PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grey Ape (ranked 1094 p4p, 1791 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 147 p4p, 236 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Adderley's choice of entrance music: Genesis. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ape
vs
Adderley

185 cm
33
173
23 - 15 - 2

187 cm
32
177
15 - 12 - 0

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Insanely flexible

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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 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Grey Ape!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ape misses with a body shot.
Adderley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ape paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ape throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adderley throws a jab but it's blocked by Ape.
Ape throwing a counter right hand but Adderley manages to avoid it.
Ape slips under a jab from Adderley.
Adderley checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ape throws a jab but it's blocked by Adderley.
Adderley misses with a hook. Ape ducked under it nicely.
Ape lands a nice shot that snaps Adderley's head back.
Ape moves forwards but Adderley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ape throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Ape as he connects with a hook.
Adderley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ape stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adderley.
Ape blocks a jab.
Ape misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adderley misses with an uppercut.
Ape fires out a quick counter leg kick but Adderley just manages to avoid it.
Adderley blocks a low kick nicely.
Adderley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ape slips a jab from Adderley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ape uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Adderley has time to react.
A big right from Ape misses.
Adderley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ape.
Ape takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ape has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Infamous Duranto Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Good leg kick by Ape.
A slow jab from Ape misses its intended target.
Adderley throws out a counter right but Ape avoids it with no problem.

Ape clinches with his opponent.
Ape missing with knees to the body.

Ape pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adderley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adderley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ape can pounce on him.
Adderley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ape finds it's way round the side to connect with Adderley's head.
Ape ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It appears Ape was looking to counter with a kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley slips under a jab.
Ape throws a jab when Adderley was well out of range.
Adderley is looking to land body kicks.
Ape feints and then cracks Adderley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adderley down.
Adderley ducks under a wild hook from Ape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ape in his tracks.

Adderley tries to keep at a distance but Ape has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adderley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Adderley breaks from the clinch.
Ape keeps Adderley at a distance using the push kick.
Ape displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adderley throws out the jab.
Adderley with a nice cross.
Adderley misses with a few strikes there.
Ape throws a leg kick
and Adderley counters with a thumping low kick.
Ape ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ape throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Adderley coming out on top.

Adderley gets tackled into the cage by Ape. Ape maintains the clinch.
Ape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ape leaning his opponent against the cage.

Ape breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ape throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ape lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adderley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ape bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adderley's head backwards.
A big right from Adderley misses.
Adderley avoids the head kick by Ape.
Ape slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Adderley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Adderley misses with a straight right.
Grey Ape seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ape throws a sloppy body shot
and Adderley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adderley connects with a body shot that sends Ape's belly button to the back.
A shot to the liver by Ape. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adderley misses with a straight left.
Ape moves out of range as Adderley strikes.
Ape throwing a counter right hand but Adderley manages to avoid it.
Ape throws a leg kick which misses Adderley's front leg but catches the back leg as Adderley tries to avoid it.
Adderley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ape.
Ape scores with a punch to the head.
Adderley throws an off balance right hand
and Ape counters with a leg kick.
Adderley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ape gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ape looking to slow down the pace here.
Adderley lands an elbow just above Ape 's eye.

It looks like Grey Ape has been cut.
Ape keeps control of Adderley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adderley lands a shoulder strike.
Adderley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ape has him pressed against the cage.
Ape lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ape keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adderley's efforts to push away.
Ape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adderley tries to circle away but Ape has him pinned against the cage.
Adderley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Adderley manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ape.
A bone on bone clash there as Adderley blocks the leg kick.
Adderley misses with a hook. Ape ducked under it nicely.
Ape avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ape showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adderley.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grey Ape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grey Ape's cut.
That's time! Ape's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Adderley misses with a straight left.
Ape lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ape walks into a stiff left hand from Adderley.
Adderley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ape.
Adderley misses with a straight right.
Adderley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ape counters with a head kick. That will keep Adderley thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ape moves out of range of the strikes.
Adderley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ape.
Adderley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ape misses with a hook.
Adderley misses with a wild combination.
Ape thinks about countering with a head kick.
Adderley blocks a jab.
Ape bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ape swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adderley misses with a hook.
Adderley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ape manages to avoid it.
Ape throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ape connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ape misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Adderley.
Ape lands a jab.
Ape throws out a powerful jab.
Ape throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adderley slips under a jab.
Adderley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ape throws a leg kick which misses Adderley's front leg but catches the back leg as Adderley tries to avoid it.
Adderley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ape connects with a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ape thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Adderley if he has to take too many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Adderley misses the target.
Adderley throws a lazy right hand but Ape sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ape throws a counter high kick but Adderley was just alert enough to avoid it.
Ape throws the kick towards the body but Adderley avoids it.
Ape is looking to slow Adderley down with leg kicks.
Adderley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ape slips a straight right by Adderley.
Adderley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adderley jabs at Ape's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ape has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Good leg kick by Ape.
Ape lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Adderley misses with a lunging right hand
and Ape counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ape feints and then cracks Adderley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adderley down.
Adderley cracks Ape with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ape lands a head kick!
Ape connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adderley. Adderley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ape is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adderley can do to turn this around?
Ape bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Ape throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adderley throws a jab but it's blocked by Ape.
Adderley misses with a lunging right hand
and Ape counters with a good low kick that Adderley was not able to check.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ape looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Ape lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adderley doesn't seem phased though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adderley lands with an overhand left.
Ape misses with a hook
and Adderley counters with a low kick, right behind Ape 's knee.
Adderley checks a low kick from Ape.
Adderley just misses with a punch to the body.
Ape uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adderley.
Adderley misses the jab.
Adderley blocks a jab.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Adderley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Adderley throws out a counter right but Ape avoids it with no problem.
Ape throws a body kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Adderley checks a leg kick.
Grey Ape is winning the standup battle so far.
Adderley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ape manages to avoid it.
Adderley throws a leg kick
and Ape counters with a nice body kick.
Adderley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ape.
Ape moves away from the strike by Adderley.
Ape smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ape lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ape looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Adderley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Ape.
Adderley throws out a counter right but Ape avoids it with no problem.
Ape with a nice calf kick.
Ape lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adderley's sensitive parts.
Adderley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adderley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ape misses the jab.
Ape loads up on a big right hand but Adderley slips the punch.
Adderley wants to slow Ape down by chopping away at his legs.
Ape loads up on a big right hand but Adderley slips the punch.
Adderley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ape connects with a body shot that sends Adderley's belly button to the back.
Ape throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ape avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adderley misses with a straight right.
Ape tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Adderley is able to avoid easily.
Ape throws a looping overhand right but Adderley ducks down to avoid it.
Adderley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ape moves out of range as Adderley strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grey Ape dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grey Ape's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Adderley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Adderley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ape.
Ape slips under a jab from Adderley.
Ape turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ape blocks a jab.
Ape looks to land a left hand but Adderley moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Adderley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adderley lands with a right hand.
Ape walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Adderley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ape.
Ape takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ape stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adderley.
Adderley connects with the punch.
A good leg kick by Ape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ape misses with a low kick.
Adderley lunges at Ape with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ape's hand.
Adderley misses with a straight left.
Ape lands a head shot.
The fighters circling - Ape throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ape uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adderley.
Ape feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Adderley is looking to score with low kicks.
Ape tries to land a leg kick but Adderley saw it coming and moves away.
Ape throws a leg kick but Adderley sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ape throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adderley throws out a counter right but Ape avoids it with no problem.
Ape scores with a hook.
Ape misses with a body kick.
Ape throws a right hand that misses
letting Adderley counter with a right hand.
Adderley throws a hook to the side of Ape's head but Ape sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adderley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ape throws out the jab.
Ape moves away from the strike by Adderley.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Ape feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ape lands with a straight right. Adderley didn't see that one coming.
Adderley throws a nice looking combination but Ape bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick from Adderley lands but Ape takes it in his stride.
Adderley misses with a hook. Ape ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Adderley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ape throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adderley finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Adderley.
Ape misses with a low kick.
Ape uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adderley.
Ape throws a leg kick which misses Adderley's front leg but catches the back leg as Adderley tries to avoid it.
Adderley looks to throw the jab but Ape is out of range.
Ape connects with a solid leg kick.
Ape bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ape scoring well with a low kick there.
Ape takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ape cracks Adderley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adderley lands with a shot to the body.
Adderley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ape tries to clinch there but Adderley circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adderley. Ape does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ape scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adderley throws a jab but it's blocked by Ape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Ape throws a poor cross that misses
and Adderley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab lands there for Adderley.
Ape is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ape with a nice cross.
Sloppy strikes from Adderley. Those never looked like landing.
Ape is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ape finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ape jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adderley lands a body shot.
Hakeem Adderley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ape stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adderley.
Adderley cracks Ape with a good jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ape.
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!
Ape connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adderley. Adderley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ape.
Adderley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ape connects with a solid leg kick.
Adderley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ape throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Adderley on the side of the head.
Adderley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ape moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adderley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adderley. That's going to slow Ape down.
Ape's corner calls for a 1-2. Ape obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Ape slips the punch.
Grey Ape is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adderley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Adderley does no damage.
Ape fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adderley.
Adderley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ape is out of range and Adderley settles back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adderley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Adderley missing with a left hand there. Ape was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ape throwing a counter right hand but Adderley manages to avoid it.
Ape moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ape cracks Adderley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hakeem Adderley.
Well Ape has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grey Ape!
An out of breath Grey Ape thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.