PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Exotic (ranked 136 p4p, 341 weight class) and Jack Adlehyde (ranked 19 p4p, 47 weight class). Exotic comes to the cage accompanied by Joe Exotic - I Saw a Tiger. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Exotic
vs
Adlehyde

186 cm
33
185
32 - 14 - 2

187 cm
30
186
17 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 32 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Joe Exotic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Adlehyde!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adlehyde scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Joe Exotic has been cut.
Exotic lands a jab to Adlehyde's midsection.
Exotic misses the shot to the body.
Exotic misses with a kick to the body.
Adlehyde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Exotic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Exotic misses with a series of wild punches.
Adlehyde takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Exotic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Exotic tries a low kick but Adlehyde avoids it.
Exotic misses with a looping left.
Exotic misses with a body kick.
Adlehyde throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic tests Adlehyde's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the body from Adlehyde misses
and Exotic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adlehyde keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Adlehyde uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Exotic.
Adlehyde throws out a counter right but Exotic avoids it with no problem.
Exotic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adlehyde.
Exotic scores with a jab.
Exotic cracks Adlehyde with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big left from Adlehyde misses.
Exotic fires out a quick counter leg kick but Adlehyde just manages to avoid it.
Adlehyde misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Exotic to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Exotic.
Adlehyde is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Exotic with a body shot.
Exotic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adlehyde.
Adlehyde throws a right hand that misses
and Exotic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adlehyde lands a slapping body shot.
Exotic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Exotic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Adlehyde misses the shot to the body.
Exotic is looking to slow Adlehyde down with leg kicks.
Exotic misses with a lunging right hand
and Exotic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Exotic lands a nice hook to Adlehyde's body. Adlehyde takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adlehyde 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.
Exotic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Adlehyde throws an off balance right hand
enabling Exotic to counter with a crisp jab.
Adlehyde lands a nice looking body shot.
Exotic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Adlehyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adlehyde takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Exotic stuns Adlehyde with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adlehyde scores with a three punch combo!
Exotic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adlehyde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Exotic was well out of range. Poor timing from Adlehyde.
A jab from Adlehyde misses.
Exotic with a jab.
Exotic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Exotic scores with the left hand. Adlehyde knows he should have avoided that one.
Exotic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Exotic scores with a jab. Adlehyde acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Adlehyde misses with a straight right.
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!
Exotic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic misses with the body kick
and Adlehyde counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adlehyde throws a lazy uppercut
and Exotic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Exotic staying out of range there.
Joe Exotic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Exotic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Adlehydes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Adlehyde drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Exotic scores with a hook to the body. Adlehyde takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Exotic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Adlehyde throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Exotic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Exotic tries to land a leg kick but Adlehyde saw it coming and moves away.
Adlehyde throws a nice looking combination but Exotic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adlehyde takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Exotic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Exotic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Adlehyde misses with a wild body shot.
Adlehyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Exotic jabs Adlehyde to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Adlehyde throws a lazy uppercut
and Adlehyde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adlehyde takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adlehyde takes one to the side of the head.

Adlehyde clinches up with Exotic and pushes him back against the cage.
Adlehyde misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Adlehyde.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Adlehyde.

Exotic breaks the clinch.
Exotic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Adlehyde tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Exotic lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adlehyde stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Exotic misses with a hook to the body
and Adlehyde counters with a nice uppercut.
Exotic slips a jab and a cross from Adlehyde.
It looked like Exotic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adlehyde throws a right hand that misses
and Exotic counters with a left to the body.
Adlehyde doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Exotic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Adlehyde takes a step back to recover.
Adlehyde staying out of range there.
Adlehyde looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adlehyde swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Exotic counters with a stiff right hand.
Exotic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adlehyde! But no joy.
Exotic lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Exotic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adlehyde momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Exotic lands with a nice body punch.
Adlehyde misses with a right hand
and Exotic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Exotic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adlehyde.
Adlehyde throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Adlehyde throws a jab but it's blocked by Exotic.
Adlehyde walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Adlehyde takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Exotic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adlehyde! But no joy.
Adlehyde throws the left hand but Exotic avoids the punch easily.
Exotic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Exotic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Adlehyde walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adlehyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Exotic moves away.
Adlehyde rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Exotic counters with a straight right hand.
Joe Exotic is winning the standup battle so far.
Exotic lands a jab to the nose.
Adlehyde swings widly with a right hand
and Exotic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adlehyde takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Exotic takes a swing at Adlehyde's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Adlehyde on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Exotic misses with a low kick.
Exotic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adlehyde can do to turn this around?
Adlehyde misses with a hook.
Adlehyde misses with a lunging right hand
and Exotic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Adlehyde misses the target.
Exotic stuns Adlehyde with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adlehyde checks a leg kick nicely.
It seemed like Adlehyde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic scoring well with a low kick there.
Exotic throws a nice head kick!
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!
Adlehyde misses with a double jab
and Exotic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Exotic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Exotic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice straight punches there by Exotic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Exotic.
Exotic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Adlehyde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Exotic.
Exotic with a hook.
Exotic connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Exotic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Exotic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Exotic thuds his shin into the meat of Adlehyde's side.
Adlehyde misses with a kick to the body
and Exotic counters with a low kick, right behind Adlehyde 's knee.
Adlehyde moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Adlehyde has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Exotic.
Exotic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Exotic lands a head shot.
Adlehyde missing with a left hand there. Exotic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Exotic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Adlehyde tries to clinch but Exotic is having none of it.
Adlehyde takes a jab right on the kisser.
Adlehyde misses with an uppercut
and Exotic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adlehyde's head backwards.
Adlehyde loads up on a big right hand but Exotic slips the punch.
Adlehyde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adlehyde misses with a hook
letting Exotic counter with a right hand.
Exotic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Exotic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Adlehyde throws a looping overhand right but Exotic ducks down to avoid it.
Exotic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Adlehyde looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Adlehyde has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adlehyde misses with a hook to the body
and Exotic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Exotic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adlehyde in his tracks.
Adlehyde misses with an uppercut
and Exotic counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Exotic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A low kick from Exotic misses
and Adlehyde connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adlehyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adlehyde scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Exotic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adlehyde. That did some damage!
Adlehyde misses with an uppercut. Exotic saw that one coming.
Exotic feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Exotic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Exotic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Exotic lands with a nice body punch.
Exotic looks to score with a jab to the body but Adlehyde is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Exotic. Adlehyde does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Exotic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Exotic missing with a left hand there. Adlehyde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Exotic moves away from the strike by Adlehyde.
Exotic connects with a body shot.
Jack Adlehyde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adlehyde tries to clinch up.
Exotic scores with a kick to the midsection.
A low kick from Adlehyde misses
and Adlehyde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adlehyde's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Exotic throws a hook but Adlehyde avoids it easily.
Exotic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adlehyde momentarily.
Adlehyde scores with a nice head shot.

Joe Exotic's cut is getting worse.
Exotic throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Joe Exotic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adlehyde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Exotic was well out of range. Poor timing from Adlehyde.
Exotic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Adlehyde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adlehyde takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Exotic throws a leg kick which misses Adlehyde's front leg but catches the back leg as Adlehyde tries to avoid it.
Adlehyde misses with an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Exotic as he connects with a hook.
Exotic moves out of range of the strikes.

Adlehyde clinches.
Exotic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Exotic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adlehyde lands with a left to the head.

Exotic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adlehyde throws an off balance right hand
and Exotic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Exotic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Exotic, 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Exotic!
A very excited looking Joe Exotic 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.