PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Orel (ranked 1138 p4p, 1413 weight class) and Scotty T Bone (ranked 143 p4p, 176 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Orel
vs
T Bone

195 cm
31
205
20 - 18 - 0

179 cm
24
218
10 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Orel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scotty T Bone!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as T Bone throws out the jab.
Orel looks to land a right hand but T Bone moved out of range.
T Bone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Orel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Orel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Orel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Orel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits T Bones jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Orel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orel throws an overhand right that lands on T Bone's shoulder, as T Bone tries to avoid the shot.
Orel tries to clinch up but T Bone circles away and keeps his distance.
Orel misses with an uppercut
and T Bone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T Bone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Orel to score with a decent uppercut.
Orel misses with an uppercut. T Bone saw that one coming.
A countering left hand to the body from T Bone misses.
Orel missing with a left hand there. T Bone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Orel misses with an uppercut. T Bone saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orel misses with a lunging right hand
and T Bone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
T Bone takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Orel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
T Bone tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Orel misses with a hook. T Bone ducked under it nicely.
No joy there for Orel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orel swings away with a body shot that misses
and T Bone counters with a series of strikes. Orel will be more careful next time no doubt.
Orel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Orel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Orel misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Orel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
T Bone thuds his right hand into Orel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orel misses with a straight right.
T Bone slips a jab and a cross from Orel.
Orel takes a swing at T Bone's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from T Bone on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Orel feints a jab promting T Bone to slip. Orel then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. T Bone slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Orel throws a hook but T Bone avoids it easily.
T Bone throws out a counter right but Orel avoids it with no problem.
Orel throws a series of punches but T Bone moves out of range.
T Bone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Orel.
Orel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Orel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by T Bone.
T Bone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orel.
Orel throws an overhand right that lands on T Bone's shoulder, as T Bone tries to avoid the shot.
T Bone slips under a jab from Orel.
Orel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T Bone ducks under a wild hook from Orel.
Orel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Orel throws out a loose jab but T Bone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel tries to clinch but T Bone moves out of range.
Orel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Adam Orel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orel misses with a hook
letting T Bone counter with a right hand.
Orel takes a swing at T Bone's ribcage but misses.
T Bone throws a hook but Orel avoids it easily.
T Bone connects with a body shot.
A slow jab from T Bone misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by Orel as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Orel.
And T Bone tries to counter it with a takedown but Orel pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nice shot lands for T Bone.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Orel instigates a clinch.
Orel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
T Bone tries to break the clinch but Orel is controlling the position.
Orel prevents T Bone from breaking the clinch.

T Bone breaks the clinch.
Orel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
T Bone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Orel dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

T Bone circles away from the clinch attempt
and T Bone counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Orel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that T Bone can do to turn this around?
Orel looks to land a right hand but T Bone moved out of range.
T Bone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orel throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting T Bone counter with a right hand.
T Bone slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from T Bone on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T Bone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
T Bone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from T Bone misses.
Orel misses with a straight left.
Orel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Orel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Orel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Orel fails to land.
Orel presses T Bone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Orel swings wildly with an uppercut but T Bone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel throws a head punch that misses.
Orel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of T Bones head.
Orel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orel effectively controlling the action here.
Orel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orel blocking some punches.
Orel throws a head punch that misses.
Orel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Orel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orel misses with the head strike.
Orel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Orel to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T Bone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
T Bone blocks an uppercut.
Orel tries to throw a body punch but T Bone avoids it by throwing Orel back against the cage.
T Bone working hard to break the clinch.
Orel misses with some punches.
Orel has T Bone pushed against the cage.
Orel gets through T Bone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on T Bone's face as he tries to break the clinch.
T Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orel looking to throw knees to the head but T Bone is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orel working aggressively here.
Orel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Orel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Orel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

T Bone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
T Bone throws a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Orel.
Orel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
T Bone looks to throw the jab but Orel is out of range.
Orel closes the distance but T Bone moves to the side
letting T Bone counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Orel dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Orel misses with a straight left.
Orel throws a body punch but T Bone moves out of range.
T Bone tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Orel's corner calls for a 1-2. Orel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Orel misses with a wild combination.
A nice side step and T Bone releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Orel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
T Bone tries to counter by closing the distance.
T Bone throws a right hand that misses
enabling Orel to counter with a crisp jab.
Orel throws a hook but T Bone avoids it easily.
T Bone with the counter takedown but Orel avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orel throws an off balance right hand
and T Bone counters with a nice uppercut.
T Bone misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by T Bone.
T Bone tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Orel scores with a jab. T Bone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
T Bone's coach down at Steel Penn Training Den was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on T Bone's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T Bone tries to move into range but Orel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Orel misses with an uppercut. T Bone saw that one coming.
Jab by Orel.
Orel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from T Bone.
T Bone lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Orel connects with a jab.
T Bone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
T Bone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A swing and a miss from T Bone.

Orel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
T Bone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
T Bone blocking some punches.
Orel tries to work over T Bone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
T Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

T Bone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
T Bone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orel misses the shot to the body.
T Bone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orel lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
T Bone defending well as Orel loads up on a big left hand.
Orel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Orel throws a hook to the side of T Bone's head but T Bone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orel throws a right hand that misses
and T Bone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orel misses with a body shot.
And T Bone tries to counter it with a takedown but Orel pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Orel scores with a nice strike.
T Bone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orel connects with a single shot there.
Orel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A left and a right from Orel both land. Nice combination.
T Bone throws a shot to the body.

Orel closes the distance and clinches.
T Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orel tries to land knees in the clinch but T Bone avoids the damage to the body.
T Bone blocks an uppercut.
Adam Orel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
T Bone wants to break the clinch but can't.
T Bone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Orel has him pressed against the cage.
T Bone is trying to break free.

T Bone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
T Bone misses with a wild body shot.
Orel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
T Bone throws out a counter right but Orel avoids it with no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Orel misses.
It seemed like T Bone was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Orel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Orel!