PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Plei Adian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ho Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ho Fire will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Adian
vs
Fire

209 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Plei Adian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, ho Fire!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fire bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fire with a poor takedown
and Adian counters with a straight right hand.

Adian fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fire to the ground. Adian is now in Fire's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Adian chips away with some ground and pound.

Fire is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Adian is aware though and is defending well.
Fire is trying to keep Adian in close.
Adian is looking to work some ground and pound but Fire has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adian won't allow Fire to sweep him here.
Adian stays in close to Fire's body and controls the position.
Fire seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adian passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fire tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Adian wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fire manages to get back to half guard.
Adian lands strikes from half guard.
Adian trying to pass the guard but Fire defending well.
Fire tries to kick Adian off but Adian keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Adian working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adian moves into full mount! Fire won't be happy about that!
Adian putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fire is in a horrible position here. Adian smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adian fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adian lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Adian breaks from Fire's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Adian working the ground and pound effectively.
Adian avoids the attempt from Fire to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Adian landing shots from mount.
Adian connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fire taking shots to the head.
Adian has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fire's face.
Adian lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Adian lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fire hang on?
Adian landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adian fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Adian breaks from Fire's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Adian working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fire takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fire takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adian pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Adian avoids the attempt from Fire to control.
Adian looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Adian with the ground and pound from mount.
Fire is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fire takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Adian lands a big shot there that rocks Fire but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adian has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fire's face.

Fire is rocked!
Adian lands a big elbow - Fire is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Fire is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Plei Adian!
Plei Adian bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.