PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hall (ranked 2858 p4p, 266 weight class) and Jontee Adams (ranked 3078 p4p, 280 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bandit. This should be a great matchup!

Hall
vs
Adams

179 cm
25
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jontee Adams!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hall shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adams but Adams pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Adams closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hall gets full guard.
Hall bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Adams's guard.

Hall pushes down on Adams's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hall is thwarting Adams's attempts to control the position.
Adams is pressing down on Hall's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hall controlling from the top position.
Hall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Hall from controlling successfully.

Adams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hall doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hall manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.
Hall controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hall looking to pass the guard.
Hall passes Adams's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hall is trying to control. Adams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Hall seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Adams is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryan Hall!
A pretty intense looking Ryan Hall took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.