PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hipolito Adalberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tauno Palo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adalberto
vs
Palo

179 cm
25
190 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
21
201 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Divine - Drugs (158 products)

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hipolito Adalberto !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tauno Palo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adalberto feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Adalberto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Adalberto looking to pass the guard.
Adalberto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Adalberto being controlled here momentarily.
Adalberto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adalberto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Palo is keeping the position for now.
Palo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adalberto is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Adalberto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Palo to the mat! Palo manages to get full guard.
Palo trying to keep a closed guard but Adalberto is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adalberto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Palo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Adalberto 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Adalberto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Adalberto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Adalberto connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palo wants to sweep but no luck.
Palo is trying to control the position but Adalberto postures up.
Palo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adalberto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Adalberto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Palo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adalberto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Palo is pulling down on Adalberto 's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adalberto preventing the sweep.
Adalberto postures up in Palo's guard and throws a big left but Palo blocks it.
Adalberto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Palo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Adalberto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Adalberto advances to half guard.
Palo wants to get back to full guard.

Adalberto seems to be working for a kimura but Palo defends the submission attempt.
Adalberto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adalberto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Palo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adalberto .
Adalberto with the ground and pound but Palo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Palo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palo has Adalberto pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Palo cracks Adalberto with an open hand slap.
Adalberto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Palo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palo misses with a looping right.

Adalberto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Palo wants to get back to full guard.
Adalberto looks to land a strike but Palo avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Adalberto throws a strike but Palo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Adalberto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Adalberto 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.

Palo gets to his feet - Adalberto follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adalberto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Adalberto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adalberto moves forwards but Palo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palo wants to clinch.
Palo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adalberto has a takedown stuffed.
Tauno Palo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adalberto swings for the body but Palo moves out of range.
Palo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Adalberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adalberto lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adalberto blocks a jab.
Adalberto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palo connects with a looping right hand.
Nice body punch from Adalberto .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tauno Palo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Palo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Adalberto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Palo misses with a straight right.
Adalberto misses with a looping left.
Palo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adalberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Palo.
Adalberto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Palo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Palo stops a takedown attempt from Adalberto .
Palo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palo throws a punch but it's blocked by Adalberto .
Palo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adalberto or not.
Palo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Adalberto can't get the takedown.
Palo scores with a hook to the body.
Palo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adalberto s head.
Still in the clinch, Palo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Palo.
Palo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Palo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Palo lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palo cracks Adalberto with a nice body shot.
Palo lands a right hand.
Palo pushes Adalberto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palo lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Palo scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Palo.
Palo lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palo.
Palo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Adalberto wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hipolito Adalberto . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palo scores with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Palo.
Palo pushes Adalberto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palo scores with a shot to the side of Adalberto 's head.
Adalberto tries to break the clinch but Palo is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Palo.
A short uppercut from Palo.
Good body shot from Palo.
Palo lands an elbow inside that Adalberto shrugs off.
Palo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palo lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palo.
Palo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Palo is working Adalberto over against the cage.
Palo lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Palo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palo lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adalberto takes a shot to the head.
Adalberto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palo smiles and moves away.
Palo moves away from the strike by Adalberto .
Palo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adalberto .
Palo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Palo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adalberto .
Palo throws a jab when Adalberto was well out of range.
Palo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adalberto 's head backwards.
Adalberto thows a body shot but no joy.
Adalberto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Palo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adalberto . Adalberto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adalberto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adalberto .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Adalberto with that takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adalberto . Palo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adalberto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palo counters with a nice body kick.
Palo throws a lazy right hand but Adalberto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adalberto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palo's corner calls for a 1-2. Palo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adalberto is looking to wear down Palo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Palo wants to land a leg kick but Adalberto is out of range.
Palo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Palo misses the jab.
Palo misses with a low kick.
Palo dips to his left and cracks Adalberto with an uppercut!
Palo just misses with a punch to the body.
Adalberto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Palo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Adalberto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adalberto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Palo doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adalberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palo.
Palo tries to clinch but Adalberto moves out of range.

Adalberto closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Adalberto scoring with punches from side control.
Palo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Adalberto connects with a nice short shot to Palo's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adalberto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Palo defending well though.
Palo wants to control but Adalberto is keeping busy.
Palo is trying is best to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Adalberto lands a nice short elbow.
Adalberto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Palo has hold of Adalberto 's hands but Adalberto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Palo moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tauno Palo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Adalberto misses with a body shot.
No luck for Adalberto with that takedown attempt.
Adalberto misses with a straight left.
Tauno Palo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palo is looking to clinch.
Palo doesn't manage to clinch there - Adalberto circles away.
Adalberto throws a sloppy body shot

and Palo moves into the clinch.
Adalberto has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Palo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Good body shot from Palo.
Palo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adalberto blocks an elbow strike from Palo.

Adalberto breaks the clinch.
Palo connects with a nice looking jab.
Palo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Palo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adalberto moves out of range as Palo strikes.

Adalberto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Adalberto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palo tries to reverse the position but Adalberto maintains control.
Palo avoids a strike by Adalberto and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Adalberto 's guard! Fantastic escape!
Palo wants to stand but Adalberto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Palo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adalberto seems keen to control Palo's posture.
Hipolito Adalberto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Adalberto is trying to keep Palo in close.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Adalberto has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Palo should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Adalberto has tightened it up now! Palo should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Hipolito Adalberto !