PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Adriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlade Divac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vlade Divac is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Adriano
vs
Divac

200 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Adriano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlade Divac!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adriano tries to clinch up

so Divac counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Adriano looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Adriano wants to get back to his feet but Divac is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Divac would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Divac gets to his feet - Adriano follows without any prompting.
Divac throws a series of punches but Adriano moves out of range.
Divac scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Divac throws a right and a left that Adriano avoids nicely.
Divac looks to land a combination but Adriano avoids it well.
Divac swinging wildly here.
Divac misses with the combination.
Divac swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Divac fails to land with a series of punches.
Divac feints a jab promting Adriano to slip. Divac then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Adriano slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano darts in trying to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Adriano darts in trying to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adriano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to clinch up
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Divac circles away from the clinch attempt
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Adriano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Adriano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Divac.
Divac circles away from the clinch attempt
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Bruno Adriano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adriano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Divac stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Divac wants it to stay on the feet.
Divac throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vlade Divac is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Divac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adriano wants to clinch.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Divac throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adriano misses with a combination
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano tries to clinch there but Divac circles away.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Divac is working the combinations to good effect here.
Adriano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Divac circles away from the clinch attempt
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano tries to clinch there but Divac circles away.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano darts in trying to clinch
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Divac circles away from the clinch attempt
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Adriano wants to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlade Divac 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! This is the final round!

Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Divac fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adriano tries to clinch up
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adriano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Divac throws a series of punches but Adriano moves out of range.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Divac misses with a series of wild punches.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Adriano wants to clinch
and Divac counters with a two punch combo.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Divac looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Divac. No joy for Adriano on that attempt.

That's two 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.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano looks to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano wants to clinch but Divac slips to the side
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to clinch but Divac moves away
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano misses with a two punch combination.
Divac lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a series of strikes. Adriano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Adriano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Divac misses with a few strikes there.
Adriano shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Divac sprawls well. Divac wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adriano gets slowly back to his feet.
Vlade Divac seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Adriano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Divac throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Divac scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Adriano moves to clinch but Divac breaks away
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Divac circles away from the clinch attempt
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano shoots in but Divac avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Adriano shoots and misses
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to clinch
and Divac counters with a three punch combo that has Adriano backing up. Adriano nods at Divac to acknowledge the strikes.
Adriano closes the distance but Divac moves to the side
and Divac counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adriano tries to close the distance and clinch but Divac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adriano darts in trying to clinch
and Divac counters with a left and a right that stings Adriano.
Adriano darts in trying to clinch
and Divac counters with a one-two to the body.
Bruno Adriano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vlade Divac is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Divac swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlade Divac comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Divac 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Vlade Divac!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Vlade Divac!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Vlade Divac!

Vlade Divac wins by unanimous decision!