PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Carioni (ranked 248 p4p, 503 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 13 p4p, 24 weight class). Adderley has chosen Genesis 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.

Carioni
vs
Adderley

188 cm
28
202
14 - 8 - 0

187 cm
35
192
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Carioni!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Carioni finds it's target.
Carioni misses with a body shot
and Adderley counters with a straight right hand.
Carioni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Adderley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carioni throws a hook but Adderley avoids it easily.
Carioni looks to throw the jab but Adderley is out of range.
Carioni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adderley.
Adderley counters with a body kick.
Carioni misses with a shot to the body
letting Adderley counter with a right hand.
Carioni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adderley.
Carioni misses the jab.
Carioni misses with a body shot.
Carioni misses with a lunging right hand
and Adderley counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Carioni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Adderley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
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!
Carioni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adderley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adderley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Adderley tries to close the distance and clinch but Carioni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adderley wants to clinch up but Carioni keeps it at a distance.
Carioni looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Carioni misses with a left hand
and Adderley counters with a stiff right hand.
Carioni throws a sloppy head kick
and Adderley counters with a right hand to the body.
Carioni throws out a loose jab but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carioni just misses with a punch to the body.
Carioni throws an overhand right that lands on Adderley's shoulder, as Adderley tries to avoid the shot.
Carioni swings widly with a right hand
and Adderley counters with a straight right hand.
Carioni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adderley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sloppy strikes from Carioni. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Adderley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Carioni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carioni misses the jab.
Adderley throws out a loose jab but Carioni uses good head movement to avoid it.

Adderley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Adderley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adderley tries to land a knee to the head but Carioni blocks with his arms.
Adderley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adderley throws a knee to the head but misses.

Carioni manages to break the clinch.
Carioni just misses with a punch to the body.
Adderley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Carioni keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adderley is looking for the big counter here.
Adderley avoids a punch combination nicely.
It seemed like Adderley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adderley throws a right and a left that Carioni avoids nicely.
Adderley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carioni throws a poor cross that misses
and Adderley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adderley tries to clinch up.
Carioni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adderley.
Adderley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carioni lands with a straight right. Adderley didn't see that one coming.
Adderley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Carioni had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Carioni connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Adderley's hands.
Carioni missing with a left hand there. Adderley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adderley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Carioni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Adderley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioni looks to land a right hand but Adderley moved out of range.
Adderley takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Carioni tries to keep at a distance but Adderley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Carioni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adderley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carioni.
Adderley tries a quick counter leg kick but Carioni is wise to it.
Adderley scores with a hook.
A big right from Carioni misses.
Adderley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Carioni momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carioni. Adderley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carioni misses with a looping left.
Carioni throws a hook but Adderley blocks it.
Adderley throws a big counter head kick but Carioni avoids it with no problem.

Carioni gets tackled into the cage by Adderley. Adderley maintains the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rodrigo Carioni will probably get the nod.
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.

Carioni misses with a hook. Adderley ducked under it nicely.
Adderley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carioni misses with a hook. Adderley ducked under it nicely.
Adderley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carioni swings for the body but Adderley moves out of range.
Carioni throws a lazy right hand but Adderley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carioni swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Adderley to counter with a crisp jab.
Carioni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adderley moves away.
Carioni scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carioni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adderley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carioni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Carioni.
A telegraphed right hand from Carioni misses the target.
Carioni uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carioni lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Adderley falls backwards - clearly groggy! Carioni dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Carioni!
Rodrigo Carioni retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Rodrigo Carioni made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.