PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Adams
vs
Kothciushco

195 cm
22
277 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

200 cm
22
250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kothciushco walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Adams lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kothciushco at a distance.
Adams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Adams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kothciushco.
Kothciushco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kothciushco takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adams throws a body punch but Kothciushco moves out of range.
Clarence Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kothciushco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Adams works over Kothciushco's head and body with a nice combination.
Kothciushco avoids the body shot from Adams.
Kothciushco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
Kothciushco blocks a head kick by Adams.
A cross from Kothciushco lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kothciushco.
Adams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kothciushco walks into a stiff left hand from Adams.
Adams missing with a left hand there. Kothciushco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adams misses with a straight left.
Kothciushco digs a good body shot into Adams's ribs.
Adams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kothciushco throws out a leg kick but Adams moves out of range and Kothciushco only half commits.
Adams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kothciushco throws out the jab.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adams looks to land a right hand but Kothciushco moved out of range.
Adams gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Adams throws a body punch but Kothciushco moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a body shot.
Kothciushco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kothciushco in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kothciushco lands with a shot to the body.
Adams throws a hook to the side of Kothciushco's head but Kothciushco sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kothciushco throws a hook to the side of Adams's head but Adams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kothciushco.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kothciushco moves away.
A swing and a miss from Adams.
Kothciushco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kothciushco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Kothciushco or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.
Kothciushco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Adams's waist but Adams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kothciushco off to one side.
Clarence Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krzysztof Kothciushco.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kothciushco moves away.
Kothciushco takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kothciushco misses with a head kick.
Adams lands a nice hook to Kothciushco's body. Kothciushco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kothciushco.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kothciushco was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.
Kothciushco misses with the combination.
Adams has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kothciushco finds it's way round the side to connect with Adams's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kothciushco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clarence Adams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kothciushco slips under a jab from Adams.
Adams misses with an uppercut
letting Kothciushco counter with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Adams there.
Adams looks to land a combination but Kothciushco avoids it well.
Adams missing with a left hand there. Kothciushco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big right from Kothciushco misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adams lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Kothciushco falls backwards - clearly groggy! Adams dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clarence Adams!