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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kamaru Usman (ranked 3304 p4p, 3055 weight class) and Dimitris Adamos (ranked 437 p4p, 411 weight class). Adamos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Myron - Lil Uzi kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kamaru Usman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dimitris Adamos!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Usman closes the distance and clinches.
Usman looking for a takedown.
Usman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Adamos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Adamos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Adamos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Usman as he avoids it easily.
Usman clinches up against the cage.
Usman can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamaru Usman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Usman tightens his grip and picks Adamos up, before dumping him to the ground. Adamos manages to land in guard.
Usman is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Usman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adamos is keeping the position for now.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Usman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamos keeping moving, preventing Usman from controlling successfully.
Usman won't allow Adamos to get back to his feet.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Usman prevents Adamos from getting back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Usman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Usman tries to free his leg and advance position but Adamos is retaining full guard.
Usman trying to control but Adamos is working from the bottom.
Usman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adamos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Adamos keeping full guard, as Usman tries to pass.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
Usman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adamos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Usman trying to control but Adamos is working from the bottom.
Adamos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Usman is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Usman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Adamos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Usman somewhat.
Kamaru Usman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Usman looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Adamos leaves Usman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Usman gets a takedown into half guard.
Usman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Adamos is just riding it out for now. Usman eventually gives up the hold.
Adamos wants to improve his position but Usman is controlling well.
Usman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usman tries to pass the half guard into mount. Adamos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Usman prevents Adamos from improving his position.
Adamos is looking to escape.
Adamos is staying active underneath Usman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Adamos is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Usman wants to control but Adamos is keeping him busy.
Adamos wants to control but Usman is keeping busy.
Usman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Usman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Adamos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Adamos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Usman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Usman is not content to let Adamos control the position.
Usman wants to control but Adamos postures up.
Usman is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Adamos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Usman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Adamos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usman gets full guard.
Adamos lands a couple of digs.
Adamos with a nice head shot there.
Usman lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Adamos has control of Usman's left arm, preventing Usman from doing any damage.
Usman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Usman stopping the sweep attempt from Adamos.
Kamaru Usman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Usman postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
Adamos controls Usman momentarily but Usman frees himself.
That's two 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.
Usman trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Usman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Usman trying to control but Adamos is working from the bottom.
Usman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Usman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adamos can do to turn this around?
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Adamos has his takedown stuffed
and Usman counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Adamos!
Usman moves into full mount!
Usman landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usman looking to ground and pound but Adamos is blocking nicely.
Adamos blocking the ground and pound.
Usman cracks Adamos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Usman avoids the attempt from Adamos to control.
Poor strikes thrown by Usman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Usman controlling his opponent.
Usman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Usman looking to finish with strikes here!
Usman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Usman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Adamos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Usman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Usman trying to control but Adamos is having none of it.
Usman throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Usman wants to control the pace but Adamos is squirming around nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Usman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Usman dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Usman shoots in but Adamos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adamos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Usman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adamos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dimitris Adamos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Usman.
Adamos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Usman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Usman trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usman throws a big right hand that misses.
Usman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
Adamos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Usman is one step ahead there.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
Usman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Usman working some strikes from top position.
Usman postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Usman wants to control from the top but Adamos keeps moving.
Adamos has his hands on Usman's head, controlling the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Usman shoots in but Adamos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamaru Usman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Usman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Adamos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Usman somewhat.
Usman closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Adamos's guard.
Usman trying to control but Adamos is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamos is pulling down on Usman's head. It's preventing any offense from Usman, at least for the moment.
Usman throwing strikes from guard but Adamos blocks nicely.
Usman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Adamos keeping moving, preventing Usman from controlling successfully.
Usman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Adamos's guard.
Usman is looking to take a break and control but Adamos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Usman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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.
Adamos is refusing to be controlled, as Usman sits in half guard.
Usman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Usman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Usman wants to control but Adamos is keeping him busy.
Usman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Usman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Adamos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Usman.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adamos is refusing to be controlled, as Usman sits in half guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kamaru Usman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Usman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamaru Usman!
In defeat, Dimitris Adamos stepped up to the mic, saying 'I promise I'll get better...'.
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