PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Nogeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crane Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogeira comes into the arena with Schizma blaring out of the sound system. Victor Nogeira has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nogeira
vs
Adams

188 cm
18
191 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Nogeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crane Adams!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogeira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nogeira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nogeira.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adams throws a nice looking combination but Nogeira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira jumps guard but Adams stands there with Nogeira around his waist. Nogeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Nogeira managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Nogeira fails to pull guard.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogeira is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Nogeira jumps guard but Adams stands there with Nogeira around his waist. Nogeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogeira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adams prevents Nogeira from breaking the clinch.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira can't break the clinch.
Nogeira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adams.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams is looking to land body kicks.
Nogeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams tries to clinch up

and Nogeira counters by clinching up.
Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Nogeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nogeira is looking to break free of the clinch but Adams has double underhooks.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira tries to work over Adams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nogeira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogeira avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.

Nogeira pulls guard effortlessly.
Nogeira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Adams stops Nogeira from standing up.
Nogeira trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nogeira working for a triangle but Adams defends it easily.

Nogeira looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Adams has picked Nogeira up and slammed him! Nogeira can't keep hold of the triangle and Adams manages to pass to side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Adams working away.
Adams trying to control the action but Nogeira is working from the bottom.
Nogeira is trying to control Adams's posture but Adams avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nogeira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nogeira wants to improve his position but Adams is controlling well.
Nogeira controlling the position for now.
Nogeira is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crane Adams dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nogeira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Adams.
Horrible takedown by Nogeira or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.
Crane Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nogeira takes a step back to recover.
Victor Nogeira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogeira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Adams as he jumps to the side.
Adams tries to clinch there but Nogeira circles away.

Adams has closed the distance and engaged Nogeira in a clinch.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nogeira has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Adams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogeira is trying to break the clinch but Adams has him pressed against the cage.
Adams with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nogeira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adams as he avoids it easily.
Nogeira tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adams.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogeira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Nogeira persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.

Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adams lands an elbow inside that Nogeira shrugs off.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped Nogeira in his tracks for a moment.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams won't allow it.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nogeira has had enough of the clinch but Adams keeps him there for the moment.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Nogeira blocks with his arms.
Crane Adams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Adams stops a takedown attempt from Nogeira.
Nogeira goes for a takedown attempt but Adams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nogeira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adams tries to avoid it but Nogeira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adams to the ground. Adams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nogeira shoots in but no luck this time.
Nogeira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nogeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams clinches but Nogeira breaks the clinch

and Nogeira counters with a single leg into guard. Adams didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nogeira stands and throws Adams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Adams regains half guard there - taking advantage of Nogeira's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

Nogeira stands up from half guard.
Adams lands a jab-cross combination.
Adams throws the kick towards the body but Nogeira avoids it.
Nogeira shoots in for a double leg but Adams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Adams forces Nogeira back against the cage and clinches.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nogeira looking to stall.
Nogeira tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Nogeira is trying to stall.
Adams misses with an elbow strike.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Nogeira tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.
Nogeira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nogeira's face.
Nogeira is trying to stall.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nogeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams landing knees to the body.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Adams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams holds him up against the cage and eventually Nogeira drops back down to his feet.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Nogeira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nogeira fails to pull guard.
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!
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogeira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogeira is looking to break free of the clinch but Adams has double underhooks.
Nogeira lands a shot to the body.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Nogeira blocks with his arms.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nogeira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nogeira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nogeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nogeira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Nogeira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nogeira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nogeira shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Nogeira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Nogeira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crane Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Adams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Nogeira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nogeira.

Adams uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Adams pushes Nogeira up against the cage in a clinch.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nogeira wants to break free but Adams has control.
Adams lands an elbow just above Nogeira 's eye.
Nogeira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nogeira wants a takedown.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams keeps control of Nogeira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogeira managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
A knee to the head by Adams.
Nogeira wants a takedown but no success here.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogeira avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adams up against the cage.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Nogeira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nogeira throws a leg kick that is checked
and Adams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nogeira, pushing him back against the cage.

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

Adams takes the fight into the clinch.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nogeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogeira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogeira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Adams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams holds him up against the cage and eventually Nogeira drops back down to his feet.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Nogeira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogeira misses with a knee strike.
Nogeira is trying to break free.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nogeira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nogeira tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogeira looking to slow down the pace here.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira can't break the clinch.
Adams lands a big knee! That's hurt Nogeira! Oh, he's all over the place! Adams lands another knee that sends Nogeira to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crane Adams!