PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Prince Tonni (ranked 6268 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zane Adebayo (ranked 4752 p4p, 0 weight class). Prince Tonni is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tonni
vs
Adebayo

190 cm
18
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Prince Tonni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zane Adebayo!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonni with a nice cross.

Adebayo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Adebayo lands in his opponent's guard.
Adebayo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tonni 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.
Tonni wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Adebayo is now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonni wants to get back to full guard but Adebayo has passed into side control.
Tonni tries to bench press Adebayo off him but Adebayo keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebayo staying calm.
Adebayo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Tonni tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tonni is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Adebayo is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Tonni has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Tonni working to try and regain half guard.
Adebayo looking to control and managing it successfully.

Adebayo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tonni to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tonni shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebayo controlling the pace for now.
Tonni is trying to stand.
Adebayo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tonni has given up his back here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Adebayo has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Tonni! Can he survive? No! He's out! Adebayo gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Zane Adebayo!
Zane Adebayo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.