PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Line (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Line is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Human Cannonball. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Adams
vs
Line

181 cm
26
207 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Adams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Line!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Line.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt
and Line counters with a two punch combo.
Adams misses with a kick to the body.
Adams swings for the body but Line moves out of range.
Peter Line seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Line manages to avoid it.
Line throws a shot from downtown. Adams moves away and avoids it.
Line looks to land a combination. Adams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Tommy Adams has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Line stuffs the takedown.
Line digs a good hook to Adams's body.
Line pivots, looking for a leg kick but Adams is out of range and Line settles back down.
Line misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adams.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Line was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line works Adams's body with a nice hook.
Line lands a really nice looking cross but Adams seems unphased.
Line misses with a straight right.
Adams tries to clinch but Line moves out of range.
Peter Line is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Line manages to avoid it.
Line throws the left hand but Adams avoids the punch easily.
Adams with a lazy takedown attempt
and Line counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Line just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Line. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Line avoids the head kick by Adams.
Line swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Line throws a right and a left that Adams avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Line scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adams has his takedown stuffed
and Line counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Line misses with a looping right.
Adams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Line misses with a low kick.
Line pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Line paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Line lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
No luck for Adams with that takedown attempt.
Adams slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Line misses with a wild body shot.
Adams tries to clinch
and Line connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Line misses with a series of wild punches.
Line throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Line scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Line misses with a lunging right hand
letting Adams counter with a right hand.
Line stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Line throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams ducks under a wild hook from Line.
Line goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Adams tries to clinch but Line is having none of it.
Adams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Line is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Line ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Adams wants to clinch up but Line keeps it at a distance.
Line lands with a shot to the body.
Line misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Line misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Line misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Line dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Adams's cut.
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.

Line takes a swing at Adams's ribcage but misses.
Adams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Line.
Line wants to clinch.
Adams throws a big shot that misses.
Line lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adams at a distance.
Line lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adams tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Line counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Peter Line seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adams misses the body punch
and Line makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Adams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Line but Line pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Line wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line cracks a nice hook into Adams's ribs.
Line lands a nice hook to Adams's body. Adams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Line lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Line throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams looks to land a body kick but Line moved away.
Line scores with a three punch combo!
Line avoids the body shot from Adams.
Line scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Line swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Line duly obliges.
Line missing with a left hand there. Adams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Line throws a series of punches but Adams avoids them all with ease.
Line scores with a body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Adams. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Line fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adams manages to avoid it.
Adams misses with a low kick.
Good shot there by Line.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams throws out a powerful jab.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.
Line displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Line scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adams moves out of range as Line strikes.
Line fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Adams might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Line throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adams.
Line looks to score with a jab to the body but Adams is just out of range.
A jab from Line misses.
Line throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Adams shoots in looking for a takedown but Line manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Adams's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Adams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Line avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adams closes the distance and pushes Line back into the cage.
Line pushes Adams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Line lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Line.
Adams is trying to maintain a safe position but Line gets an underhook and turns Adams into the cage.
A short left from Line.
Line lands a body punch.
Line lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Line.
Line lands with a right to the head.
Line scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Line showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Adams's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Line connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Line gets a clinch.
Line throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Line lands a shoulder strike.
Line lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Line breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adams swings away with a body shot that misses
and Line counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Line.
Line moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Adams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Line has managed to clinch.
Line digs a right hand into Adams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adams's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Line's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adams is looking to wear down Line with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Line lands a nice looking body shot.
Line swings for the body but Adams moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Line!
Adams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Line.
Adams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams dodges the punch combination from Line.
Line buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Line. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Line as he connects with a hook.
Adams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Line as he avoids it easily.

Line closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from Line.
A shot in the inside from Line.
Still in the clinch, Line scores with a nice short uppercut.
Line lands a body shot.
Adams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A short uppercut from Line.
Line lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
Line lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Adams is rocked!
Line lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Adams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Line unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Adams! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Line is unloading with more strikes now! Adams drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Line! Peter Line retains his light heavyweight title!