PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Danneskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josie Jo Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Danneskjold
vs
Jo Ford

170 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Ragnar Danneskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josie Jo Ford!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danneskjold misses with a looping right.

Ford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Danneskjold tries to break the clinch but Ford is controlling the position.
Danneskjold wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Danneskjold blocks it with crossed arms.
Danneskjold tries to break the clinch but Ford is controlling the position.
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ford prevents Danneskjold from breaking the clinch.
Ford lands a knee to the body.
Danneskjold is trying to break free.

Danneskjold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice takedown defense from Ford. No joy for Danneskjold on that attempt.
Danneskjold misses with an uppercut. Ford saw that one coming.
Danneskjold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danneskjold clinches but Ford breaks the clinch
and Ford counters with a slapping leg kick.
Danneskjold tries to bum rush Ford with a series of wild strikes but Ford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danneskjold avoids the head kick by Ford.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold misses the jab.
A left and a right from Danneskjold both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Josie Jo Ford has been cut.
Ragnar Danneskjold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Danneskjold throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Danneskjold misses its intended target.
Danneskjold throws a leg kick
and Ford counters with a good, hard body kick but Danneskjold shrugs it off.
Danneskjold is breathing heavily.
A head kick from Ford lands but Danneskjold takes it in his stride.
Danneskjold looks to land a left hand but Ford moved out of range nicely.
Danneskjold throws a hook but Ford blocks it.

Ford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Danneskjold is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Danneskjold's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold can't break the clinch.

Danneskjold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danneskjold looks to land a left hand but Ford moved out of range nicely.
Danneskjold throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ford counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Danneskjold.
Danneskjold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ford moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danneskjold misses with the combination.
Danneskjold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ford. That one must have hurt.

Ford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Danneskjold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Danneskjold lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ford scores with a knee to the head.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Danneskjold avoiding damage as Ford throws knees to the body.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Danneskjold blocks it with crossed arms.
Ford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ford scores with a knee to the head.
Ford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ford keeps control of Danneskjold as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ford using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ford landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ford landing knees to the body.
Ford lands a knee to the body.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but Danneskjold blocks with his arms.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
Ford landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ford landing knees to the body.

Danneskjold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ford scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ford. That one must have hurt.
Danneskjold looks to land a combination but Ford avoids it well.
Danneskjold tries to clinch
and Ford counters with a body kick.
Danneskjold will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Danneskjold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ford. Ford obviously looking to wear him down.
Danneskjold misses with a straight left.

Ford clinches with his opponent.
Danneskjold has had enough of the clinch but Ford keeps him there for the moment.
Ford tries to land knees in the clinch but Danneskjold avoids the damage to the body.
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ford landing knees to the head.
Ford scores a nice knee to the body.
Ford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josie Jo Ford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josie Jo Ford's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ford moves out of range of the strikes.
Danneskjold looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danneskjold throws a right and a left that Ford avoids nicely.
Danneskjold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danneskjold swings for the body but Ford moves out of range.
Danneskjold thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Danneskjold's calf.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford throws a head kick that Danneskjold semi-blocks.
Ford 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ford throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Danneskjold looks to clinch
and Ford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Danneskjold looks to land a right hand but Ford moved out of range.
Ragnar Danneskjold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danneskjold misses the jab.
Danneskjold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ford tries to clinch there but Danneskjold circles away.
Danneskjold stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ford.
Ford pushes Danneskjold away with a front kick.
Ford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danneskjold. That did some damage!
Danneskjold sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ford. Ford obviously looking to wear him down.
Ford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danneskjold's sensitive parts.
Ford moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Danneskjold misses with a wild body shot.
Ford scores with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ford.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ford.

Ford has closed the distance and engaged Danneskjold in a clinch.
Ford missing with knees to the body.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford scores a nice knee to the body.
Danneskjold can't break the clinch.
Danneskjold wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ford landing knees to the head.
Ford lands a knee to the head.
Ford landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Danneskjold lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ford landing knees to the body.
Ford misses with a knee to the head.
Ford tries to land knees in the clinch but Danneskjold avoids the damage to the body.
Danneskjold wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Ford landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Danneskjold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ford throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Danneskjold.
Danneskjold is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Danneskjold misses with a leg kick

and Ford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ford.
Ford scores with a knee to the head.
Danneskjold avoiding damage as Ford throws knees to the body.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ford misses with a knee to the head.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford landing knees to the head.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford lands a nice knee to the body.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
Danneskjold has had enough of the clinch but Ford keeps him there for the moment.
Ford looking to throw knees to the head but Danneskjold is blocking nicely.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ford using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Danneskjold is trying to break free.
Ford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Danneskjold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danneskjold throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ford counters with a low kick, right behind Danneskjold 's knee.
Danneskjold misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josie Jo Ford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josie Jo Ford's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Ford slips under a jab from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold misses with a body shot
and Ford counters with an outside leg kick.
Danneskjold throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ford dodges the punch combination from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danneskjold looks to clinch
and Ford counters with a good, hard body kick but Danneskjold shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danneskjold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ford plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ford lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold missing with a left hand there. Ford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ford.

Ford clinches.
Danneskjold avoiding damage as Ford throws knees to the body.
Ford trying to land knees to the body.
Ford using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ford misses with a knee to the head.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford with a knee to the head.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Danneskjold can't break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ford in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Danneskjold managing to block the knees to the body from Ford.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ford.
Ford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Danneskjold lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford looking to throw knees to the head but Danneskjold is blocking nicely.
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Danneskjold.
Ford tries a knee to the head but Danneskjold blocks it.
Danneskjold wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Ford.
Ford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Danneskjold wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Danneskjold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ford landing knees to the head.
Danneskjold wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ford has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Ford.
Danneskjold is trying to break free.

Danneskjold breaks the clinch.
Danneskjold throws a jab when Ford was well out of range.
Danneskjold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold throws a jab when Ford was well out of range.
Danneskjold misses with an uppercut. Ford saw that one coming.
Danneskjold takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Danneskjold looks to throw the jab but Ford is out of range.
Ford throws a leg kick which misses Danneskjold's front leg but catches the back leg as Danneskjold tries to avoid it.
Ford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Ford instigates a clinch.
Ford misses with a knee to the head.
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danneskjold is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ford missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A knee to the head by Ford.
Ford lands a knee to the head.
Danneskjold takes a knee right on the jaw!
Danneskjold misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ford tries to land knees in the clinch but Danneskjold avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Come on Ford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Danneskjold wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Ford lands a knee to the head.
Ford missing with knees to the body.
Ford keeps control of Danneskjold as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ragnar Danneskjold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ford looking to throw knees to the head but Danneskjold is blocking nicely.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but Danneskjold blocks with his arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Danneskjold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Ford.
Danneskjold wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Ford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ford trying to land knees to the body.
Danneskjold misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josie Jo Ford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ford has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josie Jo Ford!