PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ed Ford (ranked 820 p4p, 1067 weight class) and Atticus Finch (ranked 87 p4p, 111 weight class). Ford comes to the cage accompanied by Trivium - Strife . Finch is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ghetto Bird- Ice Cube. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ford
vs
Finch

178 cm
31
155
17 - 11 - 1

178 cm
33
156
24 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

NARCOS
Voodoo Nutrition

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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ed Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atticus Finch!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finch moves away.
Ford throws a right hand that misses
and Finch counters with a leg kick.
Finch has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ed Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford throws a leg kick but Finch checks it.
Ford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ford has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters circling - Ford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finch.
Ford cracks Finch with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Finch moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ford misses with a hook.
Ford misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford scores with a punch to the head.
Finch throws a low kick but Ford moves out of range easily.
A big right from Ford misses.
A jab from Ford does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fords jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Finch on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Finch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ford misses with a looping right.
Ford takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Finch doesn't seem bothered though.
Ford cracks Finch with an open hand slap.
Ford lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Finch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ford connects with a high kick.
Ford ducks right into an uppercut from Finch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ford clinches up with Finch and pushes him back against the cage.
Finch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Finch misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford lands a knee to the body.
Ford missing with knees to the body.
Finch throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Finch fails to land.
Finch tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Ford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finch shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Finch cracks Ford with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Finch gets tackled into the cage by Ford. Ford maintains the clinch.
Finch misses with some punches.
Ford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Finch blocks it with crossed arms.
Finch pushes off an throws an elbow but Ford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finch.

Finch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Ford finds it's target.
Ford scores with a leg kick.
Finch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Finch throws a poor cross that misses
and Ford counters with a nice body shot.
Ford misses with a body kick.
Finch sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ford slips under a jab.
Ford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ford on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finch. Finch obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ford.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ford.
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finch lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ford scores with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Finch.
Ford lands a head shot.
Finch slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Finch finds it's way through Ford's defenses.
Finch connects with a right that clearly hurt Ford. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Finch proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Ford collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atticus Finch!
Our winner, Atticus Finch, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.