PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Israel Adesanya (ranked 3091 p4p, 6207 weight class) and David Morrell Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrell Jr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Orishas A lo Cubano. David Morrell Jr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Adesanya
vs
Morrell Jr

198 cm
25
212
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
214
2 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Morrell Jr!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrell Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Adesanya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morrell Jr tries to stall but Adesanya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Adesanya turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Adesanya creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Adesanya scores with a couple of short elbows.

That has opened up David Morrell Jr's cut even more.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Check out the look on Adesanya's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Morrell Jr is rocked!

David Morrell Jr's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Israel Adesanya!
During a confident post fight interview, Israel Adesanya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.