles away.
A punch combination from Pearse misses.
Ford scores with a leg kick.
Ford lands with a nice body punch.
Ford throws a hook but Pearse avoids it easily.
Ford takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pearse at a distance.
Pearse wants to clinch up but Ford keeps it at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ford.
Adamh Pearse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ford misses with a series of wild punches.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pearse was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Pearse throws the left hand but Ford avoids the punch easily.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ford tries to clinch but Pearse is having none of it.
Pearse misses with a wild body shot.
Pearse throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ford swings for the body but Pearse moves out of range.
Ford slips under a jab from Pearse.
Adamh Pearse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pearse gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ford connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pearse. Pearse circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pearse on the side of the head.
Ford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Ford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ford.
Pearse gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ford.
Pearse throws a leg kick that misses.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearse moves away.
Ford feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pearses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pearse throws a right hand that misses
and Ford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pearse on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearse moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearse cracks the inside of Ford's front leg.
Pearse takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pearse throws a low kick, looking for Ford's leg but Ford calmly moves out of range.
Pearse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Ford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ford has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Ford!
A victorious Jacob Ford thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.