PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, COCO. Todd Garner is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Adam
vs
Garner

190 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

195 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

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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 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Adam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Garner!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garner fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Adam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garner.
Garner fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garner.
John Adam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Garner.
Adam moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Todd Garner has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garner gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Adam is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner wants to stand but Adam is controlling the position.
Adam could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Adam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Adam is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Adam decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Garner, up you get!
Adam stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Adam wants it to stay on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Adam looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garner shoots in but no luck this time.
Adam throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Adam lands a head kick. Garner smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Adam misses with a few strikes there.

Garner gets caught napping as Adam dives in and scores a takedown. Garner manages to retain guard.
Adam showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Adam stopping the sweep attempt from Garner.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam 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.

Adam gets to his feet - Garner follows without any prompting.

Adam clinches up with Garner and pushes him back against the cage.

Adam breaks from the clinch.
Adam stuffs the takedown.
Adam appears to be looking for a big counter.
Garner doesn't manage to clinch there - Adam circles away.
Garner shoots in but Adam avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Adam fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Garner sprawls well initially but Adam persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Adam is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garner is trying to get back to full guard.
Garner is looking to control Adam's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garner avoid being mounted?
Adam passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garner!

Adam looking to secure an arm triangle but Garner defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd Garner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adam shoots in but Garner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Garner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Adam avoids it really well and circles away.
Garner wants to clinch up but Adam keeps it at a distance.
Garner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
John Adam is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adam tries for a takedown but Garner circles away easily
and Garner counters with a nice body shot.
Garner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Adam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner shoots in for a takedown but Adam shows good takedown defense.
Adam looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
John Adam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Garner.
Garner is breathing heavily.
Garner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice uppercut lands for Adam. That snapped Garner's head back.
Garner throws a sloppy head kick and Adam moves out of range easily.

Adam clinches up with Garner and pushes him back against the cage.
Garner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Adam pulls guard effortlessly.
Adam managing to control the position.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Adam manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adam decides to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Adam uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Adam avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Adam pushes Garner away with a front kick.
Adam looks for a takedown but Garner sprawls well.
Garner scores with a hook.
Adam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garner.
Adam misses with a looping left.
Adam sets himself, and Garner steps forward looking for the clinch! Adam avoids it this time.
Adam swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adam gets a clinch.

Adam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adam fails with a takedown attempt.
Adam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garner can do to turn this around?
Garner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Adam sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Adam looks for a takedown but Garner sprawls well.
Adam keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adam takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garner shoots for a takedown but Adam saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Adam displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garner.
Garner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adam connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garner. Garner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garner fails with a takedown attempt.
Adam misses with a double jab.

Adam instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adam dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Todd Garner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Garner fails with a takedown attempt.
Adam fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garner avoids it really well and circles away.
Adam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garner.
Garner misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner fails to land the takedown.
Adam slaps away a takedown attempt from Garner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
John Adam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Garner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice sprawl there from Adam as Garner shoots in.
Adam appears to be looking for a big counter.
Garner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adam throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Adam. No joy for Garner on that attempt.
Garner sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Adam misses with a series of wild punches.
Adam swinging wildly here.
Garner tries to clinch but Adam moves out of range.
Garner misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adam lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garner circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garner! But no joy.
Garner fails in his attempt to clinch.

Garner gets tackled into the cage by Adam. Adam maintains the clinch.
Garner jumps guard but Adam turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Adam tries for a takedown but Garner manages to get underhooks.
Garner is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Adam is defending well.

Adam manages to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Adam pushes Garner off and scrambles back to his feet.
Adam keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Adam lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Adam pushes Garner up against the cage in a clinch.

Adam decides to pull guard.

Adam looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Adam is looking for a triangle but Garner pushes his legs off easily.
Garner trying to control the position from guard on top but Adam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner is looking to stand up but Adam won't let him.
Adam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garner is one step ahead there.
Garner must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Adam manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Garner connects with a leg kick. Adam looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Adam moves into the clinch.
Garner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Todd Garner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Adam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Adam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Adam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adam 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Adam!
A determined John Adam didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!