PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bestigor Tazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosede Adwamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tazar comes to the cage accompanied by Beastmaster's Fortress. Adwamba is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Execution Style. Bestigor Tazar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tazar
vs
Adwamba

184 cm
29
214 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

195 cm
24
220 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

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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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bestigor Tazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bosede Adwamba!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adwamba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Adwamba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tazar connects with a leg kick. Adwamba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Adwamba throws a low kick, looking for Tazar's leg but Tazar calmly moves out of range.
Adwamba looks to throw a body kick
and Tazar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adwamba 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.
Adwamba moves out of range of the leg kick from Tazar.
Tazar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tazar avoids a kick to the body.
Tazar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Adwamba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tazar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
Nice defenses there by Tazar.
Adwamba misses with a low kick as Tazar jumps back.
Adwamba throws a body punch but Tazar moves out of range.
Tazar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tazar scores with a leg kick.
Tazar misses the shot to the body.
Tazar misses with a few strikes there.
Adwamba sizes up Tazar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adwamba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tazar. Tazar obviously looking to wear him down.
Tazar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adwamba.
Adwamba throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Adwamba takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tazar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Adwamba tries to land a body kick
and Tazar counters with a solid body kick.
Tazar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tazar moves forwards but Adwamba connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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 nice inside leg kick there by Adwamba. That's going to slow Tazar down.
Adwamba motions for Tazar to come forward. Adwamba throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tazar tries to land a front kick but Adwamba steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Adwamba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tazar.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tazar.
Adwamba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tazar.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tazar.
Adwamba throws a head kick that misses.
Adwamba looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adwamba slips under a jab from Tazar.
Tazar lands a nice shot to the body.
Adwamba misses with the body kick
and Tazar counters with a leg kick.
Tazar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adwamba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tazar checks the leg kick nicely there.
A good leg kick by Tazar.
Tazar connects with the punch.
Tazar ducks under a wild hook from Adwamba.
Tazar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tazar throws a body kick that misses.
Tazar moves out of range of the body kick from Adwamba.
Tazar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adwamba.
The fighters circling - Adwamba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tazar connects with an inside leg kick.
Adwamba walks into a straight right hand from Tazar.
Adwamba throws a head kick that Tazar semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tazar lands a nice shot that snaps Adwamba's head back.
Tazar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Tazar sends Adwamba crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tazar is motioning to the referee to let Adwamba up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Adwamba is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tazar pushes Adwamba up against the cage in a clinch.
Adwamba is still on wobbly legs! Can Tazar finish him?
Tazar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tazar tries to land a knee to the head but Adwamba blocks with his arms.
Adwamba seems to have recovered his senses.
Tazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adwamba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tazar is keeping busy.
Tazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adwamba avoids it.
Tazar misses with a punch to the body.
Adwamba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adwamba avoiding damage as Tazar throws knees to the body.
Adwamba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tazar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adwamba wants to stall.
Tazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tazar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tazar throws a head punch that misses.
Tazar trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bestigor Tazar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tazar wants to clinch up but Adwamba keeps it at a distance.
Adwamba lands with an overhand left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Adwamba.
Adwamba misses with an uppercut.
A lazy left from Tazar finds it's target.
Tazar wants to slow Adwamba down by chopping away at his legs.
Tazar throws a wild body kick that Adwamba sees coming a mile off.
Adwamba throws a head kick that misses.
Adwamba misses with a head kick.

Tazar closes the distance and clinches.
Tazar throws a punch but it's blocked by Adwamba.
Adwamba prevents a body shot from Tazar.
Tazar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adwamba up against the cage.
Tazar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adwamba blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adwamba is pushing Tazar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Adwamba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adwamba lands a jab to the nose.
Adwamba throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Bestigor Tazar has been cut.
Bestigor Tazar is winning the standup battle so far.
Adwamba sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tazar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adwamba is breathing heavily.
A clash of legs there as Adwamba blocks the low kick.
Adwamba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tazar.
Adwamba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tazar scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adwamba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adwamba thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tazar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adwamba in his tracks.
Adwamba misses with a looping left.
Adwamba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tazar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tazar catches Adwamba with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tazar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Adwamba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Adwamba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tazar feints and then cracks Adwamba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adwamba down.
Tazar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Adwamba's calf.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tazar. Adwamba shrugs it off though.
Tazar lands with a nice body kick.
Tazar thuds his shin into the meat of Adwamba's side.
Tazar connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tazar. That's going to slow Adwamba down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tazar, right into the meat.
That kick from Tazar tenderised Adwamba's leg. Adwamba is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adwamba has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tazar.
Adwamba has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tazar.
Good leg kick by Tazar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tazar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tazar looks to land a combination but Adwamba avoids it well.
Adwamba takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adwamba misses with an uppercut
and Tazar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tazar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adwamba can do to turn this around?
Tazar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good exchange - Tazar coming out on top.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tazar.

Tazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tazar working Adwamba over with knees to the body.
Tazar tries to land a knee to the head but Adwamba blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adwamba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tazar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tazar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Adwamba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tazar connects with the punch.
Adwamba's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tazar scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tazar forces Adwamba back against the cage and clinches.
Tazar connects with a knee to the head.
Tazar just leaning against Adwamba, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bestigor Tazar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bestigor Tazar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The fighters circle momentarily. Tazar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tazar is looking to slow Adwamba down with leg kicks.

Tazar lands a big head kick that sends Adwamba tumbling to the mat! Tazar takes a step backwards and waves Adwamba back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adwamba throws a leg kick but Tazar checks it.
Tazar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Adwamba moves out of range of the body kick.
Tazar is looking to clinch.
Tazar scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adwamba.
A head kick by Adwamba misses
and Tazar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tazar just misses with a punch to the body.
Adwamba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adwamba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adwamba takes one on the button.
A shot to the liver by Tazar. Beautiful body shot.
Adwamba walks into a stiff left hand from Tazar.
Adwamba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tazar looks for the body kick but Adwamba saw that one coming.
Adwamba misses with a head kick.
Tazar works Adwamba's body with a nice hook.

Tazar drives through and clinches with Adwamba against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tazar fails to land.
Adwamba stalling against the cage.
Tazar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adwamba backwards.
Tazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tazar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adwamba's efforts to push away.
Tazar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bestigor Tazar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tazar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tazar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

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.
Tazar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adwamba's face.
Bosede Adwamba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Tazar drops Adwamba onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Adwamba is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Adwamba holding his opponent close, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adwamba.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bestigor Tazar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tazar 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bestigor Tazar!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bestigor Tazar thanked Fight Club Clothing est. 09™ for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).