PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hall (ranked 457 p4p, 867 weight class) and Valentin Adamovic (ranked 56 p4p, 112 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hall
vs
Adamovic

185 cm
32
201
21 - 13 - 1

185 cm
29
185
9 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

NARCOS

Tempo Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Valentin Adamovic!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Adamovic misses with a head kick.
Hall throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Valentin Adamovic has been cut.
Hall with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Adamovic misses with a hook
letting Hall counter with a right hand.
Adamovic throws a hook but Hall blocks it.
Hall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall misses with a straight left.
Adamovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hall moves away from the strike by Adamovic.
Hall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hall swings for the body but Adamovic moves out of range.
Adamovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
Hall scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hall moves out of range of the strikes.
Hall wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adamovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adamovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crunch! Hall slams his shin into Adamovic's torso.
Adamovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hall on the side of the head.
Adamovic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Adamovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Adamovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Hall misses with a hook.
Adamovic throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adamovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamovic.
Adamovic throws a leg kick
and Hall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adamovic closes the distance but Hall moves to the side
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hall scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Hall.
Adamovic ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Adamovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adamovic looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Adamovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adamovic misses with a combination
and Hall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Valentin Adamovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Hall.
Adamovic throws a right hand that Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Hall also avoids with ease.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adamovic.
Adamovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Adamovic works over Hall's head and body with a nice combination.
Adamovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adamovic moves to clinch but Hall breaks away
and Hall finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic tries to clinch
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
Hall misses with a body shot.
A jab from Hall misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Adamovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adamovic.
A head kick misses from Adamovic.
Hall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Adamovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hall can pounce on him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adamovic, as that shot connected.
Adamovic misses with a right hand
and Hall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adamovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall tried to counter with a leg kick but Adamovic avoided it.
Hall lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Adamovic cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adamovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adamovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Hall should have avoided that one.
Jab by Adamovic.
Adamovic scores with a nice strike.
Adamovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Adamovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adamovic throws out a leg kick but Hall moves out of range and Adamovic only half commits.

Adamovic moves into the clinch.
Hall prevents a body shot from Adamovic.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adamovic blocking some punches.

Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adamovic slips a straight right by Hall.
Adamovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adamovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valentin Adamovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adamovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Adamovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall swings for the body but Adamovic moves out of range.
Adamovic catches Hall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Adamovic misses the shot to the body.
Nice body kick from Hall.
Adamovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall throws a quick counter head kick but Adamovic was just out of range.

Adamovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short left from Hall.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Adamovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Adamovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adamovic.
Adamovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Adamovic fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic lands with a left to the head.
Hall misses with the head strike.
Adamovic throws a head punch that misses.
Adamovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adamovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adamovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Adamovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Hall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Adamovic controls his hands.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Adamovic has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hall seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Adamovic can turn it around.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hall.
Adamovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hall misses.
Adamovic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Adamovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamovic.
Adamovic connects with a right hand. Hall shakes it off.

Adamovic closes the distance and pushes Hall back into the cage.
Adamovic misses with some punches.
Hall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall lands a shot to the body.
Hall lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adamovic backwards.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Adamovic avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Adamovic digs a right hand underneath Hall's ribcage. Hall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hall prevents a body shot from Adamovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adamovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adamovic throws a head punch that misses.
Adamovic cracks Hall with a nice body shot.
Adamovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adamovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adamovic.
Adamovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Adamovic.
A short right from Hall.

Hall breaks the clinch.
Adamovic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hall takes a jab right on the kisser.
Adamovic lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamovic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamovic.
Adamovic with a nice calf kick.
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adamovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall throws a jab when Adamovic was well out of range.
Henry Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Adamovic misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hall counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Adamovic.
Adamovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Adamovic has managed to clinch.
Adamovic lands with a light punch inside.

Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adamovic misses with an uppercut
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adamovic swings widly with a right hand
and Hall counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Adamovic scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Adamovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adamovic just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Valentin Adamovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Valentin Adamovic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hall throws a big shot that misses.
Adamovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Adamovic moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adamovic.

Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good shot there by Adamovic.
Adamovic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hall slips a jab from Adamovic.
Hall walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Adamovic has Hall up against the cage in a clinch.

Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Adamovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hall blocks a body shot from Adamovic.
Adamovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
Valentin Adamovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adamovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Adamovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adamovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Hall tries a body shot but Adamovic blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Adamovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Adamovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Adamovic blocking some punches.
Hall lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Adamovic fails to land.
Adamovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adamovic misses with some punches.
Adamovic works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
Adamovic is working Hall over against the cage.
Adamovic blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a left hand.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Adamovic.
Adamovic 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!
Adamovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adamovic tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adamovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adamovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Adamovic.
Adamovic blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Hall - that landed with a thud.
Adamovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hall blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Adamovic controls his hands.
Adamovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Nice body punch from Hall - that landed with a thud.
Hall is trying to push Adamovic away but Adamovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adamovic pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Adamovic controls his hands.
Adamovic lands a left hand.
Adamovic misses with some punches.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Adamovic.
Adamovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Adamovic.
A hook to the body from Adamovic.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adamovics head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adamovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Adamovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall lands a right hand.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Hall misses with the head strike.
Adamovic tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Adamovic takes a shot to the head.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Adamovic.
A nice left hand lands by Adamovic.
Adamovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Adamovic.
Adamovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Valentin Adamovic.
I think Adamovic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentin Adamovic!
An out of breath Valentin Adamovic thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.