PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russel Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Adkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Adkins will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Green
vs
Adkins

223 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
167 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Russel Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Adkins!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adkins drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Adkins wants to stand but Green has his arm trapped.
Green sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adkins stalling.
Green controlling the position for now.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Adkins working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Green really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adkins is trying to control the action in half guard but Green is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Adkins is working for a kimura but Green is defending it quite comfortably.

Green kicks off Adkins and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adkins closes the distance and clinches.
Adkins is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Green blocks the elbow strike.

Adkins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Green preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Adkins wants to stand up but Green is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green wants to get back to full guard.
Green is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Green slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Green pulls Adkins in to control the position.
Green continues to stall.
Green will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Adkins looking to sit in guard and control but Green gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Adkins being controlled here, momentarily.
Green loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Green seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Green throwing strikes from guard but Adkins blocks nicely.
Green prevents Adkins from getting back to his feet.
Green distracts Adkins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Green is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Green is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green prevents Adkins from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Green postures up in Adkins's guard and throws a big left but Adkins blocks it.
Green content to stall in guard here.
Green tries to stand but Adkins is controlling from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Adkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Green is looking to clinch but Adkins is avoiding it.

Adkins instigates a clinch.

Adkins has Green pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Adkins pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Green tumbling to the mat - Adkins dives into Green's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Green pulls Adkins in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Adkins dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Green gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Adkins has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Green regains guard immediately.

Green scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Adkins rushes Green and presses him up against the cage.
Adkins trying to control the position but instead, Green has worked for underhooks and has pushed Adkins into the cage.

Adkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Adkins moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adkins jumps guard.
Green with a nice head shot there.
Green engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Green 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.
Matt Adkins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adkins 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.
Adkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Green stands up over Adkins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Adkins wants to sweep here but Green controlling him for the moment.
Green makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Green postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Green stands up and waves to Adkins to follow him.
Russel Green is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Adkins scores with a takedown into Green's guard.

Green has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Adkins off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Adkins.

Adkins gets tackled into the cage by Green. Green maintains the clinch.
Green stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adkins holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adkins manages to pull guard.
Green stands up over Adkins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Green scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Green with a nice head shot there.
Green landing with the ground and pound.
Green scoring with punches to the head and body.
Green sitting in guard here, content to control.
Green scoring with punches to the head and body.
Green postures up and lands a big shot to Adkins's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green landing with the ground and pound.
Green controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Adkins looking to control.
Green is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Green scoring with punches to the head and body.
Green is in close to Adkins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Green works over Adkins with some ground and pound from guard.
Green engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Green content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Green engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Green tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
A head kick misses from Adkins.

Adkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Green looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Green manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Green working over Adkins with some ground and pound. Adkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Adkins flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Green working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Green working the head and body with strikes.
Green working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Green landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Green takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Green drops an elbow to the side of Adkins's head.
Green drops an elbow to the side of Adkins's head.
Green is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adkins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Green scores with a couple of nice shots.
Adkins taking some punishment here, with Green in his half guard.
Green lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Green seems to be looking for submissions.
Green looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Green working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adkins taking some punishment here, with Green in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Green.
Adkins taking some punishment here, with Green in his half guard.
Adkins wants to control but Green is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Adkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Green slips a nice elbow through Adkins's hands, connecting with Adkins's forehead.
Adkins taking some punishment here, with Green in his half guard.
Green working the head and body with strikes.
Green seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adkins trying to control but Green postures up.
Green controlling the action here.
Adkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Adkins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Green is working away from the top position though.
Green content to control rather than advance.
Green scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Green working Adkins over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins trying to control but Green postures up.
Green lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Green connects with a nice short shot to Adkins's temple.
Green working Adkins over with strikes.
Green with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Green 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.

Adkins pushes Green off and gets back to his feet.

Green pushes Adkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Adkins wants to break free but Green has control.
Adkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green stalls.
Adkins is trying to stall.

Adkins has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Green clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Adkins is trying to stick to Green's back but Green is turning into Adkins. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Adkins's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Green.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green scoring with punches to the head and body.
Green makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Adkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Green postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Russel Green showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Green has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russel Green!