PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nike Adonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adonis comes to the cage accompanied by Flight of the Valkyries. Jimmy Blair has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Adonis
vs
Blair

184 cm
28
190 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

197 cm
33
192 lbs
25 - 14 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nike Adonis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair lands with an overhand left.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Adonis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blair looks to throw the jab but Adonis is out of range.
Adonis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blair checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blair. Adonis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adonis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adonis.
Blair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jimmy Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blair looks to throw the jab but Adonis is out of range.
Blair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adonis. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair misses with a straight right.
Blair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adonis connects with an inside leg kick.
Adonis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Blair misses.
Blair throws a hook but Adonis avoids it easily.
Blair swinging wildly here.
Blair drops his hands momentarily and Adonis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Blair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adonis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blair was well out of range. Poor timing from Adonis.
A left and a right from Blair both land. Nice combination.
Adonis misses with a body shot.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adonis.
Adonis throws out a loose jab but Blair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blair misses with a hook.
Adonis lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adonis.
Sloppy strikes from Blair. Those never looked like landing.
Adonis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Blair slips a straight right by Adonis.
Adonis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Blair misses the shot to the body.
Adonis scores with a hook to the body. Blair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Adonis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adonis lands with a nice body punch.
Blair misses with a series of wild punches.
Adonis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Adonis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis misses with a low kick.
Blair looks to land a left hand but Adonis moved out of range nicely.
Adonis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adonis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adonis connects with a leg kick. Blair looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blair lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Adonis digs a good body shot into Blair's ribs.
Adonis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Adonis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Adonis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blair finds it's way round the side to connect with Adonis's head.
Blair just misses with a punch to the body.
Adonis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adonis.
Adonis misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adonis tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
Adonis is looking to wear down Blair with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Adonis throws a lazy right hand but Blair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adonis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blair. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair connects with the punch.
Adonis moves out of range as Blair strikes.
Adonis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Adonis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blair misses with a left hand
and Adonis counters with a nice uppercut.
Adonis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adonis manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adonis scores with a nice right hand.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Adonis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adonis misses with a hook. Blair ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nike Adonis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Adonis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adonis lands a leg kick that knocks Blair off balance momentarily.
Adonis misses with a body shot.
Blair misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Blair, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blair swings for the body but Adonis moves out of range.
Nike Adonis is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Blair.
Adonis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Adonis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blair manages to avoid it.
Adonis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Blair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blair lands a body shot.
Adonis misses with a low kick.
Blair closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Adonis swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Blair misses its intended target.
Adonis just misses with a punch to the body.
Adonis slips under a jab from Blair.
Blair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adonis.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adonis.
Adonis slips a straight right by Blair.
Blair ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adonis throws a lazy right hand but Blair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Adonis ducks down to avoid it.
Adonis throws a big shot that misses.
Blair rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adonis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blair scores with a nice head shot.
A nice combination there by Blair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Adonis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Adonis. Adonis obviously looking to wear him down.
Adonis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blair's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Adonis throws a hook to the side of Blair's head but Blair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice leg kick lands there from Adonis.
Blair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adonis ducks under a wild hook from Blair.
Blair misses the jab.
Blair misses with a straight left.
Adonis misses with a looping right.
Blair's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blair duly obliges.
Adonis lands a nice shot that snaps Blair's head back.
Blair checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis slips a jab and a cross from Blair.
Blair fails to land with a series of punches.
Blair takes a swing at Adonis's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Blair misses.
Adonis throws a hook to the side of Blair's head but Blair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adonis looks to land a right hand but Blair moved out of range.
Adonis wants to slow Blair down by chopping away at his legs.
Adonis missing with a left hand there. Blair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adonis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Adonis.
Blair goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A lazy left from Blair finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adonis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blair tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blair misses with a looping right.
Blair lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adonis circles away quickly and effectively.
Adonis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blair manages to avoid it.
Adonis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blair.
Blair misses with a straight left.
Blair throws a lazy right hand but Adonis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adonis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body punch from Adonis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blair throws a hook but Adonis blocks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Adonis.
Blair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nike Adonis will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Blair throws a lazy right hand but Adonis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blair scores with a sloppy right hand. Adonis should have avoided that one.
Adonis lands a slapping body shot.
Adonis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blair on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Adonis punishes Blair's body with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Blair. Beautiful body shot.
Blair takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Adonis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab lands there for Blair.
Adonis needs to keep his hands up - Blair had a free shot at his head there.
Nice jab there from Adonis.
Blair misses with an uppercut
and Adonis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Blair's corner calls for a 1-2. Blair obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adonis. That's going to slow Blair down.
Adonis misses with a wild body shot.
Adonis misses with a looping left.
Blair misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Adonis.
Adonis moves out of range of the strikes.
Adonis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blair throws a right hand that Adonis ducks under and follows up with a left that Adonis also avoids with ease.
Blair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adonis. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adonis connects with a single shot there.
Adonis tries to land a leg kick but Blair saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Blair does no damage.
Adonis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blair looks to land a combination but Adonis avoids it well.
Blair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adonis cracks Blair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adonis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blair.
Adonis lands a right hook to the body.
Adonis dips to his left and cracks Blair with an uppercut!
Blair throws out a loose jab but Adonis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blair avoids the body shot from Adonis.
Blair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adonis.
Adonis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blair looks to land a left hand but Adonis moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Blair connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Adonis scrambles back to his feet.
Blair 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.
Blair lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Blair misses its intended target.
Adonis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Adonis.
Blair fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Adonis throws a low kick but Blair avoids it.
Adonis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blair moves away.
Blair takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blair misses with a body shot.
Nike Adonis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blair defending well as Adonis loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adonis.
Blair scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jimmy Blair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with an uppercut.
Blair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adonis.
Adonis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adonis lands a jab-cross combination.
Blair is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
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!
Adonis scores with a jab to the body.
Blair tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Adonis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Jab, jab by Adonis - just one landing.
Adonis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adonis looks to land a right hand but Blair moved out of range.
Blair misses with a hook
letting Adonis counter with a right hand.
Blair misses with an uppercut. Adonis saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nike Adonis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adonis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nike Adonis!