PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Adamsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russo comes into the arena with Volbeat - The Human Instrument blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Russo
vs
Adamsky

181 cm
34
186 lbs
32 - 14 - 2

182 cm
30
185 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160
Conviction

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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 32 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinny Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Adamsky!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamsky blocks a low kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Russo. Adamsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adamsky fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Russo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Adamsky pivots, looking for a leg kick but Russo is out of range and Adamsky settles back down.
Russo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Adamsky motions for Russo to come forward. Adamsky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Russo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Russo scores with a hook.
Adamsky lands with a shot to the body.
Adamsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russo misses with a leg kick
and Adamsky makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Russo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adamsky closes the distance and pushes Russo back into the cage.
Adamsky lands a hook that snaps the head of Russo backwards.
Russo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adamsky's elbow.
Adamsky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Russo wants a takedown but no success here.
Russo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adamsky blocks a body shot from Russo.
Russo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Russo misses with some punches.
Adamsky pushes Russo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Adamsky is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Adamsky struggles to land a body shot inside as Russo controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adamsky.
Russo wants to get back to striking at distance but Adamsky won't allow it.
Russo lands with a right to the head.
Russo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adamsky keeps control of Russo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Adamsky - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adamsky is trying to break the clinch but Russo is controlling him.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Adamsky avoids the damage to the body.
Russo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Russo wants a takedown.

Adamsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russo.
Adamsky looks to land a body kick but Russo moved away.
Russo misses with a wild body shot.
Adamsky takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Adamsky misses with a low kick.
Adamsky drops his hands momentarily and Russo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Russo tries a low kick but Adamsky avoids it.
Russo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamsky throws a wild body kick that Russo sees coming a mile off.
Russo throws a hook but Adamsky blocks it.
Adamsky looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Russo wants to land a leg kick but Adamsky is out of range.
Adamsky is looking to slow Russo down with leg kicks.
Adamsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Adamsky checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Adamsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Russo thumps Adamsky with a low kick.
Adamsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Russo lands a nice hook to Adamsky's body. Adamsky takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adamsky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A low kick from Adamsky misses
and Russo counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick by Adamsky misses
and Adamsky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adamsky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Russo tries to land a front kick but Adamsky steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Adamsky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinny Russo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adamsky throws a leg kick but Russo checks it.
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 Vinny Russo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Adamsky looks to throw a body kick

and Russo counters with a shoot takedown. Adamsky fights it but they end up in guard.
Russo wants to pass the guard but Adamsky is keeping the position.
Russo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Adamsky tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Russo throwing strikes but missing.
Russo preventing the sweep.
Russo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adamsky preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamsky working a defensive guard here.
Russo throwing strikes from guard but Adamsky blocks nicely.
Russo works over Adamsky with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Russo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Russo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Russo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adamsky works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Russo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Russo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamsky is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Russo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Russo forces his way into half guard.
Russo is trying to control the action in half guard but Adamsky is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Russo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Russo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Russo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Russo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Russo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adamsky with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Russo wants to take a breather but Adamsky is having none of it.
Russo thows a huge punch but Adamsky dodges it nicely.
Adamsky looks like he's trying to stand up.
Russo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamsky is refusing to be controlled, as Russo sits in half guard.
Vinny Russo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Russo is just content to waste time from the top position. Adamsky takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Russo 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.
Russo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Russo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Russo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Russo won't allow Adamsky to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Russo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A leg kick checked by Adamsky.
Russo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Adamsky sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Adamsky misses with a hook

and Russo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Adamsky has control of Russo's left arm, preventing Russo from doing any damage.
Adamsky looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Russo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Russo throws a strike but Adamsky rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Adamsky controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Russo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Adamsky doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Adamsky manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Adamsky really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Russo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Russo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Russo is looking for a triangle here but Adamsky uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Adamsky wants to lay and pray for a moment but Russo keeps working.
Mike Adamsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo tries to improve position but can't.
Russo is working hard here to advance position.
Russo tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Adamsky presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Adamsky can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Russo is looking to escape.
Russo is looking to get to half guard.
Adamsky trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo working to try and regain half guard.
Russo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Adamsky wants to take a breather but Russo is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adamsky prevents Russo from improving his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Adamsky was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Russo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adamsky's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinny Russo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Russo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinny Russo!
After the big win, Vinny Russo made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.