PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Adkins (ranked 5703 p4p, 5665 weight class) and Scott Berger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Adkins
vs
Berger

195 cm
18
205
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Adkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Berger!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berger slips a jab from Adkins.
Nice shot by Berger.

It looks like Antonio Adkins has been cut.
Berger looks to land a right hand but Adkins moved out of range.
Berger scores with a punch to the head.
Berger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adkins.
Berger swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Adkins misses.
Berger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adkins manages to avoid it.
Berger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adkins. Berger does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Adkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Adkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berger scores with a jab to the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Berger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adkins jabs Berger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Adkins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berger throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berger scores with a sloppy right hand. Adkins should have avoided that one.
Adkins misses with a straight left.
Adkins throws a lazy right hand but Berger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adkins misses the shot to the body.
Berger moves out of range as Adkins strikes.
Adkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Adkins throws a looping overhand right but Berger ducks down to avoid it.
Adkins throws the left hand but Berger avoids the punch easily.
Adkins gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Berger gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Berger!