PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smokin Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Adamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomasz Adamek is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Smokin Joe
vs
Adamek

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Smokin Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomasz Adamek!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Adamek. No joy for Smokin Joe on that attempt.
Smokin Joe shoots in and drives through. Adamek sprawls well.
Smokin Joe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Adamek pinned against the cage. Adamek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Smokin Joe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smokin Joe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Smokin Joe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Smokin Joe gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smokin Joe is trying to hold Adamek in close to prevent damage but Adamek has managed to pass into half guard.
Adamek lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Adamek there.
Smokin Joe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Adamek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Adamek has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamek scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smokin Joe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Adamek on the ground.
Smokin Joe wants to control but Adamek is keeping busy.
Adamek drops an elbow to the side of Smokin Joe's head.

Adamek decides to stand up.
Smokin Joe shoots and misses

and Adamek counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smokin Joe won't be happy with that.
Adamek is working Smokin Joe over with some ground and pound from side control.
Adamek working the ground and pound from side control.
Smokin Joe taking punishment in the form of punches.
Check out the look on Adamek's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Smokin Joe takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Adamek decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Smokin Joe is breathing heavily.
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!
Adamek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Smokin Joe.
Smokin Joe lands a right hook to the body.
Smokin Joe has his takedown stuffed

and Adamek counters with a single leg into guard. Smokin Joe didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamek is pushing down on Smokin Joe's leg trying to pass to half guard. Smokin Joe is fighting to maintain full guard but Adamek has managed to sneak the leg through.
Adamek winds up and cracks Smokin Joe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Adamek sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smokin Joe defending well though.
Smokin Joe tries to roll over but Adamek keeps him under control.
Adamek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Adamek moves into full mount! Smokin Joe won't be happy about that!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Adamek cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Adamek punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adamek putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Adamek looking to finish Smokin Joe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smokin Joe!

Smokin Joe is rocked!
Adamek has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Smokin Joe's face.
Oh Smokin Joe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adamek is landing with some decent strikes but Smokin Joe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Smokin Joe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Adamek connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamek landing strikes from the mount.
Smokin Joe is trying to escape the mount.
Adamek landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smokin Joe taking shots to the head.
Smokin Joe seems to have got his legs back now.
Adamek lands a big elbow.
Smokin Joe keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Adamek scoring with strikes but Smokin Joe is staying in there.
Smokin Joe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Adamek landing punches.
Smokin Joe can't escape the position.
Smokin Joe taking shots to the head.
Smokin Joe tries to lock up and control but Adamek gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Adamek is landing with some decent strikes but Smokin Joe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokin Joe tries to reverse the position but Adamek maintains control.
Adamek postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Smokin Joe looks a forlorn figure.
Smokin Joe is desperately trying to improve his position but Adamek has a good base and remains in mount.
Adamek avoids the attempt from Smokin Joe to control.
Smokin Joe is looking to improve his position but Adamek isn't that keen on the idea.
Adamek working the ground and pound effectively.
Adamek punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adamek scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smokin Joe?
Adamek misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adamek lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Smokin Joe hang on?
Adamek cracks Smokin Joe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Adamek landing strikes, looking to finish!
Adamek lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Smokin Joe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Adamek decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Adamek passes to side control.
Adamek scores with a couple of short elbows.
Adamek lands a few punches from side control.
Adamek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smokin Joe taking punishment in the form of punches.
Adamek working the head and body with strikes.
Smokin Joe taking a bit of punishment here - Adamek scoring with strikes.
Adamek is working Smokin Joe over with some ground and pound from side control.
Adamek scores with a couple of short elbows.

Adamek decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Adamek throws a right and a left that Smokin Joe avoids nicely.
Adamek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smokin Joe as he jumps to the side.
Smokin Joe fails with the takedown

so Adamek counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamek is working Smokin Joe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamek is in close to Smokin Joe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Adamek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Adamek passes Smokin Joe's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Adamek landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Smokin Joe is looking to escape.
Adamek lands with a punch from half guard.

Adamek decides to return to a standing position.
Tomasz Adamek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Adamek shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Adamek punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smokin Joe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smokin Joe is working hard here to advance position.
Smokin Joe gets back to half guard.

Adamek postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Smokin Joe to stand up.
Smokin Joe misses with a takedown attempt

so Adamek counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Smokin Joe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tomasz Adamek has got the better of the ground game so far.

Adamek gets to his feet - Smokin Joe follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamek scores with a nice head shot.
Adamek misses with the combination.

Adamek drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Adamek landing some decent shots from guard.
Adamek sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smokin Joe's guard.
Smokin Joe wants to improve his position but Adamek is controlling well.
Adamek landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Adamek.

Smokin Joe looking for submissions off his back.
Smokin Joe wants to control but Adamek is keeping busy.
Smokin Joe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamek prevents Smokin Joe from improving his position.
Smokin Joe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adamek.
Adamek missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smokin Joe wants to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Adamek does no damage.
Smokin Joe tries to clinch there but Adamek circles away.
Smokin Joe shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Adamek counters with a shoot takedown. Smokin Joe fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Smokin Joe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adamek trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Adamek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Adamek with a nice head shot there.
Adamek works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Adamek working over Smokin Joe with some ground and pound. Smokin Joe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smokin Joe wants to control but Adamek is keeping busy.
Smokin Joe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Adamek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Adamek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Adamek working the head and body with strikes.
Smokin Joe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Smokin Joe taking some punishment here, with Adamek in his half guard.
Adamek lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Adamek there.
Smokin Joe wants to stand back up but Adamek manages to pass into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adamek in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Smokin Joe is trying to improve his position.
Adamek lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Adamek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Smokin Joe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Adamek is out of range and Smokin Joe settles back down.
Adamek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adamek misses with a body shot.
Adamek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smokin Joe fails with the takedown

and Adamek counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Smokin Joe's guard now.
Adamek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Smokin Joe looking to control.
Adamek passes into half guard.

Adamek stands up and beckons Smokin Joe to join him on the feet.
Adamek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smokin Joe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adamek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smokin Joe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smokin Joe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adamek at a distance.
Adamek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adamek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adamek wants to clinch up but Smokin Joe keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smokin Joe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adamek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adamek is trying to break the clinch but Smokin Joe has him pressed against the cage.
Adamek tries to break the clinch but Smokin Joe is controlling the position.
Smokin Joe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Adamek tries to break the clinch but Smokin Joe is controlling the position.
Adamek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adamek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adamek can't break the clinch.
Smokin Joe throws a punch but it's blocked by Adamek.
Smokin Joe wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Smokin Joe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smokin Joe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adamek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smokin Joe throws an elbow but it misses.
Adamek is trying to break free.
Adamek has had enough of the clinch but Smokin Joe keeps him there for the moment.

Smokin Joe breaks from the clinch.
Smokin Joe wants to clinch up but Adamek keeps it at a distance.
Adamek closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smokin Joe circles away.
Smokin Joe has his takedown stuffed

and Adamek counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smokin Joe controls Adamek momentarily but Adamek frees himself.
Adamek won't allow Smokin Joe to sweep him here.

Adamek stands up from Smokin Joe's guard - Adamek perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nice uppercut lands for Smokin Joe. That snapped Adamek's head back.
Adamek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smokin Joe shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Adamek moves into the clinch.
Adamek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smokin Joe can't get the takedown.
Adamek has had enough of the clinch but Smokin Joe keeps him there for the moment.
Smokin Joe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smokin Joe goes for a takedown attempt but Adamek pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Adamek drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adamek working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamek advances nicely into full mount.
Adamek unloading with bombs!
Smokin Joe tries to lock up and control but Adamek gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Adamek scoring with strikes but Smokin Joe is staying in there.
Adamek lands a big shot there that rocks Smokin Joe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Adamek raining down shots from the mount!
Smokin Joe tries to hold on but Adamek postures up.
Adamek working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Adamek.
Adamek cracks Smokin Joe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Adamek with shots to the head and body - Smokin Joe looks very uncomfortable down there.
Adamek lands a heavy elbow.
Smokin Joe is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokin Joe tries to hold on but Adamek postures up.
Smokin Joe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Smokin Joe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smokin Joe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Adamek there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Smokin Joe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Adamek connects with a bit shot that sees Smokin Joe covering up! More strikes from Smokin Joe and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Adamek is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomasz Adamek!