PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Szalony Adi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Wibowo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adi
vs
Wibowo

185 cm
27
191 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
192 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Bare Knuckle Fisticuffs Clothing
KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Szalony Adi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Wibowo!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wibowo throws a shot from downtown. Adi moves away and avoids it.

Adi clinches up with Wibowo and pushes him back against the cage.

Adi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wibowo.

Adi has managed to clinch.
Adi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wibowo is trying to maintain a safe position but Adi gets an underhook and turns Wibowo into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Wibowo fails to land.

Adi manages to break the clinch.
Adi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wibowo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Good exchange - Wibowo coming out on top.
Wibowo throws a jab when Adi was well out of range.

Adi takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Adi.

It looks like Alexander Wibowo has been cut.

Adi manages to break the clinch.

Adi closes the distance and pushes Wibowo back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wibowo tries a body shot but Adi blocks it.

Adi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wibowo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wibowo throws out a counter right but Adi avoids it with no problem.
Szalony Adi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wibowo looks to land a right hand but Adi moved out of range.

Adi clinches up against the cage.
Wibowo can't get the takedown.
Wibowo swings wildly with an uppercut but Adi uses good head movement to avoid it.

Adi breaks from the clinch.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wibowo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Adi moves into the clinch successfully.
Wibowo being controlled against the cage.
Wibowo tries to throw a body punch but Adi avoids it by throwing Wibowo back against the cage.

Adi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've been hearing reports that Adi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wibowo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adi but Adi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wibowo throws a lazy uppercut
and Adi counters with a straight right hand.
Wibowo throws a nice looking combination but Adi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Adi forces Wibowo back against the cage and clinches.

Adi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wibowo throws a body shot but no joy.
Wibowo keeps the fight on the outside.
Wibowo swats away the attempt to clinch by Adi.

Adi closes the distance and pushes Wibowo back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee calls for Adi to work.

Adi breaks the clinch.
Wibowo looks to land a right hand but Adi moved out of range.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch but Wibowo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Adi has managed to clinch.
Adi blocking some punches.
Wibowo looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Adi.
Wibowo throws a punch but it's blocked by Adi.
Adi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wibowo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adi stalling the fight.
Wibowo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wibowo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adi is looking to control Wibowo's arms but Wibowo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Adi has his back to the cage.

Adi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adi is looking to clinch but Wibowo is avoiding it.
A nice side step and Wibowo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adi fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wibowo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Wibowo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wibowo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wibowo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adi.
Szalony Adi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Adi moves into range and clinches up with Wibowo.
Adi just leaning against Wibowo, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adi breaks from the clinch.
Adi fails with an attempt to clinch.

Adi rushes Wibowo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Adi breaks the clinch.
Adi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wibowo circles away.

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

Adi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wibowo throws the left hand but Adi avoids the punch easily.
Adi throwing a counter right hand but Wibowo manages to avoid it.
Wibowo shoots in looking for a takedown but Adi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wibowo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Szalony Adi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wibowo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wibowo keeps the fight on the outside.
Adi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wibowo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adi moves in looking to clinch but Wibowo pushes him off.
Adi wants to clinch up but Wibowo keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Wibowo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adi is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Szalony Adi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wibowo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adi wants to clinch.
Adi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wibowo can do to turn this around?
A combination from Wibowo does no damage.
It looked like Adi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wibowo.

Adi instigates a clinch.

Adi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wibowo misses with a takedown attempt - Adi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Adi has Wibowo up against the cage in a clinch.
Adi is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wibowo misses with some punches.
Adi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wibowo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Adi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wibowo swings wildly with an uppercut but Adi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adi holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Adi manages to break the clinch.
Wibowo misses with a left hand
letting Adi counter with a right hand.

Adi takes the fight into the clinch.
Adi is struggling to control the position.
Adi stalling in the clinch.
Wibowo misses with a punch on the inside.

Adi manages to break the clinch.
Adi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adi is looking to clinch but Wibowo is avoiding it.
A nice side step and Wibowo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch but Wibowo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wibowo throws out a counter right but Adi avoids it with no problem.
Wibowo swats away the attempt to clinch by Adi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adi tries to clinch but Wibowo moves out of range.
Adi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wibowo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Wibowo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adi tries to clinch but Wibowo moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adi fails in his attempt to clinch.

Adi clinches with his opponent.

Adi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wibowo swings for the body but Adi moves out of range.
Adi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Adi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wibowo throws a body punch but Adi moves out of range.

Adi gets a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Adi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adi wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Adi gets a clinch.
Wibowo working aggressively here.
Wibowo is working for takedown but Adi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Szalony Adi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wibowo.
Adi is struggling to control the position.
Szalony Adi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wibowo misses with some punches.

Adi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wibowo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adi tries to clinch but Wibowo is having none of it.
A nice side step and Wibowo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch but Wibowo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wibowo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wibowo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wibowo misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adi tries to close the distance and clinch but Wibowo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wibowo.
Wibowo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wibowo throws out a loose jab but Adi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adi is looking to counter punch.
Adi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wibowo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adi tries to avoid it but Wibowo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adi to the ground. Adi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Adi tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Wibowo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Adi rushes Wibowo and presses him up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wibowo as Adi tries to tie him up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adi throws an elbow that misses.

Adi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adi tries to clinch up but Wibowo circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Szalony Adi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wibowo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wibowo throws an off balance right hand
and Adi counters with a left and a right that stings Wibowo.
Adi tries to clinch but Wibowo is having none of it.
Adi slips a straight right by Wibowo.
Adi moves out of range as Wibowo strikes.
Wibowo throws a jab but it's blocked by Adi.
Wibowo swats away the attempt to clinch by Adi.
Adi is looking to clinch but Wibowo is avoiding it.
Wibowo keeps the fight on the outside.
Despite the aggression on Wibowo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Adi takes the fight into the clinch.
Wibowo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Adi is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Adi breaks from the clinch.
Wibowo keeps the fight on the outside.
Adi wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adi rushes Wibowo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Adi breaks the clinch.
Wibowo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wibowo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wibowo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Adi clinches up against the cage.
Wibowo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wibowo misses with a punch on the inside.
Adi stalls.
Adi looking to stall.
Wibowo swings wildly with an uppercut but Adi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wibowo is trying to stall.
Wibowo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wibowo has Adi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Adi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Adi manages to break the clinch.
Wibowo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wibowo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wibowo keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Wibowo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adi darts in trying to clinch

and Wibowo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wibowo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wibowo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Adi tries to roll over but Wibowo keeps him under control.
Adi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Adi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adi looking for a sweep. Not yet Adi, not yet.
Wibowo trying to control but Adi is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Adi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wibowo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wibowo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wibowo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wibowo wants to control from the top but Adi keeps moving.
Wibowo postures up.
Adi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Adi keeping moving, preventing Wibowo from controlling successfully.
Wibowo tries to free his leg and advance position but Adi is retaining full guard.
Adi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wibowo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Wibowo is sitting in close to Adi's body. Adi has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Wibowo is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Wibowo is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Adi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Szalony Adi!
Szalony Adi retains his middleweight title!
Szalony Adi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.