PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams's entrance music is When Worlds Collide. A fine choice. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that John Doe was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Adams
vs
Doe

170 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe tries to clinch up.
Adams misses with a wild combination.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a series of punches but Doe avoids them all with ease.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams throws a right and a left that Doe avoids nicely.
Doe wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.
Adams throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like John Doe has been cut.
Adams tries a head kick but it misses.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams looks to score with a jab to the body but Doe is just out of range.
Adams misses with a series of wild punches.
Doe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Adams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Adams looks to land a body kick but Doe moved away.
A punch combination from Adams misses.
John Doe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Doe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adams, pushing him back against the cage.
Doe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
Adams dodges an elbow strike from Doe.

Adams breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Adams misses with a double jab.
Adams swinging wilding here.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Adams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adams stalks Doe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Doe's face. Doe staggers backwards, shaken.
Adams misses with a wild combination.
Adams misses with the combination.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Doe is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Doe tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.

Doe rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Doe is controlling him.
Adams pushes Doe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Doe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adams avoids it.
Adams is looking to break free of the clinch but Doe has double underhooks.

Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Doe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Doe misses with some punches.
Doe pushes Adams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Doe has him pressed against the cage.
Doe landing knees to the head.
Adams blocks an elbow strike.
Doe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adams's face.
A right handed body shot lands from Doe.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Doe keeps him there for the moment.
Adams working hard to break the clinch.
Doe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adams's defenses.
Adams blocks the elbow strike.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Doe keeps him there for the moment.
Doe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Adams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Adams gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Doe regains guard.

Adams gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams misses with a low kick.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
Adams misses with a hook.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams misses the jab.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Doe closes the distance and clinches.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Adams tightens his grip and picks Doe up, before dumping him to the ground. Doe manages to land in guard.
Adams won't allow Doe to sweep him here.
Doe wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it.
Doe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adams is one step ahead there.

Doe kicks Adams off and gets to his feet.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Adams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Adams throws a hook to the side of Doe's head but Doe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Doe.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Adams.
Adams lands with a slapping head kick.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
John Doe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe blocks a head kick by Adams.
Doe tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.

Doe darts in and clinches Adams up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.
Doe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Adams throws a head kick that misses.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Adams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Doe checks it well.
Adams is looking to chop away at Doe's legs.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
Doe tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Adams stalks Doe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Doe's face. Doe staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doe tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adams swings for the body but Doe moves out of range.
Adams connects with a nice looking jab.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams lands with an overhand left.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams throws a shot from downtown. Doe moves away and avoids it.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Doe.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe wants to clinch.
Adams throws a right and a left that Doe avoids nicely.
Adams tries to bum rush Doe with a series of wild strikes but Doe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Adams drives through with a takedown into guard.
Adams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Doe is looking to stand up but Adams isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe can't keep his opponent in guard - Adams advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doe trying to get back to full guard but Adams takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Adams landing strikes from the mount.
Adams unloading with bombs!
Adams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Adams gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Doe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adams.
Adams moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Adams misses with a wild body shot.
Doe moves away from the strike by Adams.

Doe moves into range and clinches up with Adams.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Doe.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doe.
Doe lands a good knee to the midsection. Adams won't want to take too many of those.
Adams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Doe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Adams prevents a body shot from Doe.

Adams breaks the clinch.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adams misses with a head kick.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Doe backpedaling.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Doe wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Adams misses.
Adams throws a right hand that Doe ducks under and follows up with a left that Doe also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doe slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
Doe tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.
Adams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Doe is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Doe checks a leg kick.
Doe tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams looks to land a combination but Doe avoids it well.
Adams lands with a nice body punch.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Doe blocks a low kick nicely.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doe wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams throws a series of punches but Doe avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Adams fails to land with a series of punches.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.

Doe clinches up against the cage.
Doe missing with knees to the body.
Adams wants to break free but Doe has control.
Adams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doe has him pressed against the cage.
Doe lands an elbow just above Adams 's eye.
Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Doe.
Doe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams tries to circle away but Doe has him pinned against the cage.
Adams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Doe keeps him there for the moment.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Doe is controlling him.
Adams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Doe is controlling him.
Doe tries to stall but Adams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Doe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Doe trying to land knees to the body.

Adams tightens his grip and picks Doe up, before dumping him to the ground. Doe manages to land in guard.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Doe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Adams stands up and waves to Doe to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doe.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.
Adams misses with a head kick.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Doe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
Adams throws a series of punches but Doe avoids them all with ease.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Doe's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams looks to land a combination but Doe avoids it well.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Doe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams scores with a jab.

Doe clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Doe missing with knees to the body.
Doe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adams is defending well for now.
Adams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Doe won't allow it.

Adams breaks the clinch.
Adams misses with a wild combination.
Adams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams throws a hook but Doe blocks it.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Doe backpedaling.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Doe backpedaling.
Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adams misses with a low kick.
John Doe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Doe moves into the clinch successfully.
Doe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Adams avoids a wild elbow strike from Doe.
Doe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Adams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight for John Adams!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for John Adams!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for John Adams!

John Adams wins by unanimous decision!