PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam DonaVan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bam DonaVan
vs
Adams

193 cm
21
241 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bam Bam DonaVan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Adams!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adams pushes DonaVan up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has DonaVan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
DonaVan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
DonaVan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Adams.
DonaVan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
DonaVan working aggressively here.
DonaVan takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DonaVan's defenses.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams stalling in the clinch.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has DonaVan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but DonaVan blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams stalling in the clinch.
DonaVan takes an elbow to the forehead.
DonaVan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams gets underhooks to prevent DonaVan's takedown attempt.
Adams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DonaVan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
DonaVan takes a knee to the side of the body.
DonaVan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. DonaVan is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Adams lands an elbow inside that DonaVan shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adams obliges.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
DonaVan tries to stall but Adams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
DonaVan avoids the elbow strike from Adams, against the cage.
Adams is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
DonaVan is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns DonaVan into the cage.
Adams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Adams tries a knee to the head but DonaVan blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DonaVan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Adams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
DonaVan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
DonaVan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
DonaVan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adams just misses with a elbow thrown towards DonaVan's brow.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has DonaVan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Adams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but DonaVan is keeping busy.
DonaVan throws a head punch that misses.
Adams prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bam Bam DonaVan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DonaVan.
DonaVan fails to pull guard.
DonaVan can't break the clinch.
Adams working DonaVan over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DonaVan tries to work over Adams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
DonaVan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
DonaVan blocks the elbow strike.
Adams working DonaVan over with knees to the body.
DonaVan has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but DonaVan avoids the damage to the body.
DonaVan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
DonaVan misses with a short punch on the inside.
DonaVan tries to pull guard but Adams won't allow it.
DonaVan can't find room to land a body shot as Adams controls the action.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but DonaVan avoids the damage to the body.
DonaVan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
DonaVan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but DonaVan avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but DonaVan is blocking nicely.
DonaVan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DonaVan is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns DonaVan into the cage.
Adams misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams prevents DonaVan from breaking the clinch.
DonaVan trying to stall but Adams improves his position.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DonaVan.
DonaVan tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Adams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees to the body from Adams.
DonaVan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
DonaVan is looking to break free of the clinch but Adams has double underhooks.
Adams should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
DonaVan blocks an elbow strike from Adams.
Adams displaying some good clinch control by pressing DonaVan up against the cage.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped DonaVan in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adams dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

DonaVan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
John Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Adams.
Adams misses with an uppercut.
Adams wants to clinch.
DonaVan slips a straight right by Adams.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but DonaVan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adams tries to clinch but DonaVan is having none of it.
DonaVan throws a combination. Adams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Adams is breathing heavily.
DonaVan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
DonaVan tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. DonaVan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. DonaVan does a little dance to reset his feet.
DonaVan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
DonaVan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
DonaVan lands a jab-cross combination.
DonaVan blocks a jab.
Adams dodges the punch combination from DonaVan.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but DonaVan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
DonaVan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
DonaVan throws a series of strikes that have Adams backpedaling.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams takes one to the side of the head.
DonaVan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DonaVan throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.
DonaVan stalks Adams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Adams's face. Adams staggers backwards, shaken.
Adams misses with a combination
and DonaVan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DonaVan throws a right and a left that Adams avoids nicely.
A jab lands there for DonaVan.
DonaVan throws a combination that misses
and Adams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
DonaVan connects with a right hand. Adams shakes it off.
DonaVan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
DonaVan works the jab nicely.
DonaVan works over Adams's head and body with a nice combination.
DonaVan is working the combinations to good effect here.
DonaVan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
DonaVan lands with a nice combination. Adams backs away looking to recover.
DonaVan lands a two punch combo.
DonaVan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and DonaVan duly obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DonaVan fails to land the takedown.
DonaVan lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DonaVan staying out of range there.
DonaVan throws a right hand that Adams ducks under and follows up with a left that Adams also avoids with ease.
Bam Bam DonaVan is winning the standup battle so far.
Adams throws a lazy right hand but DonaVan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
DonaVan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
DonaVan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Adams on the side of the head.
Adams tries to clinch but DonaVan moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by DonaVan!
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams dodges the punch combination from DonaVan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bam Bam DonaVan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Adams is looking to clinch but DonaVan is avoiding it.
A right-left combo lands from DonaVan.
DonaVan moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but DonaVan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
DonaVan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by DonaVan.
Adams wants to clinch up but DonaVan keeps it at a distance.
DonaVan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A jab lands there for DonaVan.

Adams pushes DonaVan up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but DonaVan avoids the damage to the body.
DonaVan managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
DonaVan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DonaVan working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adams.
Adams lands an elbow just above DonaVan 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adams just misses with a elbow thrown towards DonaVan's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Adams.
DonaVan managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
DonaVan can't break the clinch.
Adams tries a knee to the head but DonaVan blocks it.
DonaVan lands a right hand.
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. DonaVan is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by DonaVan.
DonaVan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
DonaVan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Adams landing knees to the body.
DonaVan is trying to stall.
DonaVan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Adams just stands there and leans against the cage.
DonaVan misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
DonaVan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
DonaVan blocks the elbow strike.
DonaVan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bam Bam DonaVan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams blocks a body shot from DonaVan.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DonaVan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
DonaVan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
DonaVan tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.
DonaVan wants to break free but Adams has control.
Adams displaying some good clinch control by pressing DonaVan up against the cage.
DonaVan fails to pull guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adams just misses with a elbow thrown towards DonaVan's brow.
Adams taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
DonaVan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DonaVan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Adams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped DonaVan in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DonaVan wants to get back to striking at distance but Adams won't allow it.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but DonaVan blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DonaVan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
DonaVan tries to pull guard but Adams holds him up against the cage and eventually DonaVan drops back down to his feet.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DonaVan.
Adams looking to stall.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. DonaVan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
DonaVan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams misses with a body punch
and DonaVan counters with a stiff right hand.
Adams wants to clinch.
DonaVan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

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.
DonaVan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adams tries to clinch up but DonaVan circles away and keeps his distance.
DonaVan keeps the fight on the outside.
DonaVan misses with a double jab.
Adams misses with a jab to the body
and DonaVan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
DonaVan misses with a series of wild punches.
DonaVan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adams tries to clinch up but DonaVan circles away and keeps his distance.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bam Bam DonaVan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think DonaVan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!