PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between math scolar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Carolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carolla comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gotta Get It On from Taboo 2 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

scolar
vs
Carolla

187 cm
28
192 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

198 cm
28
201 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Powerful

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, math scolar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Carolla!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carolla fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Carolla tries to bum rush scolar with a series of wild strikes but scolar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carolla sizes up scolar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Carolla misses with a wild body shot.
Adam Carolla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carolla connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
scolar walks into a straight right hand from Carolla.
Carolla tries to close the distance and clinch up but scolar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
scolar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Carolla to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carolla tries to clinch up but scolar circles away and keeps his distance.
Carolla with a nice cross.
Carolla scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carolla misses with a looping left.
scolar drops his hands momentarily and Carolla takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss

and Carolla counters by moving into the clinch.
scolar has had enough of the clinch but Carolla keeps him there for the moment.

Carolla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carolla tries to clinch but scolar is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Carolla.
scolar misses with a double jab
and Carolla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by Carolla as he connects with a hook.
Carolla scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like math scolar has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
scolar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carolla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carolla scores with a crisp jab that stopped scolar in his tracks.
Carolla scores with a jab to the jaw.
scolar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
scolar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carolla counters with a left to the body.
scolar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carolla is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! scolar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
scolar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carolla counters with a stiff right hand.
Carolla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
scolar takes one on the button.
scolar misses with a double jab
and Carolla counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carolla misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Carolla dominated that round.
The cut man is working on math scolar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Carolla tries to clinch there but scolar circles away.
Carolla is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Carolla lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters circling - Carolla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
scolar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carolla.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Carolla misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carolla misses the shot to the body.
Carolla cracks scolar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carolla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
math scolar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carolla smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Carolla getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Carolla misses with a combination
and scolar counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Adam Carolla has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
scolar misses with a combination
letting Carolla counter with a right hand.
scolar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Carolla counter with a right hand.
Carolla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. scolar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carolla counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Carolla cracks scolar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carolla has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
scolar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Carolla clinches up against the cage.
Carolla scores with a shot to the side of scolar's head.
A frustrated look appears on scolar's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Carolla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
scolar takes one to the chin there.
scolar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Carolla lands a two punch combo.
scolar slips a jab from Carolla.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Carolla misses.
Carolla misses with a wild body shot.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carolla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps scolar thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carolla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carolla lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carolla lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Carolla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Some wild striking there from Carolla.
Carolla tries to close the distance and clinch but scolar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carolla missing with a left hand there. scolar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carolla lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carolla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
scolar throws a combination that misses
and Carolla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps scolar thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carolla counters with a stiff right hand.
Carolla might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Carolla has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carolla.

Carolla breaks the clinch.
Carolla misses with a two punch combination.
Carolla lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
scolar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carolla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adam Carolla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carolla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carolla doesn't manage to clinch there - scolar circles away.
scolar misses with a double jab
and Carolla counters with a left and a right that stings scolar.
Carolla is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carolla throws a right and a left that scolar avoids nicely.
math scolar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - scolar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carolla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carolla counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Carolla is looking to clinch.
scolar moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
scolar misses with an uppercut. Carolla saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Carolla misses.
scolar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carolla counters with a two punch combo.
A jab from Carolla does it's job there.
Carolla connects with a looping right hand.
scolar throws a combination that misses

and Carolla counters by moving into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Carolla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carolla 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Carolla!