PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Adamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrison's choice of entrance music: Dizzy Rascal - Sirens. Craig Adamson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Adamson
vs
Harrison

186 cm
26
160 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

172 cm
26
157 lbs
19 - 6 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Adamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Liam Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Harrison lands a jab to the nose.
Harrison misses the jab.
Adamson is looking to clinch but Harrison is avoiding it.

Adamson darts in and clinches Harrison up against the ropes.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison is trying to maintain a safe position but Adamson gets an underhook and turns Harrison into the ropes.
Harrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Adamson avoids the damage to the body.
Adamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison gets through Adamson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Adamson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adamson misses with a head kick.
Harrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harrison, as that shot connected.
Adamson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adamson ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrison.
Adamson tries to clinch up.
Adamson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harrison dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adamson. That did some damage!
Adamson lands with a slapping head kick.
Adamson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harrison.

Adamson moves into the clinch.
Adamson effectively controlling the action here.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but Harrison blocks it.
Adamson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison lands a nice elbow.
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!
Adamson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adamson misses with a knee to the head.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.
Adamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adamson lands a good knee to the midsection. Harrison won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrison has a couple of punches blocked by Adamson.
Harrison is pushing Adamson up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adamson has him pressed against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Adamson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harrison up against the ropes.
Harrison can't find room to land a body shot as Adamson controls the action.
Adamson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrison blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison can't break the clinch.
Adamson stalling in the clinch but Harrison improves position.

Adamson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adamson walks into a jab.
Harrison swings for the body but Adamson moves out of range.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adamson was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Adamson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harrison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Adamson lands a high kick!
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrison throws a series of punches but Adamson avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Harrison.
Harrison misses the jab.
Liam Harrison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adamson tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrison shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Adamson eats them both and turns towards Harrison to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adamson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Adamson tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
Adamson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adamson moves into the clinch.
Adamson scores a nice knee to the body.
Adamson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Adamson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adamson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harrison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrison throws a head punch that misses.
Harrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrison is trying to stall.
Harrison scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison throws an elbow but it misses.
Adamson misses with a knee strike.
Harrison taking a breather.
Harrison misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Liam Harrison will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adamson slips under a jab from Harrison.
Adamson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrison misses the target.

Adamson has closed the distance and engaged Harrison in a clinch.
Adamson misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrison lands with a left to the head.
Adamson tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adamson leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Adamson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Adamson misses with a knee to the head.
Adamson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrison is defending well for now.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Adamson won't allow it.

Adamson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Adamson - that will leave a mark!
Harrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Adamson slips under a jab.
Adamson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adamson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Adamson instigates a clinch.
Adamson connects with a knee to the head.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adamson misses with a knee to the head.
Adamson can't break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Adamson looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adamson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adamson avoiding damage as Harrison throws knees to the body.
Adamson lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adamson lands a knee to the head.
Adamson lands a knee to the body.
Adamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Adamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adamson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Adamson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.

Harrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adamson ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.

Adamson moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adamson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Adamson moves out of range easily.
Harrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Adamson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrison, pushing him back against the ropes.
Harrison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Adamson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrison avoiding damage as Adamson throws knees to the body.
Adamson wants to get back to striking at distance but Harrison won't allow it.
Harrison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adamson tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Harrison scores with a nice short uppercut.
Adamson is trying to push Harrison away but Harrison has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Adamson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.
Harrison is trying to break the clinch but Adamson has him pressed against the ropes.
Harrison is trying to force a seperation but Adamson has the dominant position.
Adamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrison pushes off an throws an elbow but Adamson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harrison tries to break free but Adamson pushes him back against the ropes.
Adamson looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.
Harrison tries to throw a body punch but Adamson avoids it by throwing Harrison back against the ropes.
Adamson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
Harrison lands a damaging elbow.
Adamson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harrison's face.
Harrison tries to work over Adamson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harrison.
Harrison tries to work over Adamson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adamson blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison pushes Adamson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrison lands an uppercut.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but Harrison blocks it.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Craig Adamson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Good standup being displayed there by Harrison as he connects with a hook.
Harrison misses with a looping left.
Adamson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adamson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Adamson.
Harrison misses with a few strikes there.

Adamson has closed the distance and engaged Harrison in a clinch.
Adamson misses with a knee to the head.
Harrison working aggressively here.
Harrison taking a breather.
Harrison is trying to break free.
Adamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adamson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harrison lands a shoulder strike.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but Harrison blocks it.
A knee to the head by Adamson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Adamson breaks from the clinch.
Harrison cracks Adamson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harrison lands with a nice body kick.
Adamson is looking to land body kicks.
Adamson moves in looking to clinch but Harrison pushes him off.
Harrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harrison feints and then cracks Adamson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adamson down.
Harrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adamson tries to clinch up.
Harrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adamson.
Harrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamson walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Liam Harrison!
Liam Harrison made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Blithering Idiot, you want to do this again. In Dynasty. In Japan. At 155? What you saying boy?'.