PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armor King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Armor King. Adams has chosen Kronik as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Adams

195 cm
36
277 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

196 cm
38
265 lbs
21 - 20 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Armor King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Adams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Adams did well to prevent King getting side control.
Adams trying to control but King postures up.
Adams blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
Adams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
King stays in close to Adams's body and controls the position.
Adams wants to stand but King is controlling the position.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King wants to stand but Adams is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King postures up.

Armor King has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Adams pulls guard successfully.
King trying to control but Adams is working from the bottom.
King prevents Adams from getting back to his feet.
King stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adams swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Adams manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Adams counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for King!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams slows the pace down.
Adams tries to advance to mount but King denies him.
King manages to get back to half guard.
King keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Adams prevents King from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams slows the pace down in half guard.
Adams tries to pass to full mount but King defends it.
King pushes Adams off looking to stand but Adams dives back in and keeps control.
Adams sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Brian Adams has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Adams on that attempt.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Adams on that attempt.
Armor King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Adams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adams gets caught napping as King dives in and scores a takedown. Adams manages to retain guard.
Adams trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Adams keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
King is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Armor King wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Adams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Adams shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. King manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Adams dominated that 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.

King dives in and grabs Adams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes down on King's head and hops out.
King throws a right hand that Adams ducks under and follows up with a left that Adams also avoids with ease.

King shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
King is keen to just control but Adams is a slippery customer.
Adams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.

King escapes and gets back to his feet.
Adams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
Adams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.

Adams has King up against the cage in a clinch.

Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King stuffs the takedown.
Adams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
Armor King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Adams.
King shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Adams counters by clinching up.

Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King has a takedown stuffed.
King tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King blocks a leg kick.

Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

King ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. King no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King wants to stand but Adams is controlling the position.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
King is trying to control the position but Adams postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Adams avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Armor King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
King looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.
Adams throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
Adams seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
King throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Adams working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.
King is trying to keep Adams in close.

King is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Adams postures up.

King had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Adams defends it easily.
Adams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 Armor King will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

King shoots for a takedown but Adams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adams defends it nicely.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adams defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armor King. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Adams clinches.

Adams breaks from the clinch.
King tries to land a front kick but Adams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
King shoots in and drives through. Adams sprawls well.
King moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams stuffs the takedown.
Adams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adams.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from King as Adams shoots in.
Adams has his takedown stuffed
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Brian Adams has been cut.
Armor King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

King drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Adams is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and King defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to control the position but King postures up.

Adams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King controls from within his opponent's guard.
Adams trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Armor King.

Adams feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

King is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Adams trying to control but King is working from the bottom.

King pushes Adams off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but King defends well and Adams ends up having to push King into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Adams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
King misses with an elbow strike.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Adams jumps guard and drags King to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
King engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Armor King.
I think King has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Armor King!
Armor King tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.