PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adamh Pearse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kojo Sarpong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarpong comes into a darkened arena with his song building. HellRazor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pearse
vs
Sarpong

191 cm
31
265 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

213 cm
30
285 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adamh Pearse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kojo Sarpong!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearse moves out of range as Sarpong throws a body kick.
Pearse takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sarpong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pearse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pearse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pearse thows a body shot but no joy.
Sarpong misses with a body shot.
Sarpong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearse moves away.
Sarpong scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pearse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sarpong looks to throw the jab but Pearse is out of range.
Sarpong swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearse.
Pearse looks to score with a jab to the body but Sarpong is just out of range.
A slow jab from Sarpong misses its intended target.
Pearse takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pearse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarpong moves away.
Sarpong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearse manages to avoid it.
Pearse is looking to clinch but Sarpong is avoiding it.
Adamh Pearse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarpong swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearse.
Pearse misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearse lands an overhand right.
Pearse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sarpong was well out of range. Poor timing from Pearse.
Pearse lands with a cross.
Pearse stuns Sarpong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pearse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sarpong throws a body kick that misses.
Pearse throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sarpong throws out a loose jab but Pearse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearse lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Sarpong.

Pearse closes the distance and pushes Sarpong back into the cage.
Sarpong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pearse tries to work over Sarpong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sarpong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearse lands a good knee to the midsection. Sarpong won't want to take too many of those.
Pearse takes a shot to the head.
Pearse scores with a shot to the side of Sarpong's head.
Pearse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearse lands a knee to the head.
Pearse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearse misses with some punches.
Sarpong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sarpong takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kojo Sarpong has been cut.
Pearse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pearse has a couple of punches blocked by Sarpong.
Pearse lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sarpong looks gassed!
Sarpong blocks an uppercut.
Pearse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pearse lands an elbow inside.
Sarpong blocking some punches.
Pearse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sarpong is defending well for now.
Pearse blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Pearse.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pearse.
Sarpong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearse lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sarpong misses with a body punch.
Pearse swings wildly with an uppercut but Sarpong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pearse lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sarpong backwards.
Sarpong misses with a body punch.
Pearse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sarpong tries to throw a body punch but Pearse avoids it by throwing Sarpong back against the cage.
Sarpong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pearse.
Sarpong misses with the head strike.
Pearse lands with a short shot to the head.
Sarpong misses with some punches.
Sarpong stalling against the cage.
Pearse misses with a body punch.
Pearse throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sarpong prevents a body shot from Pearse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong tries to work over Pearse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sarpong blocks an uppercut.
Pearse tries to work over Sarpong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pearse.
Pearse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Pearse fails to land.
Pearse works on Sarpong's body with a couple of short punches.
Pearse looking to stall.
Sarpong misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pearse.
Pearse's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pearse working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearse struggles to land a body shot inside as Sarpong controls his hands.
Pearse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pearse misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearse pushes Sarpong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Sarpong is rocked!
Sarpong blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adamh Pearse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kojo Sarpong's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pearse drives through and clinches with Sarpong against the cage.
Sarpong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sarpong misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearse can't find room to land a body shot as Sarpong controls the action.
Pearse blocking some punches.
Adamh Pearse has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pearse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pearse.
Pearse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sarpong misses with the head strike.
Pearse misses with a punch to the body.
Sarpong blocks a body shot from Pearse.
Sarpong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pearse makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pearse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sarpong is defending well for now.
Sarpong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sarpong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearse uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearse tries to throw a body punch but Sarpong avoids it by throwing Pearse back against the cage.
A short right from Sarpong on the inside.
Pearse lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pearse fails to land.
Pearse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pearse tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pearse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearse lands a body punch.
Sarpong is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pearse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sarpong backwards.
Pearse misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearse looking to slow down the pace here.
Pearse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pearse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pearse.
Pearse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sarpong misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Pearse as the two fighters clinch.
Pearse throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sarpongs head.
Sarpong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sarpong taking a breather.
Pearse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sarpong's elbow.
Pearse lands with a left to the head.
Pearse scores with a shot to the side of Sarpong's head.
Sarpong blocking some punches.
Sarpong takes a shot to the head.
Pearse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sarpong backwards.
Sarpong is still on wobbly legs! Can Pearse finish him?
Sarpong misses with a body punch.
Pearse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sarpong seems to have recovered his senses.
Pearse tries to land a knee to the head but Sarpong blocks with his arms.
Pearse can't find room to land a body shot as Sarpong controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pearse.
Pearse is leaning against Sarpong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pearse lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Pearse.
Pearse digs a right hand into Sarpong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sarpong's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong misses with some punches.
Pearse scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pearse scores with a hook to the body.

Pearse drops Sarpong onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Sarpong is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sarpong prevents a body shot from Pearse.
Pearse unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sarpong! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Pearse is unloading with more strikes now! Sarpong drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adamh Pearse!
A relieved looking Adamh Pearse thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.