PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurizio Iacono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iacono has chosen Kataklysm - Crippled & Broken as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bomb
vs
Iacono

190 cm
21
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

Battalion Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Bomb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maurizio Iacono!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iacono circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Iacono, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bomb tries to clinch up.
Iacono misses with a double jab.
Iacono scores with a jab.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch up but Iacono swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iacono circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iacono swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.
Bomb is looking to clinch but Iacono is avoiding it.
Bomb tries to clinch up.
Iacono looks to land a right hand but Bomb moved out of range.
Bomb moves in looking to clinch but Iacono pushes him off.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch but Iacono swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bomb gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Iacono to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Iacono trying to control the position from guard on top but Bomb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bomb working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iacono trying to control but Bomb is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Iacono postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bomb keeping full guard, as Iacono tries to pass.
Iacono in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Iacono stops Bomb from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bomb keeping moving, preventing Iacono from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Bomb moves into the clinch successfully.
Iacono takes a knee to the side of the body.
Iacono looks gassed!

Iacono escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bomb wants to clinch.
Iacono misses with a wild body shot.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Iacono paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bomb tries to clinch there but Iacono circles away.
Iacono swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Iacono.
Bomb moves in looking to clinch but Iacono pushes him off.
Bomb tries to clinch up but Iacono circles away and keeps his distance.

Bomb takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Iacono can't get the takedown.
Bomb lands an elbow inside that Iacono shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Bomb.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.
Iacono is trying to stall.
Bomb using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bomb lands a good knee to the midsection. Iacono won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bomb pushes Iacono back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
Bomb lands an elbow that stopped Iacono in his tracks for a moment.
Bomb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Iacono in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Iacono takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.
Bomb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bomb landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bomb obliges.
Bomb lands an elbow inside.
Bomb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bomb scores a nice knee to the body.
Bomb crunches a lovely knee into Iacono's ribcage.
Bomb lands an elbow just above Iacono 's eye.
Bomb lands a nice knee to the body.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
Bomb lands an elbow inside that Iacono shrugs off.
Bomb looking to throw knees to the head but Iacono is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Iacono goes for a takedown attempt but Bomb pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Adam Bomb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurizio Iacono.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Iacono circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iacono keeps the fight on the outside.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.

Iacono tries to keep at a distance but Bomb has taken the fight into the clinch.
Iacono takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bomb creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Iacono's defenses.
Bomb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Iacono takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Bomb.
Bomb lands an elbow that stopped Iacono in his tracks for a moment.
Iacono takes an elbow to the temple.
Bomb lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bomb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Iacono's face.
Bomb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Bomb.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
Bomb lands an elbow inside.
Bomb throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Iacono blocks it with crossed arms.
Iacono tries to circle away but Bomb has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Bomb dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bomb tries to clinch up.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono moves out of range.
Bomb tries to clinch up but Iacono circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bomb. Iacono does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono moves out of range.

Iacono shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bomb is trying to defend but Iacono finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bomb is refusing to be controlled, as Iacono sits in half guard.
Iacono lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iacono content to control rather than advance.
Iacono not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Iacono is trying to control. Bomb wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Iacono thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Iacono is trying to control the action in half guard but Bomb is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Bomb kicks off Iacono and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Iacono misses with a hook.
Iacono circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iacono looks to land a left hand but Bomb moved out of range nicely.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono moves out of range.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adam Bomb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iacono looks for a takedown but Bomb sprawls well.
Iacono is breathing heavily.
Iacono misses the shot to the body.
Iacono avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iacono throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iacono misses with a straight left.
Iacono swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.
Iacono is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bomb.
Iacono jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bomb stuffs the takedown.
Iacono keeps the fight on the outside.
Bomb doesn't manage to clinch there - Iacono circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iacono fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bomb here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Bomb is looking to clinch.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Bomb as Iacono shoots in.
Adam Bomb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurizio Iacono.
Iacono avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iacono looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Iacono keeps the fight on the outside.

Bomb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Iacono, pushing him back against the cage.
Bomb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Iacono lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
Bomb lands a nice elbow.
Bomb lands an elbow inside.
Bomb lands an elbow inside.
Iacono wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bomb comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bomb lands a nice elbow.
Bomb scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bomb.
Bomb lands a nice knee to the body.
Bomb with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bomb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Iacono's face.
A nice left hand lands by Bomb.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bomb.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
Bomb lands an elbow inside that Iacono shrugs off.
Bomb connects with a knee to the head.
Bomb landing knees to the body.
Iacono tries to throw a body punch but Bomb avoids it by throwing Iacono back against the cage.
Bomb scores a nice knee to the body.
Bomb landing knees to the head.
Bomb tries to land a knee to the head but Iacono blocks with his arms.
Iacono dodges an elbow strike from Bomb.

Iacono escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Iacono will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch but Iacono swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bomb misses with a body kick.
Bomb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bomb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Iacono can do to turn this around?
Iacono dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono moves out of range.

Iacono looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iacono thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bomb to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Bomb dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Iacono missing with a left hand there. Bomb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Iacono throws an overhand right that lands on Bomb's shoulder, as Bomb tries to avoid the shot.
Iacono throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bomb tries to clinch there but Iacono circles away.
A swing and a miss from Iacono.
Iacono keeps the fight on the outside.
Adam Bomb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bomb thumps Iacono with a low kick.
A punch combination from Iacono misses.
Iacono thows a body shot but no joy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Iacono works the jab nicely.
Bomb tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bomb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bomb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iacono takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iacono takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Bomb has Iacono up against the cage in a clinch.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iacono swings wildly with an uppercut but Bomb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bomb tries a knee to the head but Iacono blocks it.
Bomb has Iacono pressed against the cage, preventing Iacono from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bomb has Iacono pressed against the cage, preventing Iacono from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Iacono breaks the clinch.

Bomb moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bomb.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.
Bomb lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bomb lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Iacono wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bomb has him pressed against the cage.
Iacono tries to circle away but Bomb has him pinned against the cage.

Iacono manages to break the clinch.
Iacono jabs Bomb right on the nose. Bomb blinks but takes it well.
Bomb wants to clinch.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch up but Iacono swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bomb wants to clinch.
Iacono swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iacono connects with a body shot.
Iacono throws a lazy right hand but Bomb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bomb is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bomb looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Iacono throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bomb connects with a high kick.
Iacono lands with a right hand.
Bomb misses with an uppercut.
Bomb tries to clinch there but Iacono circles away.
Bomb throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Iacono's head.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono moves out of range.
Bomb moves out of range as Iacono strikes.
Adam Bomb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iacono lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Iacono.
Iacono dives in and grabs Bomb's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bomb pushes down on Iacono's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iacono misses with a series of wild punches.
Iacono throws a series of punches but Bomb moves out of range.
Bomb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bomb goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bomb on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch but Iacono swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Iacono misses.
Bomb tries to clinch up but Iacono circles away and keeps his distance.
Bomb tries to clinch up.
Iacono swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.
Adam Bomb is winning the standup battle so far.
Bomb doesn't manage to clinch there - Iacono circles away.
Iacono wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Iacono circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono is having none of it.

Iacono scores a takedown into full mount!
Iacono punching from mount but Bomb doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Iacono wants to control the pace but Bomb is squirming around nicely.
Bomb holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Iacono tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Iacono goes for an armbar but Bomb turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Bomb.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Bomb clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bomb tries to clinch up.
Iacono fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bomb avoids it really well and circles away.
Bomb tries to clinch but Iacono is having none of it.
Bomb avoids the body shot from Iacono.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bomb looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bomb moves forwards but Iacono connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bomb is looking to clinch but Iacono is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bomb moves in looking to clinch but Iacono pushes him off.

Bomb darts in and clinches Iacono up against the cage.
Bomb creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Iacono's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bomb.
A frustrated look appears on Iacono's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Iacono is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bomb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bomb lands an elbow just above Iacono 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb lands an elbow just above Iacono 's eye.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Maurizio Iacono has been cut.
Iacono takes a knee right on the jaw!

Iacono is rocked!
Bomb creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Iacono's defenses.
Iacono is still on wobbly legs! Can Bomb finish him?
Bomb has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Iacono - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Bomb, and another! Iacono is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Adam Bomb!
Adam Bomb is the new heavyweight champion!