PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augustin Carmona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josie Jo Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ford has chosen Mötley Crüe - Wild Side as his entrance music. Josie Jo Ford is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Carmona
vs
Jo Ford

190 cm
24
198 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

194 cm
28
198 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augustin Carmona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josie Jo Ford!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Carmona as he connects with a hook.
Carmona missing with a left hand there. Ford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carmona lands a nice looking body kick.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Carmona swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ford.
Ford walks forward, straight into a front kick from Carmona.
Ford slips under a jab from Carmona.
Ford wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ford lands the left hand.

It looks like Augustin Carmona has been cut.
Carmona throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Carmona.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carmona doesn't manage to clinch there - Ford circles away.
Carmona misses with a lunging right hand
and Carmona takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carmona with a jab.
Carmona takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ford throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Carmona connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ford's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford moves forwards but Carmona connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Carmona lands a body shot.
Ford thows a body shot but no joy.
Ford misses with a wild body shot.
Ford blocks a head kick by Carmona.
Carmona throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ford misses with an uppercut.
Carmona takes one to the side of the head.
Ford looks to score with a jab to the body but Carmona is just out of range.
Ford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carmona, right into the meat.
Ford tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carmona misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws a low kick but Carmona avoids it.
Ford turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ford misses with a wild body shot.
Ford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford throws a low kick but Carmona avoids it.
Carmona misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carmona takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carmona throws a head kick but Ford moves out of range.
Carmona throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ford throws a body punch but Carmona moves out of range.
Carmona misses with a leg kick.
Ford is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Carmona rather than just go for the knockout.
Ford moves out of range of the body kick from Carmona.
Carmona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carmona misses with a straight left.
Ford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carmona walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmona tries a head kick but it misses.
Carmona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford jabs Carmona to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ford swats away the attempt to clinch by Carmona.
Carmona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ford.
Carmona 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.
Carmona misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carmona. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carmona is looking to land body kicks.
Carmona takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carmona cracks the inside of Ford's front leg.
Carmona lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carmona listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carmona's calf.
Augustin Carmona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford scores with a jab to the body.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carmona manages to avoid it.
Ford swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carmona.
Carmona tries a low kick but Ford avoids it.
Carmona lands a jab to the head.
Carmona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carmona throws a head kick but Ford moves out of range.
Carmona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carmona.
Ford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carmona was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Carmona tests Ford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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 Augustin Carmona will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Augustin Carmona's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carmona bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Carmona closes the distance and clinches.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carmona misses with a punch to the body.
Carmona struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
Carmona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Ford lands an uppercut.
Carmona lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Carmona.
Carmona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carmona throws a head punch that misses.
Carmona misses with the head strike.
Ford taking a breather.
Carmona lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford tries to throw a body punch but Carmona avoids it by throwing Ford back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford lands with a short shot to the head.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carmona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carmona lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carmona lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ford is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ford looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ford leaning against his opponent.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Carmona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carmona.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ford working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carmona.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Carmona scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carmona lands an uppercut.
Carmona blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Carmona gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ford regains guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ford is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ford working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmona wants to pass the guard but Ford is keeping the position.
Carmona with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carmona throws an elbow that misses. Ford uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Carmona's guard. Nice move by Ford!

Carmona pushes Ford off and scrambles back to his feet.
Carmona thows a leg kick but Ford checks it
and Ford counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carmona thinking.
Ford blocks a low kick nicely.
Ford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carmona tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ford was well out of range. Poor timing from Carmona.
Carmona looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ford lands with a cross.
Carmona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ford.
Ford keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Carmona. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carmona.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ford moves out of range as Carmona throws a body kick.
Ford avoids the body shot from Carmona.
Augustin Carmona is winning the standup battle so far.
Ford misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Carmona clinches up with Ford and pushes him back against the cage.
Ford tries to work over Carmona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carmona throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carmona working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Augustin Carmona dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Augustin Carmona's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Carmona.
Ford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carmona throws a body punch but Ford moves out of range.
Ford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ford swings for the body but Carmona moves out of range.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Ford misses with a leg kick.
Ford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carmona dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ford. That did some damage!
Ford drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carmona feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ford's calf.
Carmona throws a wild body kick that Ford sees coming a mile off.
Ford misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Carmona scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ford in his tracks.
Carmona moves in looking to clinch but Ford pushes him off.
Carmona doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Carmona lands a nice looking body shot.
Carmona on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carmona looks to land a right hand but Ford moved out of range.
Ford avoids the head kick by Carmona.
The fighters circling - Ford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carmona throws out a leg kick but Ford moves out of range and Carmona only half commits.
A swing and a miss from Ford.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carmona.
Ford takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carmona.
Josie Jo Ford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carmona just misses with a punch to the body.
Carmona lands a nice shot that snaps Ford's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ford. Carmona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Ford.
Carmona is looking to clinch.
Carmona scores with a decent looking hook.
Ford just misses with a punch to the body.
Carmona misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carmona misses with the combination.
Carmona misses with a straight right.
Ford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carmona was well out of range. Poor timing from Ford.
Carmona lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmona attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carmona pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ford throws a body kick that misses.
Ford's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carmona connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carmona sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Carmona fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ford, pushing him back against the cage.

Carmona tightens his grip and picks Ford up, before dumping him to the ground. Ford manages to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carmona throwing strikes from guard but Ford blocks nicely.
Carmona working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ford's head.
Carmona scoring with some ground and pound.
Carmona throws an elbow that misses. Ford uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Carmona's guard. Nice move by Ford!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carmona lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ford!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Carmona jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ford is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ford and Carmona has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Carmona moves into full mount!
Carmona has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ford takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Augustin Carmona showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carmona has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Augustin Carmona!
During a confident post fight interview, Augustin Carmona thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.