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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adabisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceasar Memphis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Adabisi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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142 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Adabisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ceasar Memphis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adabisi throws a right hand that Memphis ducks under and follows up with a left that Memphis also avoids with ease.
Memphis scores with a decent looking hook.
Adabisi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A cross from Memphis lands.
Memphis misses with a few strikes there.
Memphis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Adabisi on the side of the head.
Memphis misses with a wild combination.
Adabisi misses with a straight right.
Memphis is looking to clinch but Adabisi is avoiding it.
Adabisi digs a good body shot into Memphis's ribs.
Memphis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Memphis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Adabisi back to the cage. Memphis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ceasar Memphis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Adabisi misses.
Memphis lands a really nice looking cross but Adabisi seems unphased.
Adabisi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Memphis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Adabisi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adabisi misses with a hook
and Memphis counters with a nice body shot.
Memphis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Adabisi fails to land with a series of punches.
Adabisi throws a sloppy body shot
and Memphis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi throws a hook to the side of Memphis's head but Memphis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Memphis stuns Adabisi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Memphis.
Adabisi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adabisi throws a lazy uppercut
and Memphis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Memphis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Memphis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Adabisi looks to score with a jab to the body but Memphis is just out of range.
Adabisi dodges the punch combination from Memphis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Memphis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Memphis throws a series of punches but Adabisi avoids them all with ease.
Memphis avoids the body shot from Adabisi.
Memphis walks into a left hand.
Memphis lands a nice shot that snaps Adabisi's head back.
Memphis slips a straight right by Adabisi.
Sloppy strikes from Memphis. Those never looked like landing.
Memphis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Memphis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi misses with an uppercut. Memphis saw that one coming.
Memphis has managed to clinch.
Memphis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Memphis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Memphis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
Memphis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Memphis misses with the head strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Memphis has a couple of punches blocked by Adabisi.
Memphis working aggressively here.
Memphis tries to pull guard but Adabisi won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ceasar Memphis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Adabisi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Memphis has time to react.
Memphis throws a nice looking combination but Adabisi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Memphis catches Adabisi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Memphis swinging wildly here.
Memphis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Adabisi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Memphis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Memphis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi throws a jab but it's blocked by Memphis.
Memphis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adabisi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ceasar Memphis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adabisi misses with a wild body shot.
Adabisi misses with a double jab
and Memphis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adabisi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Memphis. Those never looked like landing.
Adabisi looks to land a right hand but Memphis moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Memphis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adabisi.
Adabisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Memphis.
Memphis misses with a two punch combination.
Memphis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adabisi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Memphis's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Memphis scores with a hook.
Jab from Memphis.
Memphis moves into range and clinches up with Adabisi.
A hook to the body from Memphis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Memphis effectively controlling the action here.
Adabisi wants to get back to striking at distance but Memphis won't allow it.
Memphis misses with some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Memphis manages to break the clinch.
Adabisi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Memphis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Memphis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi thows a body shot but no joy.
Ceasar Memphis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adabisi throws a hook to the side of Memphis's head but Memphis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adabisi throws a lazy right hand but Memphis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adabisi misses with a body shot.
Memphis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Adabisi on the side of the head.
Memphis misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Memphis.
Adabisi misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ceasar Memphis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Memphis misses the jab.
Memphis has closed the distance and engaged Adabisi in a clinch.
Memphis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Memphis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adabisi has Memphis pushed against the cage.
Adabisi wants to get back to striking at distance but Memphis won't allow it.
Memphis can't find room to land a body shot as Adabisi controls the action.
Memphis lands a shoulder strike.
Memphis lands a right hand.
Memphis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adabisi stalling in the clinch but Memphis improves position.
Memphis misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi is trying to break the clinch but Memphis has him pressed against the cage.
Memphis lands a nice uppercut.
Adabisi breaks the clinch.
Memphis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adabisi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Adabisi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adabisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Memphis was well out of range. Poor timing from Adabisi.
Good exchange - Memphis coming out on top.
Adabisi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Memphis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adabisi throws out the jab.
Adabisi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Memphis avoids the body shot from Adabisi.
Memphis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Memphis tries to bum rush Adabisi with a series of wild strikes but Adabisi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Memphis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Adabisi's head.
A combination from Memphis does no damage.
Memphis connects with a single shot there.
Memphis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adabisi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi scores with a nice strike.
Memphis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adabisi lands a glancing blow to the side of Memphis's head.
Adabisi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Memphis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adabisi throws a hook but Memphis blocks it.
Adabisi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Memphis wants to land a leg kick but Adabisi is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Memphis throws the left hand but Adabisi avoids the punch easily.
Memphis throws a right and a left that Adabisi avoids nicely.
Adabisi throws a looping overhand right but Memphis ducks down to avoid it.
Memphis looks to land a combination but Adabisi avoids it well.
Memphis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ceasar Memphis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Memphis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simon Adabisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Memphis throws a series of punches but Adabisi avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adabisi misses with a two punch combination.
Adabisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Memphis was well out of range. Poor timing from Adabisi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ceasar Memphis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Memphis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceasar Memphis!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ceasar Memphis waved his t-shirt featuring Ace of Spades Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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