PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Adkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Adkins
vs
Pierre

178 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, George Adkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Pierre throws a sloppy head kick and Adkins moves out of range easily.
Adkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Adkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pierre did well to prevent Adkins getting side control.
Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adkins.
Pierre is doing well to control the position and prevent Adkins from advancing to side control.
Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adkins.
Pierre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pierre is looking to control Adkins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pierre avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Adkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Pierre is retaining full guard.
Adkins distracts Pierre with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adkins postures up in Pierre's guard and throws a big left but Pierre blocks it.
Adkins postures up in Pierre's guard and throws a big left but Pierre blocks it.
Pierre trying to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. George Pierre wasn't active enough on the ground.

Adkins moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Adkins.
Adkins is working Pierre over against the cage.
Pierre wants to take the fight to the mat but Adkins manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pierre looks winded!
Adkins is struggling to control the position.
Pierre tries to pull guard but Adkins holds him up against the cage and eventually Pierre drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Adkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adkins has his takedown stuffed

and Pierre counters by clinching up.
A right handed body shot lands from Adkins.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adkins.

Adkins manages to break the clinch.
Adkins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pierre's waist but Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Adkins off to one side.

Pierre throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Adkins tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pierre is in Adkins's guard.
Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Adkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pierre is looking to stand up but Adkins won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins wants to stand and escape but Pierre is having none of it.
Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adkins is keeping the position for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by George Pierre.
Adkins looks for a takedown but Pierre sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Adkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pierre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Adkins did well to prevent Pierre getting side control.
Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adkins keeps working.
Pierre wants to pass to mount but Adkins is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

George Pierre has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pierre tries to avoid it but Adkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pierre to the ground. Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierre working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but George Pierre will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pierre goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adkins has his takedown stuffed

and Pierre counters with a nice double leg into side control. Adkins won't be happy with that.
Adkins looks to move to half guard but instead Pierre has passed into mount! Damn!
Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adkins is looking to escape.
Pierre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pierre controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Adkins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Adkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adkins is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pierre working Adkins over with strikes here.
Pierre with shots to the head and body - Adkins looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pierre scoring with strikes but Adkins is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierre sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre controlling the pace for now.
Pierre looking to control but Adkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre unloading with bombs!
Pierre controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adkins shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pierre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Adkins. Adkins gets slowly back to his feet.
George Adkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Pierre.

Pierre gets a double leg takedown into Adkins's guard.
Pierre won't allow Adkins to get back to his feet.
Pierre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pierre's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. George Pierre was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Adkins tries to sprawl but Pierre drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Pierre content to control rather than advance.
Adkins is refusing to be controlled, as Pierre sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Pierre is looking for a kimura but Adkins is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pierre to get the leverage.
Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Pierre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Adkins defends it well.
Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre trying to control the action but Adkins is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pierre in particular looking to stall.
Pierre is looking to advance position but Adkins won't allow it.
Pierre is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. George Pierre wasn't active enough on the ground.

Pierre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pierre lands in his opponent's guard.
Pierre wants to pass the guard but Adkins is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pierre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pierre winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pierre!