PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Jcool (ranked 4513 p4p, 2951 weight class) and Wyatt Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jcool comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the tiger. Abdul Jcool has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jcool
vs
Adams

195 cm
18
195
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul Jcool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wyatt Adams!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Adams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jcool wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
Adams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jcool slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Adams can't do much from the bottom here.
Jcool connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Adams some visible discomfort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jcool advances to mount.
Jcool trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is trying to stand.

Jcool looking to secure an arm triangle but Adams defends it well.
Jcool controlling from mount.
Adams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jcool seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Adams for as long as he can get away with.

Jcool looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Adams wants to control but Jcool is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jcool content just to control the position here.
Adams is looking to get to half guard.
Adams tries to hold on but Jcool postures up.
Adams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jcool. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Adams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Adams tries to hold on but Jcool postures up.
Jcool working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to lock up and control but Jcool gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Adams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jcool sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Jcool is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Adams has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Adams sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Adams pushes Jcool off looking to stand but Jcool dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams has hold of Jcool's hands but Jcool slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Jcool seems content to control.
Jcool passes to side control.
Adams being controlled for a moment.
Jcool scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Adams to see if he's OK.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jcool has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Adams!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Jcool dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Jcool rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.

Adams jumps guard.
Jcool stands and throws Adams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jcool working the head and body with strikes.

Jcool is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Adams has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jcool is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adams can do to turn this around?
Jcool taking a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jcool working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jcool just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Adams is trying to buck Jcool off.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Adams is looking for a sweep.

Jcool wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Adams, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Jcool thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jcool just content to control the position.
Adams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jcool wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jcool taking a breather here.
You can see the frustration on Adams's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jcool taking a breather here.

Jcool tries for a kimura but Adams is defending well.
Adams wants to control but Jcool postures up.
Adams is not content to let Jcool control the position.
Adams wants to control but Jcool postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four 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.
Jcool fails to land the takedown.
Adams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Adams shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jcool's guard.
Jcool wants to sweep here but Adams controlling him for the moment.
Jcool pulls Adams in close to his closed guard and prevents Adams from doing any damage or advancing position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adams lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Jcool dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jcool scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Adams tries to improve position but can't.
Jcool trying to control the position but Adams is working away.
Adams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jcool wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jcool lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Adams is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Adams is still trying to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jcool is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Adams is trying to escape and Jcool transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Adams is forced to tap! Nice work there by Jcool! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Abdul Jcool!
Abdul Jcool spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.