PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Fok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fok might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Para Salud. Jack Madison will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fok
vs
Madison

160 cm
25
141 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

175 cm
29
155 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Adrian Fok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Madison!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Madison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Madison misses with an uppercut.
Madison goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Fok drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Fok lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Madison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fok has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fok trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fok is working Madison over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fok distracts Madison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fok loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fok connects with a couple of short punches.
Fok is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Madison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fok working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison wants to stand up but Fok is controlling him.
Fok working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fok lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fok looking to pass the guard.
Fok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fok might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Madison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fok with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fok scoring with some ground and pound.
Fok working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fok lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Madison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fok with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fok stops Madison from standing up.
Madison wants to sweep but no luck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madison wants to get back to his feet but Fok is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fok working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Madison's head.
Fok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fok lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fok is looking to work some ground and pound but Madison has wrist control.
Fok chips away with some ground and pound.
Madison controlling the position.
Fok postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fok is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Madison wants to stand up but Fok is controlling him.
Fok throws an elbow that misses. Madison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fok's guard. Nice move by Madison!
Madison won't allow Fok to sweep him here.
Fok is working hard here to advance position.

Fok is working an open guard so Madison takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Madison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madison avoids the head kick by Fok.
Fok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fok tries to close the distance and clinch but Madison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fok has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fok fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice body punch from Madison.
Madison lands an uppercut.
Madison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fok has Madison pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Madison manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fok goes for a takedown in the clinch but Madison prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Fok. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Madison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fok.

Fok closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fok is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fok in side control, throwing shots but Madison defends.
Madison takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Madison's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Madison.
Fok takes a swing at Madison's ribcage but misses.
Fok avoids a punch combination nicely.
Madison is looking to land body kicks.
Fok avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fok. Madison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fok dives in and grabs Madison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Madison pushes down on Fok's head and hops out.
Madison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fok.
Madison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fok.
Fok throws a sloppy head kick and Madison moves out of range easily.
Madison throws a right and a left that Fok avoids nicely.
Madison throws a head kick but Fok moves out of range.
Madison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fok throws out the jab.
Madison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison looks for the body kick but Fok saw that one coming.
Fok shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Madison as he avoids it easily.
Fok misses with a wild combination.
Fok misses with a wild body shot.
Fok tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Madison is able to avoid easily.
Madison avoids the head kick by Fok.
Adrian Fok is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Madison throws a series of punches but Fok avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Madison.
Fok cracks Madison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fok misses with a double jab.
Fok will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice sprawl there from Madison as Fok shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Fok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Madison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Madison closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A nice leg kick lands there from Madison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Madison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fok takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A punch combination from Fok misses.
Madison lands a lovely overhand right.
Madison connects with a leg kick. Fok looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Fok does it's job there.
Madison misses with a double jab.

Fok closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Madison wants to control but Fok is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Adrian Fok overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fok thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Madison's head.
Fok looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fok throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Madison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fok.
Fok throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Madison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fok.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Madison won't allow Fok to pass to mount.
Fok landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Madison pushes Fok off and gets back to his feet.
Madison keeps the fight on the outside.
Madison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fok tries to close the distance and clinch but Madison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Madison misses with a few strikes there.
Madison misses with a wild combination.

Fok fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Madison sprawls well initially but Fok persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fok looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Madison with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fok is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fok seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Fok throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Madison to regain full guard.
Fok with a nice head shot there.
Madison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fok is controlling him.
Madison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fok.

Madison has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Fok off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fok wants to clinch.
Madison throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fok tries to bum rush Madison with a series of wild strikes but Madison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Madison looks to land a combination but Fok avoids it well.
Madison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fok digs a good hook to Madison's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Fok dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Fok looks to score with a jab to the body but Madison is just out of range.
Madison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Madison misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Madison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Madison swats away the attempt to clinch by Fok.
Fok throws a head kick that misses.
Fok moves in looking to clinch but Madison pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fok is trying to drag Madison to the mat but Madison just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Madison prevents the takedown attempt.
Madison prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Fok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fok drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Madison.
Fok has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Madison avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fok changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Madison fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Madison throws a combination. Fok tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fok fails in his attempt to clinch.
Madison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fok misses the shot to the body.
Fok fails with a takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Madison.
Madison lands with a right hand.
Fok shoots in but no luck this time.
Fok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jack Madison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison lands with a kick to the temple. Fok shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Madison pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fok back to the cage. Madison follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fok shoots in for a takedown but Madison shows good takedown defense.
Madison dodges the punch combination from Fok.
Donk. Madison catches Fok right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Fok.
Madison throws a right and a left that Fok avoids nicely.
Madison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Madison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Madison misses with a few strikes there.
Fok misses with a series of wild punches.
Madison throws a right hand that Fok ducks under and follows up with a left that Fok also avoids with ease.
Fok shoots in for a takedown but Madison shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fok connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fok back to the cage. Madison follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Fok shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fok looks to land a strike but Madison avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Madison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fok.
Fok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fok working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Madison has his feet on Fok's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A combination from Madison does no damage.
Madison misses with a double jab.
Jack Madison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fok is defended easily by Madison.
Nice cross by Fok.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madison throws a wild body kick that Fok sees coming a mile off.
Fok showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Madison.
Fok lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adrian Fok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fok punishes Madison's body with a nice straight punch.
Fok misses with a wild body shot.
Fok is looking to wear down Madison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Madison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fok lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Fok closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Madison's guard.
Madison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fok postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Adrian Fok.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fok, 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Fok!
A less than humble Adrian Fok misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.