PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Kord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiny Foxton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiny Foxton looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Kord
vs
Foxton

180 cm
19
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

175 cm
26
187 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ted Kord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tiny Foxton!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foxton darts in trying to clinch

and Kord counters with a shoot takedown. Foxton fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Foxton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kord wants to control from the top but Foxton keeps moving.
Kord stops Foxton from standing up.
Foxton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Foxton keeping full guard, as Kord tries to pass.
Kord slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kord keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Kord closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kord throwing shots but Foxton is blocking nicely.
Foxton is refusing to be controlled, as Kord sits in half guard.
Kord prevents Foxton from improving his position.
Foxton looks gassed!
Kord working over Foxton with some ground and pound. Foxton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foxton tries to roll over but Kord keeps him under control.
Kord winds up and cracks Foxton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kord throwing shots but Foxton is blocking nicely.
Kord is keen to just control but Foxton is a slippery customer.
Kord trying to mount his opponent but Foxton defends it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foxton has hold of Kord's hands but Kord slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kord missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kord with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foxton has hold of Kord's hands but Kord slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kord is trying to control the action in half guard but Foxton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kord is looking to stall here but Foxton recovers full guard.
Kord throws an elbow that misses. Foxton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kord's guard. Nice move by Foxton!
Foxton is looking to work some ground and pound but Kord has wrist control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kord keeping moving, preventing Foxton from controlling successfully.

Kord scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foxton tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Kord counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kord.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kord looking to pass the guard.
Kord's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kord missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foxton being controlled here, momentarily.
Kord throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Kord dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Foxton gets caught flat footed, as Kord shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kord looking to sit in guard and control but Foxton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Foxton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kord keeping moving, preventing Foxton from controlling successfully.
Kord wants to sweep here but Foxton controlling him for the moment.
Foxton trying to control the position from guard on top but Kord is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kord avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kord wants to stand and escape but Foxton is having none of it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Kord pushes Foxton off and gets back to his feet.

Kord gets the takedown into side control.
Foxton is breathing heavily.
Kord is looking to take a break and control but Foxton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kord lands a nice forearm strike.

Foxton is rocked!
Kord in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Foxton looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Kord turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Kord!