PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seun Adedji (ranked 1417 p4p, 217 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 2270 p4p, 347 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adedji
vs
Stanfield

175 cm
24
175 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
169 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development
RAGS of a RONIN

Aspire Nutrition

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seun Adedji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanfield slips a jab from Adedji.
Stanfield lands with a hook. Adedji tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Adedji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stanfield.
Adedji connects with a body shot that sends Stanfield's belly button to the back.
Seun Adedji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adedji.
Adedji misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Stanfield counters with a straight right hand.
Stanfield throws a leg kick but Adedji moved away.
Adedji takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Adedji circles away from the clinch attempt
and Adedji cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adedji ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanfield moves away.

Adedji takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stanfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adedji lands a nice uppercut.
Adedji blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Stanfield gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Stanfield preventing the sweep.
Stanfield 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.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Stanfield working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Stanfield pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adedji is keeping the position for now.
Stanfield trying to control but Adedji is working from the bottom.
Stanfield 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adedji is working an open guard so Stanfield takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Adedji swings widly with a right hand
and Stanfield counters with a straight right hand.
Stanfield drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Stanfield shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stanfield showed some decent athleticism there.
Adedji has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
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!
Stanfield seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adedji does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Adedji keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield trying to control the pace.
Stanfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stanfield is pressing down on Adedji's thigh, looking to free his foot. Adedji is holding on for now.
Stanfield lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stanfield takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Adedji taking some punishment here, with Stanfield in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adedji has hold of Stanfield's hands but Stanfield slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stanfield content to control rather than advance.
Stanfield tries to pass to full mount but Adedji defends it.
Stanfield keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Let's hope that Stanfield has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Adedji trying to control here.
Stanfield trying to mount his opponent but Adedji defends it.
Stanfield with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Adedji steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stanfield.
Stanfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adedji.

Stanfield feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stanfield throws a strike but Adedji rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Adedji avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stanfield keeping moving, preventing Adedji from controlling successfully.
Stanfield has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stanfield has an active guard here but Adedji has managed to pass into half guard.
Stanfield wants to improve his position but Adedji is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield trying to control but Adedji postures up.
Stanfield tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Adedji has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Stanfield working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Adedji avoids the attempt from Stanfield to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adedji is stalling here but it's allowed Stanfield to get half guard.
Marlo Stanfield has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stanfield trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Stanfield is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield working to try and regain half guard.
Adedji looking to control but Stanfield is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stanfield sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Stanfield is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Adedji's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Adedji's back!
Adedji tries to escape the position.
Stanfield slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Well, with Stanfield on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Adedji is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Stanfield.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Stanfield's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Adedji tries to escape the position.
Stanfield controls the position.
Stanfield misses with punches from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stanfield tries to get the hooks in deep but Adedji pushed the leg off.
Stanfield lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stanfield slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlo Stanfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Adedji works Stanfield's body with a nice hook.
A slow jab from Adedji misses its intended target.
Adedji avoids the head kick by Stanfield.
Stanfield fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stanfield slips a jab from Adedji.
Stanfield ducks under a wild hook from Adedji.
Stanfield scores with a nice strike.
Stanfield takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Adedji avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield tries to bum rush Adedji with a series of wild strikes but Adedji uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Adedji finds it's way through Stanfield's defenses.
Adedji throws an off balance right hand
and Stanfield counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Adedji throws a right hand that misses
and Stanfield counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adedji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stanfield.
A swing and a miss from Adedji.
Stanfield displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adedji throws out the jab.
Stanfield misses with a head kick.
Stanfield throws a head kick that misses.
Adedji throwing a counter right hand but Stanfield manages to avoid it.
Adedji works the jab nicely.
Adedji just misses with a punch to the body.
Stanfield throws a head kick that misses
and Adedji counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Adedji misses.
Stanfield let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stanfield swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adedji.
Stanfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stanfield.
Stanfield misses with an uppercut
and Adedji counters with a right hand to the body.
Seun Adedji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adedji moves to clinch but Stanfield breaks away
and Stanfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adedji misses with a looping left.
Stanfield defending well as Adedji loads up on a big left hand.
Adedji lands with an uppercut that bounces Stanfield off the cage and back into range.
Adedji moves out of range of the strikes.
Stanfield ducks under a wild hook from Adedji.
Stanfield takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stanfield wants to slow Adedji down by chopping away at his legs.
Adedji was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Adedji looks to throw the jab but Stanfield is out of range.
Stanfield throws a fast counter high kick but Adedji manages to duck under it in time.
The crowd cheers as Adedji lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stanfield doesn't seem phased though.
Stanfield scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a sloppy head kick
and Adedji counters with a stiff right hand.
Adedji moves away from the strike by Stanfield.
Adedji appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Adedji jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stanfield connects with a right hand. Adedji shakes it off.
Adedji looks to throw the jab but Stanfield is out of range.
Stanfield looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Adedji moves out of range as Stanfield strikes.
Stanfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Stanfield was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adedji swings for the body but Stanfield moves out of range.
Adedji throws a poor cross that misses
and Stanfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Adedji is rocked!
Stanfield blocks a jab.
Oh Adedji is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stanfield circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Adedji to the canvas! Adedji doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Stanfield keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marlo Stanfield!
A relieved looking Marlo Stanfield thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.