PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Natonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Adams
vs
Natonni

173 cm
23
142 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

170 cm
24
146 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Natonni!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natonni misses with a hook
and Adams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Adams.
Adams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Adams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Adams tries to throw a body punch but Natonni avoids it by throwing Adams back against the cage.
Natonni blocks an elbow strike from Adams.
Adams holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adams.
Natonni has Adams pressed against the cage.
Adams lands with a light punch inside.
Natonni managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Natonni blocks an uppercut.
Natonni managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Adams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adams is working Natonni over against the cage.
Adams has Natonni pushed against the cage.
Adams letting Natonni take a breather here.
Adams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Adams throws a head punch that misses.
Adams lands an elbow inside that Natonni shrugs off.
Adams gets through Natonni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams lands a body shot.
Natonni blocks an elbow strike.
Adams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams lands a right hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Natonni tries to break free but Adams pushes him back against the cage.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Adams on the inside.
Adams is stalling here.
Adams lands a shot to the body.
Natonni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adams up against the cage.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Natonni trying to control the position but instead, Adams has worked for underhooks and has pushed Natonni into the cage.
Adams just leaning against Natonni, taking a breather.
Adams lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams stalling in the clinch.
Adams lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adams lands with a left to the head.
Natonni avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Adams swings wildly with an uppercut but Natonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Natonni's ribcage.
Adams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Adams stalling against the cage.
Natonni takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Adams landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natonni trying to control the position but instead, Adams has worked for underhooks and has pushed Natonni into the cage.
Adams misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams lands an elbow inside that Natonni shrugs off.
Adams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Natonni avoids a wild elbow strike from Adams.
Natonni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adams stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Adams dominated that 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.

Adams has closed the distance and engaged Natonni in a clinch.
Natonni dodges an elbow strike from Adams.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adams.
Adams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bryan Adams.
Adams lands a jab to the head.
Adams moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Natonni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natonni misses the body punch
and Adams counters with a one-two to the body.
Adams is looking to clinch.
A shot to the body from Natonni misses
and Adams counters with a stiff right hand.
Natonni misses with an uppercut
and Adams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams scores with a jab to the head.
Adams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Natonni swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams lands a nice looking body shot.
Adams throws a right and a left that Natonni avoids nicely.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Natonni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adams.
Natonni swings away with a body shot that misses

and Adams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adams pushes Natonni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Adams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Adams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Natonni backwards.
Nice body punch from Adams.
Natonni is looking to control Adams's arms but Adams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Natonni has his back to the cage.
Natonni being controlled against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Natonni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Natonni.
Adams is pushing Natonni up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Adams.
Adams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Natonni's elbow.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped Natonni in his tracks for a moment.
Natonni trying to stall but Adams improves his position.
Natonni takes an elbow to the forehead.

Natonni manages to break the clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but Natonni is having none of it.
Adams moves out of range as Natonni strikes.
Natonni takes one to the side of the head.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Natonni was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.
Adams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

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.
Adams lands a nice shot to the body.

Adams moves into the clinch.
Natonni looking to slow down the pace here.
Adams is pushing Natonni up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Adams working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Adams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Natonni.
Adams lands an elbow just above Natonni 's eye.
Adams throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Adams dominated that second round.
That's time! Adams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Natonni throws a right hand that misses
letting Adams counter with a right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Adams.
A shot to the body from Natonni misses
and Adams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Natonni doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Adams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Natonni keeps the fight on the outside.

Adams has closed the distance and engaged Natonni in a clinch.
Natonni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Adams gets through Natonni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Adams as Natonni tries to tie him up.
Bryan Adams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Adams avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Adams as Natonni tries to tie him up.
Adams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Natonni wants to stall.
Adams has Natonni pressed against the cage, preventing Natonni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adams holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Adams keeps control of Natonni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The referee calls for Adams to work.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Natonni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Adams lands a hook that snaps the head of Natonni backwards.
Natonni controlling the action here for a moment.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Adams gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Natonni is trying to push Adams away but Adams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adams avoiding damage.
Natonni tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adams throws an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Adams.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
Adams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Natonnis head.
Adams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Natonni backwards.
Adams throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Natonni stalling in the clinch but Adams improves position.
Adams lands a body punch.
Natonni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Natonni or not.
Adams scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Adams.
Natonni is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adams lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natonni working hard to break the clinch.
Adams lands a shot to the body.
Adams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adams lands a hook that snaps the head of Natonni backwards.
Adams lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Adams.
Natonni takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams is working Natonni over against the cage.
Adams is stalling here.
Natonni takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Natonni or not.
Adams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Paul Natonni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams lands an elbow inside that Natonni shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adams 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Adams!