PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Adamos (ranked 666 p4p, 1331 weight class) and Manny Tavares (ranked 75 p4p, 151 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Adamos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Watch. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adamos
vs
Tavares

185 cm
27
195
12 - 7 - 0

183 cm
34
185
25 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Shadow Realm Apparel
Conviction

NARCOS
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Adamos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tavares manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Adamos.

It looks like Manny Tavares has been cut.
Adamos looks to land a left hand but Tavares moved out of range nicely.
Tavares is looking to slow Adamos down with leg kicks.
Tavares takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tavares with a jab.
Tavares lands a nice hook to Adamos's body. Adamos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adamos misses with a body shot.
Tavares throws a leg kick
and Adamos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Adamos has managed to clinch.
Tavares has a couple of punches blocked by Adamos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adamos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tavares wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adamos pushes Tavares back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Adamos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tavares avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Adamos as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares misses with a punch on the inside.
Adamos misses with the head strike.
Adamos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Adamos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tavares lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adamos.
Adamos prevents a body shot from Tavares.
Adamos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adamos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Adamos has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Adamos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adamos misses with a knee to the head.
Adamos prevents a body shot from Tavares.
Tavares wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adamos lands a left hand.
A short right from Tavares on the inside.
Adamos misses with the head strike.
Adamos misses with a body punch.
Adamos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adamos digs a right hand underneath Tavares's ribcage. Tavares let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Adamos.
Tavares looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adamos.
Adamos working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tavares.
Tavares has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Adamos seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tavares can turn it around.
Tavares misses with the head strike.
Tavares prevents a body shot from Adamos.
Tavares is trying to break free.
Tavares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Adamos.
Adamos landing knees to the body.
Adamos is working Tavares over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adamos.
Knees to the body from Adamos.
Tavares takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adamos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adamos can't find room to land a body shot as Tavares controls the action.
Adamos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tavaress head.
Adamos blocking some punches.
Adamos working aggressively here.
Adamos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tavares misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adamos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Adamos.
Nice body punch from Adamos - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamos misses with a punch to the body.
Adamos digs a right hand into Tavares's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tavares's gas tank.
Adamos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adamos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Adamos gets through Tavares's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adamos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adamos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adamos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adamos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tavares in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adamos pushes Tavares back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Adamos.
Adamos misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Adamos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Adamos.
Adamos lands a shot to the body.
Adamos crunches a lovely knee into Tavares's ribcage.
Adamos lands a body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adamos obliges.
Adamos tries a body shot but Tavares blocks it.
Adamos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares takes a knee right on the jaw!
A body shot lands from Adamos.
A nice right hand lands inside from Adamos.
Knees to the body from Adamos.
A hook to the body from Adamos.
Adamos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adamos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adamos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adamos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adamos landing knees to the head.

Tavares is rocked!
Adamos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tavares is still on wobbly legs! Can Adamos finish him?
Adamos unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tavares! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Adamos is unloading with more strikes now! Tavares drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adrian Adamos!
A very excited looking Adrian Adamos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.