PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Adonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niall William Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adonis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ether. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adonis
vs
William Quinn

203 cm
29
260 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

191 cm
30
265 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Julius Adonis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Niall William Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adonis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Adonis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good shot there by Adonis.
Adonis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Quinn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A big left from Quinn misses.
Adonis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adonis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Quinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Adonis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Quinn is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Adonis is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quinn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Adonis in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Adonis tries to control but Quinn wriggling away.
Adonis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Quinn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Quinn regains half guard.
Quinn wants to get back to full guard.
Quinn blocking the ground and pound attempt from Adonis.

Adonis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Quinn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Quinn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adonis wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
Quinn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Adonis manages to get himself to full guard.
Quinn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adonis controls Quinn momentarily but Quinn frees himself.
Adonis striking off his back but it's not causing Quinn any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Quinn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adonis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Quinn is pushing down on Adonis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Adonis is fighting to maintain full guard but Quinn has managed to sneak the leg through.
Adonis is trying to control but can't.

Quinn is working for a kimura but Adonis is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Quinn is working for a submission of some sort.

Quinn is trying to work for a kimura but Adonis is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Quinn trying to work for an americana but Adonis has managed to regain full guard.

Quinn is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Adonis is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Adonis has escaped and now he's on top!

Quinn looking for a guillotine here but Adonis defends easily.
Quinn looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adonis trying to control the position from guard on top but Quinn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Adonis dominated that round.
That's time! Adonis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Quinn misses with a wild combination.
Adonis connects with a looping right hand.
Adonis scores with a push kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adonis. Quinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quinn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Adonis moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn being controlled against the cage.
Quinn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Adonis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Adonis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adonis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quinn's brow.
Adonis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Quinn up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Adonis for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonis throws an elbow that misses.
Quinn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quinn blocks an elbow strike.
Adonis lands an uppercut.
Quinn tries to pull guard but Adonis won't allow it.
Julius Adonis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niall William Quinn.
Adonis has Quinn pushed against the cage.
Adonis lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quinn jumps guard and drags Adonis to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Niall William Quinn has got the better of the ground game so far.

Quinn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Adonis defends it easily.
Adonis working some strikes from top position.
Quinn tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Quinn looking for a guillotine here but Adonis defends easily.
Quinn is breathing heavily.
Adonis trying to control but Quinn is working from the bottom.

Adonis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Quinn has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Adonis is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Quinn.
Adonis is looking to take a break and control but Quinn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adonis lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Quinn down.
Adonis looks up at the clock and then as Quinn takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Adonis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Adonis wants to control but Quinn is keeping him busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adonis working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adonis landing a few strikes.
Quinn tries to buck Adonis off but Adonis is having none of it.

Adonis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Adonis dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Adonis shoots in but Quinn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adonis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adonis lands a glancing blow to the side of Quinn's head.
Adonis tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adonis drives through with a takedown into Quinn's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Quinn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Adonis is pushing down on Quinn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Quinn is fighting to maintain full guard but Adonis has managed to sneak the leg through.

Quinn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Adonis wants to take a breather but Quinn is having none of it.
Quinn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Quinn is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Adonis jumps into side control!
Quinn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Quinn wants to improve his position but Adonis is controlling well.
Niall William Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Quinn is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Adonis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Adonis's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adonis controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
Adonis wants to control his opponent's hands but Quinn gets his hands free.
You can see the frustration on Adonis's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Quinn is persistently looking for the submission but Adonis is defending it well.

Adonis defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Quinn's arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Quinn gets his hands free as Adonis looks to control.
Adonis finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Adonis tries to hold on but Quinn postures up.
Julius Adonis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quinn punching from mount but Adonis doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn thowing shots but they're missing.
Adonis tries to hold on but Quinn postures up.
Adonis is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Quinn is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Adonis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Quinn.
Quinn avoids the attempt from Adonis to control.
Adonis is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quinn is trying to take his opponent's back.
Poor strikes thrown by Quinn there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Julius Adonis.
Well Adonis 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Adonis!