PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bernhard Adelhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlinhos Valente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adelhard comes to the cage accompanied by Godsmack - I Stand Alone. Valente comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "We Dem Boyz" by Wiz Khalifa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Adelhard
vs
Valente

178 cm
31
152 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

172 cm
36
149 lbs
23 - 8 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Voodoo Nutrition

Hellbent
Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernhard Adelhard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlinhos Valente!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Adelhard. Valente does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adelhard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Adelhard just misses with a punch to the body.
Valente has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Adelhard connects with a high kick.

It looks like Carlinhos Valente has been cut.
Valente misses with a low kick.
Valente scores with a punch to the head.
Adelhard misses with a body shot.
Valente throws a jab but it's blocked by Adelhard.
Adelhard looks to land a body kick but Valente moved away.
Valente bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Valente tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adelhard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valente tries a quick counter leg kick but Adelhard is wise to it.
Valente throws a body kick that misses.
Valente buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adelhard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valente moves away.
Valente throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valente digs a good hook to Adelhard's body.
Adelhard throws a hook to the side of Valente's head but Valente sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valente throws out a counter right but Adelhard avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adelhard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Adelhard lands a nice looking body shot.
Valente blocks the body kick.
Carlinhos Valente seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adelhard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valente misses with a wild body shot.
Adelhard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valente.
Valente slips under a jab from Adelhard.
Valente takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Adelhard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valente.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valente! But no joy.
Valente works the jab nicely.
Adelhard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valente's sensitive parts.
Valente blocks a head kick by Adelhard.
Valente is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adelhard.
Valente moves out of range as Adelhard throws a body kick.
Valente looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Valente throws a shot from downtown. Adelhard moves away and avoids it.
Adelhard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adelhard is looking to wear down Valente with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valente bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valente lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Adelhard clinches with his opponent.
Adelhard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Valente scores with a hook to the body.
Adelhard tries to throw a body punch but Valente avoids it by throwing Adelhard back against the cage.
Adelhard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valente backwards.
Valente blocking some punches.
Adelhard can't find room to land a body shot as Valente controls the action.
Valente blocking some punches.
Adelhard tries to throw a body punch but Valente avoids it by throwing Adelhard back against the cage.
Valente presses Adelhard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Valente stops a takedown attempt from Adelhard.
A right handed body shot lands from Valente.
Adelhard wants to take the fight to the mat but Valente manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Valente misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Valente.
Valente lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Valente.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Adelhard.
Valente blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adelhard takes an elbow to the temple.
Valente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valente scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adelhard misses with a punch on the inside.
Valente throws an elbow that misses.
Valente pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Valente lands a body punch.
Adelhard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valente's elbow.
Valente cracks Adelhard with a nice body shot.
Adelhard blocking some punches.
Adelhard is pushing Valente up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Valente gets through Adelhard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adelhard digs a right hand into Valente's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valente's gas tank.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Valente looking to slow down the pace here.
Valente seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Valente makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard works on Valente's body with a couple of short punches.
Adelhard avoids a wild elbow strike from Valente.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valente tries to throw a body punch but Adelhard avoids it by throwing Valente back against the cage.
Valente misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valente avoiding damage as Adelhard throws knees to the body.
Valente throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Adelhard tries a body shot but Valente blocks it.
Good body shot from Valente.
Adelhard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valente on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adelhard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adelhard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valente's elbow.

Adelhard breaks from the clinch.
Valente tests Adelhard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adelhard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Valente tries a low kick but Adelhard avoids it.
Adelhard works Valente's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adelhard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Valente has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carlinhos Valente will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlinhos Valente's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adelhard misses with a body kick.
Adelhard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valente turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Valente closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adelhard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adelhard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valente lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Valente lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adelhard backwards.
Valente lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Bernhard Adelhard has been cut.
Adelhard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valente throws an elbow but misses.
Adelhard can't break the clinch.
Valente lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adelhard or not.
A hook to the body from Valente.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valente just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adelhard's brow.
Adelhard can't find room to land a body shot as Valente controls the action.
Valente misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adelhard takes an elbow to the temple.
Valente working aggressively here.
Adelhard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Adelhard fails to land.
Adelhard looking for a takedown.
Adelhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valente lands an elbow inside that Adelhard shrugs off.
Adelhard wants to break free but Valente has control.
Valente tries a body shot but Adelhard blocks it.
Adelhard blocks a body shot from Valente.
Come on Valente - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Valente pushes Adelhard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valente throws an elbow but misses.
Valente is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Adelhard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valente or not.
Valente throws an elbow but it misses.
Valente misses with an elbow strike.
Valente digs a right hand into Adelhard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adelhard's gas tank.
Adelhard goes for a takedown in the clinch but Valente prevents it.
Adelhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valente throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Adelhard wants the takedown. Valente is fighting it off but Adelhard persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Valente's guard against the cage.
Valente avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adelhard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Adelhard looking to sit in guard and control but Valente gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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

Adelhard is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Valente is aware though and is defending well.
Valente 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Adelhard is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Valente frees his head nicely. Oh but Adelhard has switched to an armbar! Valente is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Bernhard Adelhard!
Bernhard Adelhard retains his featherweight title!
Bernhard Adelhard made sure to mention his sponsor, Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$) in his post fight interview.