PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stewart Bergoglio (ranked 4858 p4p, 3080 weight class) and Davante Adams (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.

Bergoglio
vs
Adams

175 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stewart Bergoglio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davante Adams!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

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

Bergoglio takes the fight into the clinch.
Bergoglio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bergoglio blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams is trying to stall.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Bergoglio blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Bergoglio.
Bergoglio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adams's face.
Bergoglio lands a body shot.
Bergoglio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bergoglio with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio lands with a left to the head.
Bergoglio lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Bergoglio is controlling him.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adams's defenses.
Bergoglio lands an elbow just above Adams 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bergoglio as Adams tries to tie him up.
Adams working aggressively here.
Bergoglio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bergoglio.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bergoglio scores a nice knee to the body.
Bergoglio lands a nice elbow.
Bergoglio has Adams pressed against the cage, preventing Adams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bergoglio presses Adams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bergoglio.
Bergoglio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adams's face.
Bergoglio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adams looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Bergoglio lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams takes a shot to the head.
Bergoglio lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bergoglio as the two fighters clinch.
Bergoglio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Bergoglio working Adams over with knees to the body.
Bergoglio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bergoglio scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bergoglio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adams's defenses.
Bergoglio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bergoglio lands an elbow inside.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adams can't find room to land a body shot as Bergoglio controls the action.
Adams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bergoglio avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bergoglio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bergoglio misses with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bergoglio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bergoglio missing with knees to the body.
Adams misses with a punch to the body.
Adams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams misses with a punch to the body.
Adams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bergoglio looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adams wants to stall.
Bergoglio has Adams pressed against the cage, preventing Adams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergoglio missing with knees to the body.
Bergoglio misses with a knee strike.
Adams tries to break free but Bergoglio pushes him back against the cage.
Adams is trying to push Bergoglio away but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adams can't break the clinch.
Adams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Adams taking a breather.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Bergoglio connects with a knee to the head.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Bergoglio won't allow it.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Bergoglio.
Bergoglio lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bergoglio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewart Bergoglio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bergoglio gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Bergoglio.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adams misses with a punch to the body.
Bergoglio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Bergoglio avoids the damage to the body.
Bergoglio lands an elbow just above Adams 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bergoglio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adams's face.
Bergoglio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Bergoglio.
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bergoglio.
Bergoglio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bergoglio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergoglio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bergoglio crunches a lovely knee into Adams's ribcage.
Bergoglio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bergoglio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adams can do to turn this around?
Adams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bergoglio lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bergoglio wants to clinch.

Bergoglio moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bergoglio connects with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio lands a right hand.
Adams tries to work over Bergoglio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bergoglio scores with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Adams is trying to force a seperation but Bergoglio has the dominant position.
Adams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bergoglio is keeping busy.
Adams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bergoglio tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bergoglio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Bergoglio keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergoglio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bergoglio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bergoglio looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bergoglio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Bergoglio blocks with his arms.
Adams tries to stall but Bergoglio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adams throws a head punch that misses.
Adams misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams trying to control the position but instead, Bergoglio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Adams into the cage.
Bergoglio tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Adams working hard to break the clinch.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Bergoglio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to force a seperation but Bergoglio has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bergoglio.
Bergoglio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Adams is trying to push Bergoglio away but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adams working hard to break the clinch.
Adams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage.
Bergoglio prevents a body shot from Adams.
Bergoglio dodges an elbow strike from Adams.
Bergoglio connects with a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bergoglio scores with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio presses Adams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bergoglio's brow.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stewart Bergoglio dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bergoglio tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Adams tries to keep at a distance but Bergoglio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Bergoglio is controlling him.
Bergoglio crunches a lovely knee into Adams's ribcage.
Adams misses with a punch to the body.
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Bergoglio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bergoglio as Adams tries to tie him up.
A knee to the head by Bergoglio.
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bergoglio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergoglio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bergoglio.
Bergoglio lands an elbow just above Adams 's eye.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Bergoglio.
Adams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.

Adams is rocked!
Bergoglio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adams's defenses.
Adams is still on wobbly legs! Can Bergoglio finish him?
Bergoglio landing knees to the head.
Adams looking to stall.
Bergoglio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bergoglio pushes Adams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bergoglio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adams is trying to break free.
Bergoglio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams seems to have recovered his senses.
Bergoglio prevents Adams from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bergoglio connects with a knee to the head.
Adams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bergoglio avoids a wild elbow strike from Adams.
Adams avoiding damage as Bergoglio throws knees to the body.
Bergoglio avoids a wild elbow strike from Adams.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adams is trying to force a seperation but Bergoglio has the dominant position.
Bergoglio is working Adams over against the cage.
Adams tries to break the clinch but Bergoglio is controlling the position.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Bergoglio keeps him there for the moment.
Bergoglio scores a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adams looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Bergoglio avoids the damage to the body.
Bergoglio dodges an elbow strike from Adams.
Bergoglio lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
Bergoglio blocks an uppercut.
Bergoglio scores with a hook to the body.
Bergoglio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adams's face.
Bergoglio lands a nice knee to the body.
Bergoglio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Adams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bergoglio with a knee to the head.
Bergoglio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Adams is trying to push Bergoglio away but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergoglio tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Adams wants to break free but Bergoglio has control.
Bergoglio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stewart Bergoglio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Adams tries to break free but Bergoglio pushes him back against the cage.
Adams leaning against his opponent.
Bergoglio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Adams taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams is looking to break free of the clinch but Bergoglio has double underhooks.
Bergoglio scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bergoglio as Adams tries to tie him up.
Bergoglio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Davante Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stewart Bergoglio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adams is trying to push Bergoglio away but Bergoglio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stewart Bergoglio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bergoglio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stewart Bergoglio!