PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentino Rosso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam West had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

West
vs
Rosso

185 cm
22
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Battle Bars Inc.

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam West!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Valentino Rosso!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West is looking to clinch.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
West tries to clinch up.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
West misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West is looking to clinch.
West has a takedown stuffed.
West avoids the head kick by Rosso.
Rosso tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosso finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Adam West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
West wants to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for West.
West tries to clinch up.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rosso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.

That's two 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.
West tries to clinch up.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso tries to score with a low kick but West moves his leg out of the way.
West tries to clinch up but Rosso circles away and keeps his distance.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso tries to bum rush West with a series of wild strikes but West uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
West throws a series of punches but Rosso avoids them all with ease.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
Rosso just misses with a punch to the body.
West tries to clinch but Rosso is having none of it.
West tries to clinch up.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West throws a nice looking combination but Rosso bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rosso slips a jab and a cross from West.
West is breathing heavily.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
West is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
Rosso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A low kick from Rosso is predictable there

and West counters by clinching up.
Rosso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but West has him pressed against the cage.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rosso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as West checks a leg kick.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso looking to land some kicks to the body here.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
Rosso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rosso misses with a head kick.

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.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
West tries to clinch but Rosso is having none of it.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
Rosso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for West.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rosso misses with a leg kick
and Rosso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rosso swings for the body but West moves out of range.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam West dominated that 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.

West tries to clinch but Rosso is having none of it.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by West or perhaps it was just good defense by Rosso which made him look bad.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rosso.

It looks like Adam West has been cut.
Adam West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West walks into a stiff left hand from Rosso.

West is rocked!
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from West.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valentino Rosso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosso throws a head kick that misses.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
West tries to clinch there but Rosso circles away.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosso tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by West.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosso throws a right hand that West ducks under and follows up with a left that West also avoids with ease.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
Rosso is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rosso misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from West misses.
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.

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.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
Rosso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rosso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
Rosso tries to score with a low kick but West moves his leg out of the way.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosso thows a body shot but no joy.
Rosso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
Rosso does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
West checks a leg kick nicely.
West cracks the inside of Rosso's front leg.
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rosso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rosso misses with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosso throws a body kick that misses.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West tries to clinch up.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Rosso will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
West tries to clinch up but Rosso circles away and keeps his distance.
Rosso throws a jab when West was well out of range.
West looks for a takedown but Rosso sprawls well.
West avoids the head kick by Rosso.
West misses with a double jab.
Rosso throws the kick towards the body but West avoids it.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West tries to clinch up.
Rosso is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down West rather than just go for the knockout.
West tries to clinch there but Rosso circles away.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
West tries to clinch there but Rosso circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentino Rosso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adam West's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

West tries to clinch up.
Rosso keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
West is looking to clinch.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rosso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
Rosso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before West can pounce on him.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West tries to clinch up but Rosso circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosso swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West wants to clinch.
West looks to land a combination but Rosso avoids it well.
Rosso keeps the fight on the outside.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rosso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West is looking to clinch.
Rosso throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rosso backs up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rosso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West tries to clinch up.
West tries to clinch there but Rosso circles away.
Rosso throws a sloppy head kick and West moves out of range easily.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to clinch up but Rosso circles away and keeps his distance.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
West tries to clinch but Rosso is having none of it.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West checks a low kick from Rosso.
Rosso looks to land a right hand but West moved out of range.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West wants to clinch.
West wants to clinch.
Rosso misses with a low kick.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West tries to clinch but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

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.
Rosso lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rosso just misses with a punch to the body.
West tries to clinch up but Rosso circles away and keeps his distance.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Adam West did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Adam West's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

West fails to land the takedown.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rosso.
West moves out of range of the body kick.
West tries to clinch up.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West tries to clinch up.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rosso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
West is looking to clinch.
West tries to clinch there but Rosso circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West is looking to clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
West avoids the head kick by Rosso.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Rosso.
Rosso misses with a shot to the body
and West counters with a leg kick.
West moves out of range of the body kick from Rosso.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice inside leg kick there by West. That's going to slow Rosso down.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for West.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosso throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West tries to clinch up.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valentino Rosso seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a two punch combination.
West tries to clinch up.

Rosso tries to keep at a distance but West has taken the fight into the clinch.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West scores with a knee to the head.
Rosso jumps guard but West stands there with Rosso around his waist. Rosso gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
West with a knee to the head.
Rosso takes an elbow to the temple.
West prevents a takedown attempt there.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West connects with a knee to the head.
West landing knees to the head.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Rosso blocks with his arms.
West landing some nice looking knees to the body.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rosso fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Adam West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valentino Rosso.
West lands a knee to the head.
West gets underhooks to prevent Rosso's takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosso blocks it with crossed arms.
Rosso tries for a takedown but West manages to get underhooks.
Rosso tries to break the clinch but West is controlling the position.
Rosso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but West has him pressed against the cage.
Rosso has had enough of the clinch but West keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosso is trying to break the clinch but West has him pressed against the cage.
Rosso tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. West smiles and moves away.
West is looking to clinch but Rosso is avoiding it.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West tries to clinch but Rosso is having none of it.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by West as he checks the leg kick.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
West shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West avoids the head kick by Rosso.

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.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
Rosso missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Rosso moves out of range easily.
West checks a low kick from Rosso.
West wants to clinch up but Rosso keeps it at a distance.
West wants to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as West checks a leg kick.
West shoots in for a double leg but Rosso sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Rosso misses.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
West avoids the head kick by Rosso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam West had his way with Valentino Rosso in that round.
The cut man is working on Adam West's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

West moves in looking to clinch but Rosso pushes him off.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosso circles away.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rosso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West throws a head kick but Rosso moves out of range.
Rosso circles away from the clinch attempt.
West shoots in but Rosso avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rosso slips a jab and a cross from West.
Rosso drops West with a left and a right! Oh, West is hurt - Rosso dives into side control looking to finish!
Oh West is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rosso cracks West with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Rosso wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by West, who protects the arm well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Rosso advances to full mount.
West seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosso looking to finish West with some ground and pound. This is bad for West!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rosso is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. West can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Rosso throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Rosso looking to isolate an arm here. West doesn't see it coming and as Rosso extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Rosso!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Valentino Rosso!
Valentino Rosso is the new heavyweight champion!