PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Sekyere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sekyere has chosen Juicy-Biggy Smalls as his entrance music. Joseph Sekyere has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chris Adams's chin.

Adams
vs
Sekyere

175 cm
24
162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

163 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Sekyere!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sekyere dives in and grabs Adams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes down on Sekyere's head and hops out.

Adams tries to sprawl but Sekyere drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Adams regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sekyere.
Sekyere prevents Adams from getting back to his feet.
Adams has a closed guard, preventing Sekyere from standing up.
Sekyere is working Adams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sekyere cracks Adams with a solid left hand.
Adams wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Adams trying to control the position.

Sekyere decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Adams, up you get!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams lands a head kick. Sekyere smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Sekyere throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sekyere.

Adams closes the distance and clinches.
Sekyere tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.

Adams ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Adams no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Adams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sekyere wanted to stand there but Adams had control of the position.

Sekyere gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sekyere tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sekyere. Those never looked like landing.
Joseph Sekyere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sekyere swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Sekyere bucks Adams off and manages to get back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sekyere tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sekyere tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Adams gets control of Sekyere's arms and successfully pulls guard. Adams will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sekyere throws a big elbow that misses.
Sekyere throwing strikes but missing.
Adams trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adams manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Sekyere tries to sprawl but Adams drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Adams wants to control but Sekyere is keeping him busy.

Sekyere makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sekyere throws a sloppy head kick and Adams moves out of range easily.

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adams showed some decent athleticism there.
Adams is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sekyere tries to kick Adams off but Adams keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sekyere should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sekyere is refusing to be controlled, as Adams sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chris Adams will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Adams dodges the punch combination from Sekyere.

Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sekyere with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams leaning against his opponent.
Sekyere using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sekyere with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sekyere throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Sekyere avoids the damage to the body.

Adams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Sekyere is trying to keep an underhook but Adams manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sekyere is staying active underneath Adams, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams prevents Sekyere from standing back up.
Adams trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Chris Adams just wasn't active enough.
Adams throws a series of punches but Sekyere moves out of range.
Sekyere scores with a one two! Adams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Adams stuffs the takedown attempt from Sekyere. Sekyere gets slowly back to his feet.
Adams misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adams shoots in and bounces Sekyere off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Adams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sekyere on the ground.
Adams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sekyere swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sekyere wriggles free and stands up.

Adams feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sekyere has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sekyere working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Sekyere is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Adams wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sekyere throws a head kick but Adams moves out of range.

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adams showed some decent athleticism there.
Adams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sekyere keeps working.
Chris Adams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Adams wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Adams fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sekyere sprawls well initially but Adams persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sekyere does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sekyere is trying to stand up here but Adams is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Adams dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sekyere lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adams circles away quickly and effectively.

Adams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sekyere napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sekyere is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Adams asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sekyere is not content to let Adams control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekyere is pushing Adams's head away, looking to escape. Adams manages to hold on to the position though.

We're going to have a standup here because Chris Adams wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Adams drives through and clinches with Sekyere against the cage.
Sekyere with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sekyere with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to stall but Sekyere uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sekyere tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Sekyere throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Sekyere throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sekyere is defending well for now.
Sekyere misses with a knee strike.
Sekyere tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sekyere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.

Adams has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sekyere uses from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sekyere would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Adams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sekyere is one step ahead there.
Sekyere scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Adams wants to stand but Sekyere is controlling the position.

Sekyere decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Adams, up you get!
A punch combination from Sekyere misses.
Adams slaps away a takedown attempt from Sekyere, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Adams is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sekyere's half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams is stalling here. Sekyere is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Adams seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sekyere has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sekyere scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Adams to see if he's OK.

Sekyere stands up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

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 Chris Adams.
Well Adams 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Adams!