PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cruz Dominiguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Adabisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz Dominiguez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dominiguez
vs
Adabisi

173 cm
25
147 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

157 cm
38
140 lbs
31 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cruz Dominiguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Adabisi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominiguez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice defenses there by Adabisi.
Dominiguez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dominiguez misses with a body punch
and Adabisi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dominiguez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Adabisi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dominiguez misses with a hook.
Dominiguez jabs Adabisi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Adabisi throws a shot from downtown. Dominiguez moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez lands a head kick!
Dominiguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dominiguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dominiguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adabisi is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominiguez swings for the body but Adabisi moves out of range.
Dominiguez throws a head kick that misses
and Adabisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adabisi misses with an uppercut. Dominiguez saw that one coming.
Dominiguez moves forwards but Adabisi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dominiguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dominiguez throws a head kick that half lands.
Cruz Dominiguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Adabisi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adabisi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dominiguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Adabisi.
Dominiguez lands a hook that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
Adabisi lands a body shot.
Adabisi misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adabisi misses with a punch to the body.
Dominiguez 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.
Adabisi tries a body shot but Dominiguez blocks it.
Adabisi lands a nice uppercut.
Adabisi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adabisi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dominiguez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
Dominiguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adabisi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adabisi.
Dominiguez has a couple of punches blocked by Adabisi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adabisi.
Dominiguez misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi misses with some punches.
Adabisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominiguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.
Adabisi tries to circle away but Dominiguez has him pinned against the cage.
Adabisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominiguez has a couple of punches blocked by Adabisi.
Adabisi stalling in the clinch but Dominiguez improves position.
Adabisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adabisi.
Adabisi tries to circle away but Dominiguez has him pinned against the cage.
Adabisi is trying to break free.
Adabisi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominiguez backwards.
Dominiguez avoiding damage.
Dominiguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adabisi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adabisi looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominiguez.
Adabisi lands with a short shot to the head.
Dominiguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominiguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dominiguez blocks an uppercut.
Dominiguez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
Adabisi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominiguez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Adabisi.
Dominiguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Adabisi misses with the head strike.
Adabisi stalling against the cage.
A short right from Adabisi on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adabisi.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Adabisi misses with a short punch on the inside.
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 Cruz Dominiguez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Adabisi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dominiguez moves in looking to clinch but Adabisi pushes him off.
Adabisi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adabisi was well out of range. Poor timing from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez looks for the body kick but Adabisi saw that one coming.
Adabisi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Adabisi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Adabisi lands with a nice combination. Dominiguez backs away looking to recover.
Dominiguez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Adabisi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dominiguez scrambles back to his feet.
Dominiguez scores with a body shot.
Adabisi with a nice cross.

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

Dominiguez closes the distance and clinches.
Dominiguez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Dominiguez.
Dominiguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominiguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominiguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dominiguez fails to land.
Adabisi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adabisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominiguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Dominiguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez blocking some punches.
Cruz Dominiguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dominiguez lands a hook that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
A short left from Adabisi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi tries a body shot but Dominiguez blocks it.
Dominiguez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dominiguez fails to land.
Dominiguez prevents a body shot from Adabisi.
Adabisi lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Adabisi blocks an uppercut.

Adabisi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adabisi catches Dominiguez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dominiguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Adabisi.
Dominiguez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dominiguez slips under a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dominiguez. Adabisi shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adabisi was well out of range. Poor timing from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adabisi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Dominiguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adabisi working aggressively here.
Dominiguez has Adabisi pressed against the cage, preventing Adabisi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominiguez.
Dominiguez 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.
Adabisi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Adabisi as the two fighters clinch.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Dominiguez is stalling here.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Adabisi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adabisi breaks from the clinch.
Dominiguez lands a head kick!

Dominiguez clinches with his opponent.
Adabisi tries to break free but Dominiguez pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dominiguez fails to land.
Adabisi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adabisi has a couple of punches blocked by Dominiguez.
Dominiguez prevents a body shot from Adabisi.
Adabisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adabisi blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Adabisi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominiguez throws a head punch that misses.
Adabisi lands a left hand.
Adabisi swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominiguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cruz Dominiguez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Adabisi clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Dominiguez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dominiguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Adabisi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adabisi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominiguez takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Adabisi's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Adabisi breaks from the clinch.
Dominiguez moves out of range as Adabisi strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Dominiguez misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez throws a head kick that half lands.
Adabisi pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dominiguez back to the cage. Adabisi follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dominiguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adabisi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dominiguez with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominiguez throws a solid leg kick but Adabisi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dominiguez.
Cruz Dominiguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Adabisi throws out a loose jab but Dominiguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adabisi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dominiguez wants to slow Adabisi down by chopping away at his legs.
Adabisi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Adabisi misses with a hook to the body
and Dominiguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Adabisi is rocked!
Dominiguez wants to clinch up but Adabisi keeps it at a distance.
Dominiguez swings for the body but Adabisi moves out of range.
Adabisi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Adabisi throws a series of punches but Dominiguez avoids them all with ease.
Dominiguez thinks about countering with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adabisi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dominiguez misses with a hook
and Adabisi counters with a stiff right hand.

Dominiguez forces Adabisi back against the cage and clinches.
Dominiguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominiguez has a couple of punches blocked by Adabisi.
Dominiguez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominiguez blocks an uppercut.
Adabisi is trying to break the clinch but Dominiguez is controlling him.
Adabisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominiguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Adabisi tries to work over Dominiguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominiguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Adabisi trying to control the position but instead, Dominiguez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Adabisi into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominiguez has him pressed against the cage.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Adabisi can't find room to land a body shot as Dominiguez controls the action.
Adabisi swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominiguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adabisi misses with the head strike.
Adabisi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adabisi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dominiguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adabisi wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominiguez won't allow it.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Adabisi throws a head punch that misses.
Adabisi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dominiguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adabisi's efforts to push away.
Dominiguez leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dominiguez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dominiguez prevents Adabisi from breaking the clinch.
Dominiguez lands with a left to the head.
Adabisi is pushing Dominiguez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Adabisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adabisi wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominiguez won't allow it.
Adabisi misses with some punches.
Simon Adabisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adabisi.
Dominiguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez is trying to maintain a safe position but Adabisi gets an underhook and turns Dominiguez into the cage.
Adabisi lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adabisi is looking to control Dominiguez's arms but Dominiguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Adabisi has his back to the cage.
Cruz Dominiguez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adabisi throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominiguez.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cruz Dominiguez.
Well Dominiguez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cruz Dominiguez!