PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Callum Adams (ranked 2061 p4p, 234 weight class) and Johnny McCartney (ranked 1334 p4p, 163 weight class). Adams comes to the cage accompanied by No Noncesense. McCartney has chosen Fade to Black- Metallica 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.

Adams
vs
McCartney

196 cm
29
262 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
250 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Vegan Gains

This Is England (Everything $25)

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Callum Adams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny McCartney !
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Adams.
McCartney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
McCartney throws a poor cross that misses
and Adams counters with a right hand to the body.
McCartney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good shot there by McCartney .
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCartney was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.
Adams missing with a left hand there. McCartney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCartney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams throws a jab but it's blocked by McCartney .
Adams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCartney .
McCartney fakes the leg kick and cracks Adams in the body.
Adams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCartney avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams throws out a loose jab but McCartney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from McCartney .
McCartney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adams moves out of range as McCartney strikes.
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCartney looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCartney misses with a straight right.
Adams looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCartney missing with a left hand there. Adams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adams looks to land a left hand but McCartney moved out of range nicely.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but McCartney slips the punch.
McCartney throws a poor cross that misses
and Adams counters with a stiff right hand.
Adams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCartney .
McCartney takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCartney takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCartney slips under a jab from Adams.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a lazy uppercut
and McCartney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adams misses with a straight right.
McCartney misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
Adams staying out of range there.
McCartney cracks Adams with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A slow jab from McCartney misses its intended target.
McCartney throws a lazy right hand but Adams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
Adams throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams defending well as McCartney loads up on a big left hand.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from McCartney .
Adams throws a jab when McCartney was well out of range.
McCartney misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adams misses with a straight left.
Adams's jab looks to have found its range, popping McCartney under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from McCartney .
McCartney throws a hook but Adams blocks it.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from McCartney misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny McCartney will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

McCartney connects with a body shot.
Adams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCartney .
Adams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCartney .
McCartney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adams.
Adams misses the jab.
McCartney looks to land a right hand but Adams moved out of range.
It looked like Adams was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McCartney .
McCartney has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
McCartney throws a right hand that misses
enabling Adams to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCartney takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but McCartney slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCartney ! But no joy.
McCartney moves out of range as Adams strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams throws a right hand that misses
enabling McCartney to counter with a crisp jab.
Adams misses with a hook
and McCartney counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

McCartney feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Adams sprawling to the canvas! Adams rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can McCartney finish him?!
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCartney moves away.
Adams scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adams throws a right hand that misses
and McCartney counters with a nice uppercut.
Adams missing with a left hand there. McCartney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCartney has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCartney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adams moves out of range as McCartney strikes.
McCartney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCartney cracks Adams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adams throws an overhand right that lands on McCartney 's shoulder, as McCartney tries to avoid the shot.
McCartney throws a poor cross that misses
and Adams counters with a nice uppercut.
McCartney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adams missing with a left hand there. McCartney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCartney lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCartney thuds a left hand into Adams's body.
McCartney blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Adams slips under a jab from McCartney .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCartney looks to throw the jab but Adams is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Adams on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCartney defending well as Adams loads up on a big left hand.
McCartney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCartney pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
Adams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCartney throws out the jab.
Adams throws a hook to the side of McCartney 's head but McCartney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCartney ducks under a wild hook from Adams.
McCartney appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCartney swings widly with a right hand
and Adams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCartney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adams.
McCartney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCartney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adams.
McCartney throws a shot from downtown. Adams moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by McCartney .
Adams lunges at McCartney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McCartney 's hand.
McCartney misses with a looping left.
Adams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Adams with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny McCartney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCartney .
McCartney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adams blocks a jab.
Adams throwing a counter right hand but McCartney manages to avoid it.
McCartney moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams misses the jab.
Adams throws a shot from downtown. McCartney moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCartney has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Adams slips under a jab from McCartney .
McCartney throws a jab when Adams was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams takes one to the chin there.
McCartney slips a jab from Adams.
Adams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCartney has time to react.
McCartney lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCartney throws a hook but Adams blocks it.
McCartney takes a swing at Adams's ribcage but misses.
McCartney moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Adams throws a hook but McCartney blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCartney on the side of the head.

McCartney lands a big right hand that sends Adams crashing to the mat! McCartney stays standing though and waves Adams back to his feet!

Adams is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCartney throws a series of punches but Adams avoids them all with ease.
Adams swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Adams throws a lazy right hand but McCartney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCartney slips a jab from Adams.
McCartney with a nice cross.
Adams misses with a right hand
and McCartney cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Adams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McCartney swings for the body but Adams moves out of range.
Adams seems to have got his legs back now.
McCartney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams with a hook.
McCartney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
McCartney misses with a looping left.
McCartney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adams.
McCartney misses with an uppercut
and Adams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCartney slips a jab from Adams.
McCartney uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adams.
McCartney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCartney misses with a left hand
and Adams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCartney throws a right hand that misses
and Adams counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnny McCartney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adams slips under a jab from McCartney .
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCartney throws out the jab.
McCartney paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Adams staying out of range there.
McCartney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adams throws the left hand but McCartney avoids the punch easily.
McCartney thinks about the counter body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. McCartney does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny McCartney really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McCartney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCartney has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adams throws a hook but McCartney blocks it.
McCartney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Adams misses with a looping left.
McCartney swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adams looks to land a right hand but McCartney moved out of range.
McCartney let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCartney blocks a jab.
McCartney works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCartney throws a jab when Adams was well out of range.
McCartney stuns Adams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adams misses with a wild body shot.
McCartney throws a half hearted mid kick.
McCartney misses with an uppercut.
Adams throws a lazy uppercut
and McCartney counters with a left to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Adams crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McCartney - the referee stops the clock and Adams gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McCartney . Adams manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McCartney lands a nice shot that snaps Adams's head back.
McCartney misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McCartney bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adams's head backwards.
Adams slips a straight right by McCartney .
Adams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCartney jabs at Adams's body.
McCartney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adams jabs at McCartney 's body.
McCartney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adams.
Adams slips a jab from McCartney .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McCartney uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adams.
McCartney throws a jab but it's blocked by Adams.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCartney misses the shot to the body.
Adams looks to throw the jab but McCartney is out of range.
Adams blocks a jab.
McCartney throws a jab when Adams was well out of range.
Adams moves away from the strike by McCartney .
Adams defending well as McCartney loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCartney slips under a jab from Adams.
Adams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McCartney counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adams throws out a powerful jab.
Adams ducks right into an uppercut from McCartney .
A jab from Adams misses.
McCartney misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Adams misses the target.
McCartney lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from McCartney misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny McCartney dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!

McCartney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Adams throws a hook but McCartney avoids it easily.
McCartney missing with a left hand there. Adams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCartney tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little feinted left hand from Adams on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCartney lands a jab.
Adams misses with a hook. McCartney ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCartney throws a hook but Adams avoids it easily.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but McCartney slips the punch.
A big left from McCartney misses.
A little feinted left hand from Adams on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams slips a jab from McCartney .
Adams misses with a lunging right hand
and McCartney cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCartney throws out a loose jab but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams throwing a counter right hand but McCartney manages to avoid it.
McCartney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCartney ducks under a wild hook from Adams.
McCartney throws a hook but Adams blocks it.
McCartney misses with a straight left.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
Adams defending well as McCartney loads up on a big left hand.
McCartney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adams counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCartney .
Adams throws a hook but McCartney avoids it easily.
McCartney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCartney scores with a sloppy right hand. Adams should have avoided that one.
McCartney lands with a cross.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCartney .
Adams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McCartney ducks under a wild hook from Adams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCartney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McCartney misses with a double jab
and Adams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCartney throws a shot from downtown. Adams moves away and avoids it.
Adams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johnny McCartney is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McCartney misses with a straight left.
McCartney connects with a right hand. Adams shakes it off.
McCartney misses with an uppercut. Adams saw that one coming.
Adams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCartney .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCartney misses with an uppercut. Adams saw that one coming.
McCartney feints a jab promting Adams to slip. McCartney then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Adams slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Adams throws a looping overhand right but McCartney ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCartney avoids the body shot from Adams.
McCartney throws an overhand right that lands on Adams's shoulder, as Adams tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adams throws a hook but McCartney avoids it easily.
Callum Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny McCartney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McCartney has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 45:50
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 45:50
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny McCartney ! Johnny McCartney retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Johnny McCartney thanked This Is England (Everything $25) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
In defeat, Callum Adams stepped up to the mic, saying 'We're Not Racist, We Only Hate Mancs.'.