PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Edward Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Ardona acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Flores
vs
Ardona

169 cm
22
150 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Flores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Ardona!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ardona throws a head kick that misses.
Flores thuds his shin into the meat of Ardona's side.
Flores turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ardona takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Ardona.
Flores moves away from the strike by Ardona.
Ardona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
James Ardona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Flores - just one landing.
Flores looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big right from Ardona misses.
Flores throws a jab but it's blocked by Ardona.
Ardona swats away the attempt to clinch by Flores.
Ardona tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ardona misses with a leg kick.
Flores paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Flores forces Ardona back against the cage and clinches.
Flores fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ardona wants to stall.
Flores lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ardona blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardona wants to break free but Flores has control.
Ardona is trying to break the clinch but Flores is controlling him.
Flores pushes Ardona back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flores lands a knee to the body.
Ardona looks winded!
Flores works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flores scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Flores.
Flores lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flores.
Flores lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ardona backwards.
Flores lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flores lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Flores.
Flores makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flores.
Nice body punch from Flores.
Flores lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flores creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flores scores with a shot to the side of Ardona's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flores.

Ardona is rocked!
Ardona can't break the clinch.
A short right from Flores on the inside.
Ardona is still on wobbly legs! Can Flores finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flores.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Flores scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flores lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flores creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ardona's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ardona drops to his knees and Flores pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Flores!
Edward Flores made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I like to thank my team, my sponsors, and everybody that supported me for this fight. This fight is for all the people in the Philippines and the Filipinos watching here tonight "Mabuhay ang lahing Filipino, Laban natin to"'.
In defeat, James Ardona stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sorry for my performance tonight. I know he's the better man tonight. I promise to come back stronger.'.