PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcel Adur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Pearson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marcel Adur's chin.

Pearson
vs
Adur

187 cm
22
270 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

203 cm
22
265 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Pearson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcel Adur!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson misses with an uppercut. Adur saw that one coming.
A jab from Pearson misses.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pearson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adur takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Adur takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Marcel Adur has been cut.
Pearson misses the shot to the body.
Adur is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Adur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson throws a jab but it's blocked by Adur.
Pearson misses with a wild body shot.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pearson just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Adur's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Adur ducks under a wild hook from Pearson.
Adur takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pearson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Adur's hands.
Pearson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adur unleashes a big counter combination but Pearson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
James Pearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pearson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adur counters with a two punch combo.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur blocks it.
Pearson lands the left hand.
Pearson throws an overhand right that lands on Adur's shoulder, as Adur tries to avoid the shot.
Adur tries a quick counter leg kick but Pearson is wise to it.
Pearson throws a right hand that misses
and Adur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pearson's knee momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson scores with a jab.
Pearson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson throws a shot from downtown. Adur moves away and avoids it.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Adur avoids the body shot from Pearson.
Adur unleashes a big counter combination but Pearson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Pearson does it's job there.
Adur moves away from the strike by Pearson.
Pearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adur was well out of range. Poor timing from Pearson.
Adur ducks under a wild hook from Pearson.
Pearson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pearson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Pearson backs off Adur throws a huge counter combo but Pearson manages to avoid it all.
Pearson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adur feints a counter leg kick.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur blocks it.
Pearson throws a right hand that misses
and Adur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pearson's knee momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pearson misses with a hook. Adur ducked under it nicely.
Pearson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Pearson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Adur's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Pearson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pearson.
Pearson misses with a left hand
and Adur counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Adur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearson.
Pearson misses with a looping left.
Adur flicks out a counter leg kick but Pearson steps away.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adur manages to avoid it.
Pearson missing with a left hand there. Adur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pearson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adur.
Pearson throws a lazy right hand but Adur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pearson misses with a wild body shot.
Adur feints a counter leg kick.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur blocks it.
Pearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adur appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pearson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pearson loads up on a big right hand but Adur slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adur.
Pearson works Adur's body with a nice hook.
Adur doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
James Pearson is winning the standup battle so far.
Adur slips a straight right by Pearson.
As Pearson backs off Adur throws a huge counter combo but Pearson manages to avoid it all.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur avoids it easily.
Pearson throws a hook to the side of Adur's head but Adur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adur tries to move into range but Pearson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Adur on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur blocks it.
Despite the aggression on Adur's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pearson digs a good body shot into Adur's ribs.
Pearson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Adur.
Pearson swings for the body but Adur moves out of range.
Adur is looking for the big counter here.
Pearson swings for the body but Adur moves out of range.
Pearson throws a jab but it's blocked by Adur.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adur avoids the body shot from Pearson.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Marcel Adur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pearson misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pearson misses with a hook
and Adur counters with a two punch combo.
Pearson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pearson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pearson looks to throw the jab but Adur is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Pearson misses the target.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Pearson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Adur's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pearson misses with a looping right.
Pearson throws a hook but Adur blocks it.
Pearson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adur.
Adur unleashes a big counter combination but Pearson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Adur drops his hands momentarily and Pearson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adur walks into a left hand.
Pearson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pearson looks to score with a jab to the body but Adur is just out of range.
Adur feints a counter leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Adur might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pearson has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson connects with the punch.
Pearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adur was well out of range. Poor timing from Pearson.
Pearson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pearson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pearson throws out the jab.
Pearson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pearson throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Adur tumbling to the canvas!

Adur is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pearson stays in close to Adur's body and controls the position.
Adur is still in real trouble! Can Pearson finish him?
Pearson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pearson controlling from the top position.
Adur seems to have recovered his senses.
Pearson tries to free his leg and advance position but Adur is retaining full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Pearson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson chips away with some ground and pound.
Pearson passes into half guard.
Pearson is trying to control the action in half guard but Adur is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pearson controlling the action here.
Adur won't allow Pearson to pass to mount.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pearson throws the left hand but Adur avoids the punch easily.
Adur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pearson.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pearson connects with a looping right hand.
Adur has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pearson finds it's way round the side to connect with Adur's head.

Pearson cracks Adur with an uppercut from hell and Adur crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Pearson's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Pearson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Pearson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Adur's cut.
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.

Adur slips a jab from Pearson.
Adur feints a counter leg kick.
Pearson throws a looping overhand right but Adur ducks down to avoid it.
Adur lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pearson swings for the body but Adur moves out of range.
Adur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pearson misses with a straight left.
Adur is looking for the big counter here.
Pearson misses with a left hand
and Adur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pearson's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson throws a lazy right hand but Adur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearson. Adur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adur slips a jab from Pearson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adur moves out of range of the strikes.
Pearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adur slips under a jab from Pearson.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pearson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adur can do to turn this around?
Pearson throws a hook but Adur avoids it easily.
A big right from Pearson misses.
Pearson misses with a straight left.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Pearson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adur was well out of range. Poor timing from Pearson.
Pearson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adur was well out of range. Poor timing from Pearson.
Adur unleashes a big counter combination but Pearson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pearson throws a body shot but no joy.
Adur takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pearson throws a shot from downtown. Adur moves away and avoids it.
Pearson misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Adur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adur is looking for the big counter here.
Adur staying out of range there.
Adur flicks out a counter leg kick but Pearson steps away.
Pearson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pearson scores with a jab. Adur acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fighters circling - Pearson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pearson throws out the jab.
Adur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pearson misses with a hook. Adur ducked under it nicely.
Adur throws a counter combo.
Pearson misses with a looping right.
Pearson backing away here, and Adur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pearson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adur walks into a jab.
Pearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pearson misses with a straight right.
Adur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Pearson had his way with Marcel Adur in that round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Adur's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pearson misses the jab.
Pearson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adur in his tracks.
Adur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pearson throws out the jab.
Pearson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pearson's knee momentarily.
A cross from Pearson lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson drops Adur with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Adur! Pearson dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Pearson!
James Pearson retains his heavyweight title!