PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Adams (ranked 24021 p4p, 2509 weight class) and Tua Taamu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adams
vs
Taamu

215 cm
27
195
5 - 17 - 0

190 cm
36
202
10 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tua Taamu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Adams 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Taamu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Taamu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Taamu - that landed with a thud.
Adams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Taamu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been informed that Taamu has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Good standup being displayed there by Taamu as he connects with a hook.
Adams has his takedown stuffed

and Taamu counters with a crisp right hand that drops Adams! Taamu lets Adams back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Adams is rocked!

It looks like Nick Adams has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Taamu counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Adams falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tua Taamu!
A very excited looking Tua Taamu made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.