PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Six Shooter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams's entrance music is Kronik. A fine choice. Shooter is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DJ Antoine - Ma Cherie. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adams
vs
Shooter

196 cm
35
265 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

187 cm
32
256 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Six Shooter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shooter tries a head kick but it misses.

Shooter closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Adams did well to prevent Shooter getting side control.

Shooter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shooter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adams is not content to let Shooter control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Adams.
Shooter passes Adams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Adams is trying to control but can't.
Shooter is trying to control the action in half guard but Adams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shooter prevents Adams from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooter wants to pass to mount but Adams is defending the position.
Shooter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shooter.
Shooter looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shooter prevents Adams from improving his position.
Shooter thows a huge punch but Adams dodges it nicely.
Shooter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Adams is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shooter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shooter's back!

Shooter defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Adams's arms.
Shooter looking very determined here, making life difficult for Adams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams not allowing Shooter to control his hands.
Adams is hanging on to Shooter's back as he tries to escape.
Adams looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Shooter turns into Adams and is now in his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams is trying to control the position but Shooter postures up.
Adams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shooter trying to control but Adams is working from the bottom.
Adams is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shooter keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adams's head.
Shooter is looking to pass into half guard but Adams pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Adams is in guard.
Shooter looking for a sweep. Not yet Shooter, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shooter had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Adams defends it easily.
Adams wants to pass the guard but Shooter is keeping the position.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Shooter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams content to stall in guard here.
Adams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shooter is keeping the position for now.
Adams won't allow Shooter to sweep him here.
Shooter keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.

We're going to have a standup here because Brian Adams wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Adams tries to clinch but Shooter moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shooter swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, jab by Shooter - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shooter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adams momentarily.
Adams darts in trying to clinch
and Shooter counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Adams throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Shooter tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Adams is in Shooter's guard.
Shooter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shooter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adams is one step ahead there.
Shooter is looking to sweep but instead, Adams has passed into half guard.
Adams wants to pass to mount but Shooter is defending the position.
Shooter is looking to improve his position.
Shooter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Adams's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Adams's back!
Adams trying to control the hands but Shooter breaks the grip.
Adams covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Adams breaks Shooter's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Adams controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shooter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Adams prevents Shooter from getting back to his feet.
Shooter wants to sweep but no luck.

Shooter working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Adams has passed into half guard!
Six Shooter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shooter for as long as he can get away with.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Adams decides to stand up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shooter counters with a thumping low kick.
A head kick misses from Shooter.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shooter throws a lazy uppercut

and Adams counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Shooter!
Shooter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shooter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shooter is squirming around, avoiding Adams's attempts to control the action.
Shooter sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Shooter is trying to control but Adams manages to pass to mount!
Adams lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shooter working to try and regain half guard.
Adams tries to control but Shooter wriggling away.
Shooter is trying to escape the mount.
Adams tries to control but Shooter wriggling away.
Adams works his way to his opponent's back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shooter staying busy and making it hard for Adams to control.
Shooter rolls, trying to escape but Adams keeps control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Adams dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Adams or perhaps it was just good defense by Shooter which made him look bad.
Adams misses with a takedown
and Shooter counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Adams is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Adams tries to land a front kick but Shooter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Adams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brian Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Shooter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Shooter showed some decent athleticism there.
Adams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shooter.
Adams missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is trying to get back to full guard.
Adams taking some punishment here, with Shooter in his half guard.
Adams won't allow Shooter to pass to mount.
Shooter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Shooter is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shooter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shooter is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Shooter is thwarting Adams's attempts to control the position.
Shooter stalling away here and it's allowed Adams to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Shooter with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shooter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Adams is trying to keep Shooter in close.
Shooter looking to sit in guard and control but Adams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Shooter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shooter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Adams gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Adams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shooter but Shooter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a head kick but Shooter moves out of range.
Shooter lands a nice looking body shot.

Adams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shooter looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shooter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shooter is looking to reverse the position.

Adams tries for a kimura but Shooter is defending well.
Adams trying to control the position but Shooter is working away.
Shooter tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shooter regains half guard.
Adams is trying to control. Shooter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shooter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Adams wants to control from the top but Shooter keeps moving.
Shooter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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!
Shooter wants to advance to full mount but Adams doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Shooter cracks Adams with a solid left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shooter wants to pass the guard but Adams is keeping the position.
Adams trying to keep a closed guard but Shooter is proving a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Six Shooter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shooter 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Six Shooter!
Six Shooter very nearly forgot to thank Resistance amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.