PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Romario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romario's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Polly - By Nirvana. Adebisi has chosen Dr Alban - Hello Africa as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Chris Adebisi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Romario
vs
Adebisi

184 cm
27
270 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

203 cm
22
278 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Perkele!

Perkele!
Perkele!

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Romario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Adebisi!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romario goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Romario fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adebisi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Adebisi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Romario counters with a nice leg kick.
Adebisi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romario bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Romario cracks the inside of Adebisi's front leg.
Adebisi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adebisi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romario.
Adebisi swings for the body but Romario moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Adebisi or perhaps it was just good defense by Romario which made him look bad.
Adebisi scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi misses with a hook.
Adebisi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romario moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson Romario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romario is looking to slow Adebisi down with leg kicks.
Adebisi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Romario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson Romario is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adebisi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romario.
A shot to the body from Adebisi misses
and Romario counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Romario lands with a slapping head kick.
Adebisi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romario scores with a spinning back kick!
Adebisi throws a combination that misses
and Romario counters with a nice body kick.
Adebisi looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romario was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Romario lands a head kick!
Adebisi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Romario looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Romario scores with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Romario.
Adebisi misses with a hook
and Romario counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Adebisi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Adebisi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Romario.
Romario tries to clinch up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romario.
Romario throws a leg kick which misses Adebisi's front leg but catches the back leg as Adebisi tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Romario throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Adebisi's head.
Romario lands a leg kick that knocks Adebisi off balance momentarily.
Romario tries to clinch but Adebisi is having none of it.
Romario lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Romario.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romario was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Romario throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Romario has closed the distance and engaged Adebisi in a clinch.
Adebisi taking a breather.
Romario using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Romario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Chris Adebisi has been cut.
Romario putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Adebisi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romario crunches a lovely knee into Adebisi's ribcage.
Romario is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romario.
Romario utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Romario obliges.
Adebisi takes an elbow to the temple.
Romario utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Romario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romario unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adebisi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romario lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romario lands an elbow inside that Adebisi shrugs off.
The referee calls for Romario to work.
Romario lands an elbow inside that Adebisi shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Adebisi's cut.
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.

Romario thumps Adebisi with a low kick.
Adebisi lands the left hand.
Adebisi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Romario pinned against the cage. Romario gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Adebisi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romario circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson Romario is winning the standup battle so far.
Romario lands with a kick to the ribs.
Romario throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nice body kick there by Romario.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romario lands with a nice body kick.
Adebisi is breathing heavily.
Romario connects with a leg kick. Adebisi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Romario scoring well with a low kick there.
Adebisi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Romario scores with a head kick.
Romario lands a nice looking body kick.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid body kick from Romario.
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!
Romario doesn't manage to clinch there - Adebisi circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romario.
Romario lands with a kick to the temple. Adebisi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Romario lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario connects with a leg kick. Adebisi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romario.
Romario connects with a solid leg kick.
Adebisi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Adebisi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Romario bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Romario is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adebisi can do to turn this around?
Adebisi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Romario lands a nice looking body kick.
Chris Adebisi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romario connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Romario is looking to clinch but Adebisi is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Romario - that will leave a mark!
Romario tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adebisi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A thudding body kick lands there by Romario!
Romario connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Romario throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Adebisi's head.
Adebisi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Adebisi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Romario closes the distance and pushes Adebisi back into the cage.
Romario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Adebisi tries to throw a body punch but Romario avoids it by throwing Adebisi back against the cage.
Romario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Romario lands an elbow that stopped Adebisi in his tracks for a moment.
Romario lands an elbow that stopped Adebisi in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Chris Adebisi's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romario lands an elbow that stopped Adebisi in his tracks for a moment.
Romario creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adebisi's defenses.
Adebisi blocks the elbow strike.
Romario utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Romario obliges.
Adebisi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Adebisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Romario lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Chris Adebisi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Romario obliges.
Romario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Romario.
Adebisi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romario connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adebisi's face.

Chris Adebisi's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Romario is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romario creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adebisi's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Adebisi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Adebisi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romario.
Adebisi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Romario stuns Adebisi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adebisi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Romario throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Adebisi's head.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Romario sprawls well. Romario wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adebisi gets slowly back to his feet.
Romario tries to clinch but Adebisi moves away
and Adebisi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Romario.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Romario. Adebisi shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romario thuds his shin into the meat of Adebisi's side.
Romario throws a leg kick which misses Adebisi's front leg but catches the back leg as Adebisi tries to avoid it.
Adebisi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Adebisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Romario.
Romario connects with a high kick.
Romario looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adebisi tries to clinch up
and Romario counters with a body kick.
Adebisi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Romario connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Adebisi scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario thumps Adebisi with a low kick.
Adebisi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romario counters with a body kick.
Adebisi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Romario makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Adebisi really felt that one!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romario scores with a leg kick.
Anderson Romario is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romario feints and then cracks Adebisi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adebisi down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romario looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romario keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adebisi.
Adebisi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romario.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romario.
Romario lands a front kick.
Romario lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adebisi's sensitive parts.
Romario feints and then cracks Adebisi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adebisi down.
Romario throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Romario takes the fight into the clinch.
Adebisi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Adebisi misses with a body punch.
Romario misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romario landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adebisi tries a body shot but Romario blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Adebisi fails to land.
Adebisi is trying to force a seperation but Romario has the dominant position.
Adebisi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chris Adebisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short uppercut from Adebisi.
Adebisi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adebisi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romario's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romario is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adebisi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romario's elbow.
Adebisi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Romario showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romario 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Romario!
Anderson Romario was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.