PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlton Adesanya (ranked 4566 p4p, 7212 weight class) and Serious Dark (ranked 493 p4p, 599 weight class). Dark has chosen Beat on the beat- The Ramones as his entrance music. Serious Dark is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Adesanya
vs
Dark

160 cm
23
147
6 - 7 - 0

176 cm
21
152
5 - 4 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serious Dark!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dark gets tackled into the ropes by Adesanya. Adesanya maintains the clinch.
Dark lands a right hand.
Dark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Adesanya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dark rushes Adesanya and presses him up against the ropes.
Dark unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dark has a couple of punches blocked by Adesanya.
Dark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dark is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dark looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dark tries to land knees in the clinch but Adesanya avoids the damage to the body.
Dark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Dark has him pressed against the ropes.
Dark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dark misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Adesanya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dark misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Dark.
Adesanya pushes Dark back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Dark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adesanya is looking to break free of the clinch but Dark has double underhooks.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dark lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adesanya.
Dark throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Dark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Adesanya gets tackled into the ropes by Dark. Dark maintains the clinch.
Dark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adesanya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dark is keeping busy.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dark tries a body shot but Adesanya blocks it.
Dark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adesanya avoids it.
Dark struggles to land a body shot inside as Adesanya controls his hands.
Dark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Adesanya.
Adesanya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dark swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dark tries to throw a body punch but Adesanya avoids it by throwing Dark back against the ropes.
Dark misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dark working aggressively here.
Adesanya wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Adesanya.
Stalling in the clinch from Adesanya.
Dark avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serious Dark dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dark tries to keep at a distance but Adesanya has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dark trying to land knees to the body.
Dark has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Dark struggles to land a body shot inside as Adesanya controls his hands.
Serious Dark seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dark.
Adesanya misses with a knee strike.
Dark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adesanya seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dark.

It looks like Carlton Adesanya has been cut.

Adesanya drives through and clinches with Dark against the ropes.
Dark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dark misses with a punch on the inside.
Dark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adesanya blocks it with crossed arms.
Adesanya avoiding damage as Dark throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dark swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adesanya can't break the clinch.
Dark tries a body shot but Adesanya blocks it.
Dark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dark with a knee to the head.
Dark lands with a light punch inside.
Dark lands a knee to the head.
Dark misses with a punch to the body.
Dark avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.
Dark working Adesanya over with knees to the body.

Adesanya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dark scores with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dark throws out a loose jab but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adesanya is looking to counter the offense by Dark and move into the clinch.

Adesanya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dark throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Adesanya wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dark.
Dark lands a shot to the body.
Dark scores with a shot to the side of Adesanya's head.
Dark swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Adesanya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adesanya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adesanya stalling in the clinch but Dark improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serious Dark showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlton Adesanya's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adesanya seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dark misses with a right hand
and Adesanya counters with a left and a right that stings Dark.

Dark fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adesanya, pushing him back against the ropes.
Adesanya wants to break free but Dark has control.
Dark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adesanya's face.
Dark scores a nice knee to the body.

Adesanya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dark swings for the body but Adesanya moves out of range.
It looked like Adesanya was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adesanya.
As Dark looks to move away, Adesanya throws a big counter combo but Dark just gets out of the way.
Serious Dark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dark misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dark.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adesanya scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Dark is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dark is still on wobbly legs! Can Adesanya finish him?
Dark drops his hands momentarily and Adesanya needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Dark just on the top of the head. Dark drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Dark - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Carlton Adesanya!