PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Adamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adamek comes into the arena with I Am The Sword - Motorhead blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Adamek
vs
Black

185 cm
23
219 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomasz Adamek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denard Black!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Adamek's shoulder, as Adamek tries to avoid the shot.
Black cracks Adamek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Tomasz Adamek has been cut.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Adamek's head.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adamek takes one to the side of the head.

Adamek is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black misses with a looping right.
Oh Adamek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Denard Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adamek slips under a jab.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Black. Those never looked like landing.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adamek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Black throws a right and a left that Adamek avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Adamek.
Black throws a hook to the side of Adamek's head but Adamek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black looks to land a right hand but Adamek moved out of range.
A jab from Black misses.
Adamek misses with a takedown
and Black counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Adamek is breathing heavily.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Black looks to land a left hand but Adamek moved out of range nicely.
Adamek dodges the punch combination from Black.
A jab from Black misses.
Black throws a hook but Adamek avoids it easily.
Black looks to throw the jab but Adamek is out of range.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Black misses with a looping left.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Black.
A big left from Black misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black tries to bum rush Adamek with a series of wild strikes but Adamek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adamek ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Adamek ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black throws a series of punches but Adamek moves out of range.
Adamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adamek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Adamek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Black.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Adamek slips the punch.
Black misses with the combination.
Adamek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Black.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Adamek.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Adamek bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Adamek sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black throws a series of punches but Adamek moves out of range.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adamek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black misses with an uppercut. Adamek saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adamek.
Black might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Adamek bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adamek moves away from the strike by Black.
Adamek staying out of range there.
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adamek circles away quickly and effectively.
Black throws a hook but Adamek blocks it.
Adamek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Black misses with a straight left.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adamek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adamek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black looks to land a left hand but Adamek moved out of range nicely.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adamek.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Black misses with a straight right.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adamek.
Adamek dodges the punch combination from Black.
Adamek slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Denard Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black misses with a straight right.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adamek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adamek.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Black throws a hook to the side of Adamek's head but Adamek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adamek staying out of range there.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Adamek ducks down to avoid it.
Adamek ducks under a wild hook from Black.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Black. Those never looked like landing.
Black swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Black will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Adamek moves out of range of the strikes.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adamek moves out of range of the strikes.
Adamek has his takedown stuffed
and Black counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Adamek slips under a jab.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Adamek slips a straight right by Black.
Adamek staying out of range there.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Adamek ducks down to avoid it.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adamek staying out of range there.
Black throws a hook to the side of Adamek's head but Adamek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Adamek slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black missing with a left hand there. Adamek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adamek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black misses with a straight left.
Some wild striking there from Black.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adamek.
Black misses with a hook. Adamek ducked under it nicely.
Adamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Adamek.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Black misses.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black misses with a looping right.
Black throws out a loose jab but Adamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black swinging wildly here.
Black throws out a loose jab but Adamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adamek ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black looks to land a right hand but Adamek moved out of range.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black throws a right and a left that Adamek avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black misses the jab.
Adamek slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black throws a right and a left that Adamek avoids nicely.
Adamek slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Adamek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adamek moves away from the strike by Black.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
Adamek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adamek.
Black throws a jab when Adamek was well out of range.
Adamek staying out of range there.
Black throws a right hand that Adamek ducks under and follows up with a left that Adamek also avoids with ease.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Adamek.
Black misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Black does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Adamek moves to clinch but Black breaks away
and Black counters with a right hand to the body.
Black throws a hook but Adamek avoids it easily.
Black misses with a two punch combination.
Black looks to land a combination but Adamek avoids it well.
Black throws the left hand but Adamek avoids the punch easily.
Adamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
A combination from Black does no damage.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black looks to land a combination but Adamek avoids it well.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Black misses with a double jab.
A jab from Black misses.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black misses with a straight left.
Black misses with a straight left.
Black misses with a hook.
Black tries to bum rush Adamek with a series of wild strikes but Adamek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adamek moves away from the strike by Black.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Adamek slips under a jab from Black.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Black looks to throw the jab but Adamek is out of range.
Black swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Black looks to land a combination but Adamek avoids it well.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adamek.
Adamek slips under a jab from Black.
Black will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Black. Those never looked like landing.
Black throws a series of punches but Adamek avoids them all with ease.
Adamek slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black throws a shot from downtown. Adamek moves away and avoids it.
Black throws a series of punches but Adamek avoids them all with ease.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adamek.
Black looks to land a right hand but Adamek moved out of range.
Adamek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adamek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black misses with a hook.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denard Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Adamek's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adamek feints and as Black raises his hands in defense, Adamek changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adamek is controlling him.
Adamek looking to pass the guard.
Adamek won't allow Black to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adamek trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adamek postures up in Black's guard and throws a big left but Black blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamek trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.

Tomasz Adamek has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Adamek has a takedown stuffed.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Adamek is defended easily by Black.
Adamek looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black cracks Adamek with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Adamek falls to his knees and Black doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denard Black!