PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bertram Adelhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Jaccard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Adelhard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Volbeat - Still Counting. Noah Jaccard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adelhard
vs
Jaccard

189 cm
22
181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
23
183 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bertram Adelhard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noah Jaccard!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adelhard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jaccard momentarily.
Adelhard misses with a takedown attempt
and Jaccard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jaccard misses with a straight right.
Jaccard throws a head kick but Adelhard moves out of range.
Adelhard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adelhard doesn't manage to clinch there - Jaccard circles away.
Adelhard tries to land a leg kick but Jaccard saw it coming and moves away.
Adelhard blocks a low kick nicely.
Jaccard throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Adelhard counter with a right hand.
Jaccard keeps the fight on the outside.
Jaccard is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Adelhard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at River's Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Adelhard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adelhard throws a head kick that misses.
Jaccard swats away the attempt to clinch by Adelhard.
Adelhard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jaccard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jaccard scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Jaccard tenderised Adelhard's leg. Adelhard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jaccard throws a low kick, looking for Adelhard's leg but Adelhard calmly moves out of range.
Adelhard appears to be looking for a big counter.
Adelhard throws a lazy head kick
and Jaccard counters with a left and a right that stings Adelhard.
Jaccard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adelhard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adelhard tries a head kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adelhard.
Jaccard misses with an attempted mid kick.
As Jaccard backs away, Adelhard returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Adelhard checks the leg kick.
Adelhard tries to counter with a takedown but Jaccard is quick to defend against it.
Adelhard punishes Jaccard's body with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaccard.
Adelhard misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Jaccard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Jaccard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaccard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Adelhard finds it's way through Jaccard's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jaccard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adelhard lands with a right hand.

It looks like Noah Jaccard has been cut.
Adelhard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Adelhard lands a body shot.
Jaccard walks into a stiff left hand from Adelhard.
Adelhard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Adelhard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jaccard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adelhard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Adelhard throws a leg kick
and Jaccard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jaccard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Adelhard misses with a body punch
and Jaccard counters with a right hand to the body.
Adelhard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard lands an overhand right.
Jaccard throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Adelhard counter with a right hand.
Adelhard feints a jab promting Jaccard to slip. Adelhard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jaccard slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Adelhard misses the shot to the body.
Adelhard thuds a left hand into Jaccard's body.
Adelhard tests Jaccard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jaccard lands with a good body shot.
Adelhard takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaccard fails to land with a series of punches.
Jaccard blocks a head kick by Adelhard.
Jaccard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jaccard wants to slow Adelhard down by chopping away at his legs.
Jaccard thows a body kick. Adelhard tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard avoids the body shot from Adelhard.
A telegraphed right hand from Adelhard misses the target.
Adelhard throws a low kick but Jaccard avoids it.
Jaccard throws a head kick but Adelhard moves out of range.
Jaccard swings for the body but Adelhard moves out of range.
Adelhard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaccard.
Bertram Adelhard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adelhard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jaccard counters with an inside leg kick.
Adelhard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adelhard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaccard.
Adelhard misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaccard keeps Adelhard at a distance using the push kick.
Jaccard throws a sloppy head kick and Adelhard moves out of range easily.
Adelhard misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bertram Adelhard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noah Jaccard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adelhard misses with a low kick as Jaccard jumps back.
Adelhard misses with a body shot.
Adelhard misses with a kick to the body.

Adelhard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jaccard defending against the ground and pound.
Jaccard is trying to improve his position.
Adelhard taking a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
What's Jaccard going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adelhard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jaccard is not content to let Adelhard control the position.
Adelhard working away.
Adelhard staying calm.
Adelhard throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jaccard tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Adelhard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jaccard can't do much from the bottom here.
Adelhard taking a break here but Jaccard is having none of it and regains half guard.
Adelhard wants to take a breather but Jaccard is having none of it.
Jaccard is trying is best to control the position here.
Ground and pound from Adelhard.
Adelhard working over Jaccard with some ground and pound. Jaccard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adelhard lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jaccard wants to control but Adelhard is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Adelhard is keen to just control but Jaccard is a slippery customer.
Jaccard preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Adelhard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Adelhard is stalling here. Jaccard is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Adelhard seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jaccard has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Adelhard is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Adelhard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bertram Adelhard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jaccard is trying to control. Adelhard wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jaccard looks to land a strike but Adelhard avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Adelhard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jaccard defends it easily.
Jaccard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Adelhard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jaccard looking to sit in guard and control but Adelhard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jaccard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bertram Adelhard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Jaccard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Jaccard.
Adelhard throwing a counter right hand but Jaccard manages to avoid it.

Adelhard feints and as Jaccard raises his hands in defense, Adelhard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jaccard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Adelhard wants to control from the top but Jaccard keeps moving.
Jaccard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Adelhard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaccard can do to turn this around?
Adelhard landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adelhard is fighting to break Jaccard's control of his arms but Jaccard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaccard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adelhard is one step ahead there.
Adelhard throws a big right hand that misses.
Adelhard wants to control from the top but Jaccard keeps moving.
Jaccard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Adelhard working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jaccard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Adelhard scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Jaccard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jaccard looking to sit in guard and control but Adelhard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jaccard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Adelhard throws a strike but Jaccard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Adelhard trying to control the position.
Adelhard 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard wants to control from the top but Adelhard keeps moving.
Jaccard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bertram Adelhard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Adelhard is on top in guard.

Hammerfist, elbow! yells Adelhard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jaccard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adelhard.
Adelhard is looking to work some ground and pound but Jaccard has wrist control.
Jaccard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaccard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Adelhard working for a triangle but Jaccard defends it easily.
Jaccard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jaccard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adelhard has Jaccard pulled in close to control his posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jaccard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Noah Jaccard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adelhard working a defensive guard here.

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 Bertram Adelhard.
Well Adelhard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bertram Adelhard!
An out of breath Bertram Adelhard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.