PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor White (ranked 62 p4p, 202 weight class) and Principo Adam (ranked 9 p4p, 30 weight class). Adam is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dona Eis Requiem. Principo Adam has the eye of the tiger tonight.

White
vs
Adam

189 cm
27
195
15 - 4 - 0

185 cm
28
188
15 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
HELLBENT

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Principo Adam!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adam throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White slips under a jab from Adam.
White appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Adam tries to clinch there but White circles away.
A little feinted left hand from White on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Adam misses with a body shot
and White counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Adam misses with a hook to the body
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Adam thinking.
A shot to the body from Adam misses
and Adam takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from White.
White misses with a hook. Adam ducked under it nicely.
Adam lands a body shot.
White has been working on his boxing with his coaches at CHECMATE PRIME MMA in the buildup to the fight.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Adam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam cracks White with an open hand slap.
Adam lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice jab there from Adam.
Adam tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A quick step to the side and White tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adam throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adam bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Adam counters with a nice body shot.
Adam takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from White on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Adam swings for the body but White moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and White tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adam lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Donk. Adam catches White right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Adam pushes White up against the cage in a clinch.
Adam doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adam doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White tries to pull guard but Adam holds him up against the cage and eventually White drops back down to his feet.
White tries to pull guard but Adam holds him up against the cage and eventually White drops back down to his feet.
Adam misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adam misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.
White jumps guard but Adam turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thor White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Adam.
A shot in the inside from Adam.

White pulls guard successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Adam is aware though and is defending well.
Adam controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
White is trying to keep Adam in close.
White keeping moving, preventing Adam from controlling successfully.
Adam stays in close to White's body and controls the position.

White working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Adam has passed into half guard!

That's four 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.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Adam in particular looking to stall.
White trying to control here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Adam pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from White on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Principo Adam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Adam moves into the clinch successfully.
Adam pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Principo Adam dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adam is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
White throws a looping overhand right but Adam ducks down to avoid it.
Adam drops his hands momentarily and White takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Adam tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Adam misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adam has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adam throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Adam tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White cracks Adam with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adam throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adam has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adam misses with a hook from the clinch.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.

White successfully pulls guard.

White working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Adam has passed into half guard!
Adam not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adam is taking a breather. White says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Adam looks to land a strike but White avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adam stands and throws White's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Adam trying to control the position but White is working away.
White is trying to control Adam's posture but Adam avoids it.
White is not content to let Adam control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam lands an elbow.
Adam trying to control the position but White is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White tries to bench press Adam off him but Adam keeps the position.
Adam is looking to take a break and control but White is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Adam misses the shot to the body.
Adam fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adam throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adam scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adam tries to clinch
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Adam throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thor White dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Adam lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adam.
Adam dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adam has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Adam fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
White lands with a nice body punch.
Adam lands a jab.
Adam scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adam punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Adam. That snapped White's head back.
Principo Adam seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from White on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam throws a hook but White blocks it.
Adam cracks White with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adam misses with a jab to the body
and Adam takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adam scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Adam lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adam is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adam moves away from the strike by White.
Adam lands a body shot.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adam.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White swings for the body but Adam moves out of range.
A nice side step and Adam releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adam tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Adam lands a nice shot to the body.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adam fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. White looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White moves out of range as Adam strikes.
White throwing a counter right hand but Adam manages to avoid it.
White moves away from the strike by Adam.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adam is looking to clinch.
White moves away from the strike by Adam.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam moves away from the strike by White.
A decent looking cross lands there for White.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Adam misses with a jab to the body
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
White swinging wildly here.
A jab from Adam misses.
Adam tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Adam dips to his left and cracks White with an uppercut!
Adam misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from White misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Adam is just out of range.
Adam throws out a counter right but White avoids it with no problem.
Adam tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White counters with a nice body shot.
White tries to bum rush Adam with a series of wild strikes but Adam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adam misses with a straight left.
White was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Adam throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adam missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adam swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adam swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Principo Adam really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Adam throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Adam fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Adam rushes White and presses him up against the cage.
White wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

White drags the fight down to the ground.
Adam advances to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Adam's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

White looking for submissions off his back.

White is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Adam pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Adam wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Principo Adam has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adam keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of White's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White working a defensive guard but Adam manages to pass into side control anyway.

Adam tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam gets to mount! White was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Adam takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Adam prevents White from getting the reversal.
Adam controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Adam putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
White is looking to get to half guard.
Adam sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
White is working to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Principo Adam dominated that fourth round.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jab from Adam.
Adam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adam throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adam comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice body punch from Adam.
Adam wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adam misses the body punch
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam tries to clinch up.
Adam misses with an uppercut.
White is looking to counter punch.
White takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice body punch from Adam.
Adam lands with an overhand left.
Adam scores with a jab. White acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adam cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Adam. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Adam does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adam looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Adam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from White misses the target.
White ducks under a wild hook from Adam.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Adam was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Adam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adam digs a right hand into White's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on White's gas tank.
Adam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
Adam lands with a right to the head.

White jumps guard and drags Adam to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Adam stands and throws White's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Adam seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
White is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Adam jumps into side control!
Principo Adam is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
White taking a bit of punishment here - Adam scoring with strikes.
White is not content to let Adam control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
White being controlled for a moment.
Thor White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White sneaks back into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Principo Adam comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Adam has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Principo Adam!
Principo Adam is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Principo Adam started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.