PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Te Guruma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guruma's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, A Tear In The Open. Mark Adams struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Guruma
vs
Adams

169 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

177 cm
18
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Te Guruma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Adams!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guruma throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.
A combination from Adams does no damage.

Guruma darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Guruma is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Guruma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adams defending well though.
Guruma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adams is trying to stand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Guruma wants to pass to mount but Adams is defending the position.

Guruma stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Adams to get to his feet.

Guruma gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guruma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adams defending well though.
Guruma 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.

Guruma seems to be looking for submissions.
Adams is trying to stand.
Guruma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adams defending well though.
Guruma prevents Adams from standing back up.
Guruma seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Guruma is breathing heavily.
Guruma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Guruma wants to pass to mount but Adams is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Adams lands a jab-cross combination.

Guruma decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Adams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guruma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Adams tries to kick Guruma off but Guruma keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Adams pushes Guruma off and gets back to his feet.
Adams misses the jab.
Adams dodges the punch combination from Guruma.
Adams fails to land with a series of punches.
Adams throws a right and a left that Guruma avoids nicely.
Adams avoids the head kick by Guruma.

Guruma closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Adams pushes Guruma off looking to stand but Guruma dives back in and keeps control.
Guruma working the head and body with strikes.

Guruma postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Adams to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guruma throws a wild body kick that Adams sees coming a mile off.
A good leg kick by Guruma.

Guruma changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Guruma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Adams is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adams pushes Guruma away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Guruma gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Guruma tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Guruma has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Adams is trying to buck Guruma off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guruma trying to control the action but Adams is working from the bottom.
Guruma tries to move into full mount but can't pass Adams's legs.
Adams is trying to buck Guruma off.

Guruma decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Guruma lands a high kick!

Adams gets caught flat footed, as Guruma shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Te Guruma dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Adams's corner calls for a 1-2. Adams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Adams as Guruma shoots in.
Guruma looks for a takedown but Adams sprawls well.
Guruma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams misses with the combination.
Adams throws a nice looking combination but Guruma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adams lands with a nice combination. Guruma backs away looking to recover.

Guruma decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Adams is trying to stand.
Guruma trying to mount his opponent but Adams defends it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Adams kicks Guruma off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams cracks a nice hook into Guruma's ribs.
Adams looks for the body kick but Guruma saw that one coming.
Adams cracks a nice hook into Guruma's ribs.
Guruma misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Adams misses.
Adams falls off balance throwing a combination

and Guruma counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Adams's guard now.
Guruma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Guruma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guruma throwing strikes but missing.
Adams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guruma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guruma stops Adams from standing up.
Guruma trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Guruma decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Adams, up you get!
Adams swinging wilding here.
Te Guruma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Guruma shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Guruma was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Guruma working for a submission but Adams is keeping him at bay.
Adams trying desperately to get to his feet.
Te Guruma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guruma punishing his opponent with strikes.

Guruma has hold of Adams's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Adams manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Guruma get's back to his feet.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Guruma tries to move into range but Adams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guruma misses with a low kick.
Guruma misses with a low kick.
Adams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Guruma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adams.
Adams throws a right and a left that Guruma avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adams gets caught flat footed, as Guruma shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Guruma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Adams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guruma.

Guruma drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guruma jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Guruma wants to pass the guard but Adams is keeping the position.
Guruma wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
Guruma thows a big elbow that misses.
Guruma stops Adams from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Te Guruma dominated that second round.
That's time! Guruma's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Guruma changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Adams wants to get back to his feet but Guruma drags him back down.
Guruma scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Adams to see if he's OK.
Adams wants to get back to his feet but Guruma drags him back down.
Guruma in side control, throwing shots but Adams defends.

Guruma looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Adams is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Adams prevents Guruma from improving position.
Adams is trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guruma is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Adams bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Guruma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Guruma.
Guruma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adams.
Guruma throws a head kick that misses.
Adams throws a series of punches but Guruma avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Guruma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Guruma bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Guruma is controlling him well.
Guruma in side control, throwing shots but Adams defends.

Guruma looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Guruma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Adams is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Guruma working the body and head with strikes.
Adams wants to get back to his feet but Guruma drags him back down.
The strikes coming from Guruma are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guruma throws a strike aimed at the side of Adams's head but Adams avoids it well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Adams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.

Guruma scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Guruma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Adams gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Adams trying desperately to get to his feet.
Guruma looking to control but Adams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Guruma is really struggling to control Adams but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Guruma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams avoids a series of strikes thrown by Guruma.
Adams's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Guruma with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Mark Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guruma lands a big elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adams wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Guruma.
Adams is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Te Guruma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Guruma, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Te Guruma!