PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steel Adams (ranked 2485 p4p, 3201 weight class) and Shinohara Sosuke (ranked 290 p4p, 359 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sosuke's choice of entrance music: Samurai. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Adams
vs
Sosuke

179 cm
20
160
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
155
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

BE Younick $25
New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steel Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinohara Sosuke!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosuke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Sosuke.

Sosuke rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.
Adams blocking some punches.
Sosuke misses with the head strike.
Sosuke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sosuke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sosuke has Adams up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosuke.
Adams avoiding damage as Sosuke throws knees to the body.
Adams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams swings wildly with an uppercut but Sosuke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosuke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
Adams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosuke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Adams scores with a shoulder strike.
Sosuke has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.
Sosuke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosuke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosuke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sosuke leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sosuke misses with the head strike.
Adams digs a right hand into Sosuke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sosuke's gas tank.
Sosuke has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Adams seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sosuke can turn it around.
Adams digs a right hand into Sosuke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sosuke's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Adams.
Sosuke misses with a punch on the inside.
Adams throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adams.
Adams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Adams fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sosuke working aggressively here.
Sosuke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adams blocks the elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Sosuke.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosuke.
Adams misses with a hook from the clinch.

Sosuke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Adams catches Sosuke right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Shinohara Sosuke has been cut.
Adams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sosuke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sosuke takes the fight into the clinch.
Sosuke lands an uppercut.
Adams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sosuke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sosuke backwards.
Adams pushes Sosuke back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Sosuke.
Adams lands with a left to the head.
Adams lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Sosuke is rocked!
Adams unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sosuke! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Adams is unloading with more strikes now! Sosuke drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steel Adams!
Steel Adams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.