PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Viscarous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Adamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Viscarous
vs
Adamek

203 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Viscarous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Karol Adamek!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adamek shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Viscarous napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Viscarous tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Adamek is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Viscarous is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Adamek has eaten all the pies!
Viscarous is trying to work for a sweep but Adamek has mounted him!
Viscarous avoids a series of strikes thrown by Adamek.
Adamek throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Adamek thowing shots but they're missing.
Viscarous holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Adamek tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Viscarous is desperately trying to improve his position but Adamek has a good base and remains in mount.
Adamek throwing strikes here but Viscarous is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Viscarous tries to reverse the position but Adamek maintains control.
Viscarous is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viscarous knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Adamek on the ground.
Adamek unloads with some shots from mount but Viscarous bucks and avoids them well.
Adamek has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Viscarous wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Adamek.
Viscarous is desperately trying to improve his position but Adamek has a good base and remains in mount.
Viscarous on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Viscarous tries to get out of the position.
Viscarous wants to control but Adamek is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adamek looking to control but Viscarous is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Viscarous holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Adamek tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Adamek scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Viscarous?
Poor strikes thrown by Adamek there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viscarous sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Viscarous wants to improve his position but Adamek is controlling well.
Adamek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Viscarous's head.
Viscarous works his way to full guard. Good work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Viscarous holds on and takes a little breather.
Viscarous will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Viscarous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Viscarous seems keen to control Adamek's posture.
Viscarous can't keep his opponent in guard - Adamek advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viscarous wants to improve his position but Adamek is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Viscarous regains full guard. Nicely done.
Adamek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adamek trying to control but Viscarous is working from the bottom.
Adamek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adamek trying to control the position from guard on top but Viscarous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Karol Adamek.
Adamek misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Adamek scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Adamek looks gassed!
Viscarous is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Viscarous tries to improve position but can't.
Viscarous is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Adamek's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Adamek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Viscarous is looking to control Adamek's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Viscarous avoid being mounted?
Viscarous has his hands clasped together around Adamek's back. He's all about the action.
Adamek is trying to control. Viscarous wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Adamek stalling away here and it's allowed Viscarous to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Viscarous wants to sweep here but Adamek controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karol Adamek 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.

Adamek shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Adamek was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Adamek avoids the attempt from Viscarous to control.
Viscarous is wriggling around trying to escape.

Adamek has control of Viscarous's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Viscarous regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Adamek punching from mount but Viscarous doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Viscarous is looking to improve his position but Adamek isn't that keen on the idea.
Viscarous holds of for dear life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viscarous is in all sorts of trouble here.
Adamek is breathing heavily.
Adamek misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Viscarous really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Adamek thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Viscarous tries to lock up and control but Adamek gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Viscarous is desperately trying to improve his position but Adamek has a good base and remains in mount.
Karol Adamek has got the better of the ground game so far.
Viscarous trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Adamek.
Adamek thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Viscarous is wriggling around trying to escape.

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.
Adamek thowing shots but they're missing.
Viscarous working to try and regain half guard.
Viscarous wants to hold on but Adamek pushes him away.

Viscarous defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Adamek.
Viscarous can't escape the position.
Viscarous tries to lock up and control but Adamek gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Viscarous is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamek throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Viscarous keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Adamek tries to control but Viscarous wriggling away.
Viscarous is working to get back to half guard.
Viscarous wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Adamek.
Viscarous is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Adamek thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Adamek sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Viscarous wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Adamek.
Adamek unloads with some shots from mount but Viscarous bucks and avoids them well.
Viscarous is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karol Adamek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Adamek fails in his attempt to clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Viscarous enables Adamek to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Viscarous manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Adamek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Viscarous works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Viscarous wants to sweep but no luck.
Adamek wants to control from the top but Viscarous keeps moving.
Viscarous utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Viscarous is pulling down on Adamek's head. It's preventing any offense from Adamek, at least for the moment.
Viscarous manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Viscarous takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Adamek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Viscarous.

It looks like Karol Adamek has been cut.
Viscarous unloading with bombs!
Viscarous raining down shots from the mount!

The cut above Karol Adamek's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Karol Adamek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eric Viscarous!