PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adabisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Craftt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adabisi
vs
Craftt

157 cm
31
140 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

165 cm
27
145 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Adabisi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martin Craftt!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Adabisi.

Craftt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
I was talking to Adabisi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Adabisi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adabisi takes an elbow to the temple.
A shot in the inside from Adabisi.
Craftt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Adabisi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Craftt with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Adabisi counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Craftt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Craftt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Adabisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Craftt.
Adabisi is looking to counter punch.
Craftt tries for a takedown but Adabisi circles away easily

and Adabisi counters by moving into the clinch.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Craftt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi managing to block the knees to the body from Craftt.
Craftt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adabisi's efforts to push away.
Adabisi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Craftt wants to stall.
Adabisi has a couple of punches blocked by Craftt.
Adabisi is looking to break free of the clinch but Craftt has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Adabisi.
Craftt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Craftt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Adabisi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adabisi throws a punch but it's blocked by Craftt.
Craftt is pushing Adabisi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Adabisi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adabisi lands with a light punch inside.

Adabisi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Craftt gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Adabisi counters with a straight right hand.

Craftt moves into range and clinches up with Adabisi.
Adabisi managing to block the knees to the body from Craftt.
Craftt tries to land knees in the clinch but Adabisi avoids the damage to the body.
Adabisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adabisi tries to break free but Craftt pushes him back against the cage.
Adabisi tries to break the clinch but Craftt is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craftt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craftt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craftt pushes off an throws an elbow but Adabisi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Adabisi breaks the clinch.
Adabisi misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Craftt is defended easily by Adabisi.
A little feinted left hand from Adabisi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Craftt instigates a clinch.
Craftt scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adabisi avoids it.
Craftt prevents Adabisi from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Craftt.
Adabisi working aggressively here.
Craftt tries to work over Adabisi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Craftt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adabisi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Craftt's elbow.
Adabisi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Craftt's elbow.
Adabisi struggles to land a body shot inside as Craftt controls his hands.
Adabisi is trying to break the clinch but Craftt is controlling him.
Adabisi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Craftt is keeping busy.
Craftt tries to land knees in the clinch but Adabisi avoids the damage to the body.
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 Simon Adabisi will probably get the nod.
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.

Craftt shoots in but Adabisi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adabisi connects with a jab.
Craftt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Adabisi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Adabisi tries to keep at a distance but Craftt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adabisi tries to throw a body punch but Craftt avoids it by throwing Adabisi back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adabisi has a couple of punches blocked by Craftt.
Craftt keeps control of Adabisi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adabisi swings wildly with an uppercut but Craftt uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Craftt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi wants to break free but Craftt has control.
Adabisi misses with a body punch.

Adabisi breaks from the clinch.
Craftt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adabisi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Craftt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Adabisi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Craftt as he connects with a hook.
Craftt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Craftt wants to clinch up but Adabisi keeps it at a distance.
Craftt tries to clinch but Adabisi moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Adabisi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Craftt tries to close the distance and clinch but Adabisi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Craftt pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt lands a high kick!
Craftt dives in and grabs Adabisi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adabisi pushes down on Craftt's head and hops out.
It looked like Adabisi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Craftt.
Craftt shoots in for a takedown but Adabisi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Adabisi throws a jab but it's blocked by Craftt.
Craftt is looking to clinch.
Adabisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adabisi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Craftt misses with a takedown
and Adabisi counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin Craftt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Craftt shoots in for a double leg but Adabisi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Craftt tries a head kick but it misses.
Craftt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Adabisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Craftt is breathing heavily.
Adabisi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Adabisi cracks Craftt with a good jab.
Adabisi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Adabisi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Craftt - the referee stops the clock and Adabisi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Craftt. Adabisi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Craftt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adabisi is fending him off so far but Craftt persists. Nope, Adabisi circles away and we're back to standing.

Craftt bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
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Adabisi wants to control but Craftt postures up.

Craftt goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Adabisi rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Craftt's guard! Nice work there by Adabisi!
Craftt looking for a sweep. Not yet Craftt, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Adabisi trying to move into half guard but instead Craftt has managed to sweep!

Craftt trying to control but Adabisi is working from the bottom.
Craftt passes into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Craftt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adabisi keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Adabisi dominated that second round.
That's time! Adabisi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Adabisi connects with a body shot that sends Craftt's belly button to the back.
Craftt tries to clinch up but Adabisi circles away and keeps his distance.
Simon Adabisi is winning the standup battle so far.
Craftt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adabisi tries to avoid it but Craftt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adabisi to the ground. Adabisi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Craftt or perhaps it was just good defense by Adabisi, which made it look bad.
It looked like Adabisi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Craftt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Craftt.
Craftt wants to clinch
and Adabisi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craftt misses with a takedown
and Adabisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Craftt tries to clinch
and Adabisi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Craftt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craftt tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Adabisi defends well and Craftt ends up having to push Adabisi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Adabisi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Craftt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adabisi closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Craftt is rocked!
Adabisi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Craftt is still on wobbly legs! Can Adabisi finish him?
Adabisi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Craftt with the counter takedown but Adabisi avoids it easily.
Craftt seems to have recovered his senses.
Craftt doesn't manage to clinch there - Adabisi circles away.
Craftt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Adabisi jabs Craftt right on the nose. Craftt blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt has his takedown stuffed
letting Adabisi counter with a right hand.
Craftt slips under a jab.
Adabisi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Craftt can do to turn this around?
Adabisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Adabisi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Craftt closes the distance and clinches up with Adabisi, looking for a takedown. Craftt pushes Adabisi against the cage but Adabisi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Craftt moves to clinch but Adabisi breaks away
enabling Adabisi to counter with a crisp jab.
Adabisi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simon Adabisi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Craftt with a lazy takedown attempt
and Adabisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martin Craftt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craftt fails with a takedown attempt.
Adabisi is looking to counter the offense by Craftt and move into the clinch.
Craftt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craftt fails with the takedown
and Adabisi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Craftt walks into a stiff left hand from Adabisi.
Craftt tries to clinch but Adabisi moves away
and Adabisi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adabisi throws a series of punches but Craftt moves out of range.
Craftt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adabisi lands with a big left! Craftt is wobbled badly! Adabisi comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Craftt to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Simon Adabisi!
Simon Adabisi retains his bantamweight title!