PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Adlehyde (ranked 371 p4p, 1501 weight class) and Darius Frank (ranked 62 p4p, 206 weight class). Frank has chosen Trapper x Foogiano as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Adlehyde
vs
Frank

187 cm
23
186
7 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
178
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Adlehyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Frank!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adlehyde.
Frank doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Adlehyde misses with a hook. Frank ducked under it nicely.
Adlehyde throws a big shot that misses.
Frank has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Adlehyde moves into the clinch successfully.
Frank swings wildly with an uppercut but Adlehyde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adlehyde has a couple of punches blocked by Frank.
Adlehyde presses Frank against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Adlehyde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank ducks right into an uppercut from Adlehyde.
Adlehyde looks to land a combination but Frank avoids it well.
Adlehyde wants to clinch up but Frank keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adlehyde tries to clinch up but Frank circles away and keeps his distance.
Frank swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adlehyde connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Adlehyde tries to land a leg kick but Frank saw it coming and moves away.
Adlehyde throws a lazy uppercut
and Adlehyde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Adlehyde has closed the distance and engaged Frank in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Frank.
Adlehyde lands with a right to the head.

Adlehyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frank has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adlehyde finds it's way round the side to connect with Frank's head.
Frank misses with a hook. Adlehyde ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adlehyde dips to his left and cracks Frank with an uppercut!
Frank takes a swing at Adlehyde's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Adlehyde finds it's way through Frank's defenses.
Frank avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
and Adlehyde counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Frank! He's just covering up as Adlehyde starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Adlehyde!
After the fight, Jack Adlehyde was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Darius Frank stepped up to the mic, saying 'A loss just means it’s a lesson and on my next time out, I’ll show you what I’ve learned.'.