PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Smash Adams (ranked 1445 p4p, 1504 weight class) and John Edmonds (ranked 178 p4p, 185 weight class). Adams comes into the arena with Smash Adams' Theme blaring out of the sound system. Edmonds comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Adams
vs
Edmonds

185 cm
28
194
11 - 10 - 0

185 cm
41
190
41 - 33 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Conviction

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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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Smash Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 33 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Edmonds!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmonds scores with a punch to the head.

Adams clinches.
Edmonds jumps guard but Adams stands there with Edmonds around his waist. Edmonds gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adams throws an elbow but it misses.
Adams gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Edmonds.
Edmonds managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Adams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Edmonds blocks the elbow strike.
Edmonds struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
Adams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Edmonds backwards.
Edmonds has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edmonds is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Adams.
Adams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Adams lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edmonds has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Adams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smash Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Edmonds.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adams lands with a right to the head.
Adams cracks Edmonds with a nice body shot.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Edmonds has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Edmonds throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.

Adams lands a big head kick that sends Edmonds tumbling to the mat! Adams takes a step backwards and waves Edmonds back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like John Edmonds has been cut.
Smash Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edmonds moves out of range of the strikes.
Edmonds moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams throws a head kick that misses.
Adams lands a jab to the nose.

Edmonds is rocked!
Edmonds avoids the head kick by Adams.
A shot to the liver by Adams. Beautiful body shot.
Adams misses with a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Edmonds checks a leg kick.

Adams takes the fight into the clinch.
Edmonds avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Edmonds misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries a knee to the head but Edmonds blocks it.
Edmonds is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Adams is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edmonds.
Adams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Edmonds scores with a shot to the side of Adams's head.
Edmonds avoids a wild elbow strike from Adams.
Edmonds blocks an elbow strike from Adams.
Still in the clinch, Adams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Edmonds lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Adams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adams misses with an elbow over the top.
Edmonds takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped Edmonds in his tracks for a moment.
Adams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adams prevents the takedown attempt.
Edmonds swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edmonds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
Edmonds is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Edmonds gets through Adams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Edmonds creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adams misses with an elbow strike.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
Edmonds lands with a right to the head.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Edmonds is working for takedown but Adams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Edmonds is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Adams lands a nice uppercut.
Edmonds looking to stall.
Adams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Adams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Edmonds dodges an elbow strike from Adams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edmonds takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edmonds tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adams lands an elbow just above Edmonds 's eye.
Adams pushes off an throws an elbow but Edmonds leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adams working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Edmonds fails to pull guard.

Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Edmonds closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Adams quickly recovers to half guard.
Adams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Edmonds on the ground.
Adams looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

Edmonds is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams is trying to stand back up but Edmonds is controlling him
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Smash Adams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Edmonds's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Edmonds.
Adams throws a nice head kick!
Edmonds dips to his left and cracks Adams with an uppercut!
Edmonds misses with a straight left.
Edmonds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adams manages to avoid it.
Adams appears to be looking for a big counter.
Smash Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams tries to clinch up but Edmonds circles away and keeps his distance.
Adams cracks Edmonds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Adams moves into the clinch.

Edmonds gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edmonds is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Edmonds is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Adams has managed to free his arm - good work.
Adams is trying to stand up here but Edmonds is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edmonds trying to control the action but Adams is working from the bottom.
Adams wants to get back to his feet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Edmonds is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Edmonds has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Adams defend it? Edmonds steps over the head and cranks it - Adams is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Edmonds!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Edmonds!
Our winner, John Edmonds, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.