PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ali (ranked 4755 p4p, 5546 weight class) and Blake Fordsin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fordsin has chosen Music as his entrance music. Blake Fordsin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ali
vs
Fordsin

194 cm
18
207
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
211
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blake Fordsin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ali has managed to clinch.
We've been informed that Fordsin 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.
Ali works on Fordsin's body with a couple of short punches.
Fordsin looks winded!
Ali lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ali lands a shot to the body.
Ali lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Ali.
Ali is working Fordsin over against the cage.
Ali is working Fordsin over against the cage.
Ali works on Fordsin's body with a couple of short punches.
Ali makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ali lands a right hand.
Ali lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ali creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fordsin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Ali.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ali lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ali lands a shoulder strike.
Ali lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fordsin or not.
A body shot lands from Ali.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ali.
Ali lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ali throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ali creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ali scores with a hook to the body.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Ali digs a right hand into Fordsin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fordsin's gas tank.
A body shot lands from Ali.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ali makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Fordsin is rocked!
Ali creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Fordsin's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Fordsin drops to his knees and Ali pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Ali!
Mike Ali seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Blake Fordsin stepped up to the mic, saying 'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.'.