PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joao Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joao Davi looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Davi
vs
Adams

177 cm
22
165 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

190 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joao Davi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Adams!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams tries to clinch up but Davi circles away and keeps his distance.

Adams clinches with his opponent.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Davi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Davi is breathing heavily.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davi blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davi.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams landing knees to the body.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
Davi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Davi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davi.
Davi avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Davi can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao Davi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davi blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davi.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Adams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Adams tries a knee to the head but Davi blocks it.
Davi can't get the takedown.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Davi goes for a takedown attempt but Adams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Davi circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davi swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Davi circles away.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams wants to clinch up but Davi keeps it at a distance.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams tries to clinch up.
Davi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Adams has closed the distance and engaged Davi in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davi wants a takedown but no success here.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Davi avoids the damage to the body.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Davi avoids the damage to the body.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Davi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Davi is trying to trip Adams. He has hold of a leg but Adams is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Davi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Adams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Adams being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davi stands and throws Adams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Davi taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi advances nicely into full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davi content just to control the position here.
Adams is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Davi controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Adams dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adams tries to clinch but Davi is having none of it.
Adams is looking to clinch but Davi is avoiding it.
Adams tries to clinch up but Davi circles away and keeps his distance.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davi's face.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Davi blocks with his arms.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Davi is blocking nicely.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davi wants a takedown but no success here.
Davi has Adams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Adams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The is referee keeping an eye on Adams - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Adams prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao Davi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davi tries to score a body lock takedown but Adams shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Davi avoids the damage to the body.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davi.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Davi avoids the damage to the body.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davi blocks it with crossed arms.
Davi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
Davi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Davi is blocking nicely.
Andre Adams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Davi blocks with his arms.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Davi avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Adams with a knee to the head.

Davi is rocked!
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Oh Davi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Davi blocks with his arms.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Davi is blocking nicely.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Davi is blocking nicely.
Davi seems to have got his legs back now.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries a knee to the head but Davi blocks it.

Davi manages to pull guard.
Adams is looking to stand up but Davi won't let him.
Davi managing to control the position.
Adams stopping the sweep attempt from Davi.
Adams trying to stand up but can't free himself from Davi's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Davi is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Adams is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Davi is controlling him.
Davi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Davi not doing much here.
Adams wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Adams is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Adams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Davi prevents Adams from getting back to his feet.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Davi from controlling successfully.
Adams wants to stand and escape but Davi is having none of it.
Davi trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams wants to stand but Davi is controlling the position.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davi controlling from the top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joao Davi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davi swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Davi closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Davi controlling the action here.
Davi stops Adams from getting back to his feet.
Adams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Davi trying to control the pace.

Davi seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Adams is trying to stand up here but Davi is controlling him well.
Davi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Adams tries to kick Davi off but Davi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Davi in particular looking to stall.
Adams is looking to escape.
Well, if Davi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Adams wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Adams defends it well.
Davi trying to control the pace.
Adams tries to kick Davi off but Davi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davi not doing much here.
Adams tries to kick Davi off but Davi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but Davi is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams is looking to clinch but Davi is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Davi or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.
Adams is looking to clinch but Davi is avoiding it.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but Davi moves out of range.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Davi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davi shoots in for a takedown but Adams shows good takedown defense.
Adams tries to clinch but Davi is having none of it.
Joao Davi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams tries to clinch there but Davi circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Davi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Adams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

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