PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Cheyenne Little Dove (ranked 3073 p4p, 21656 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 285 p4p, 395 weight class). Carlton Adesanya has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Little Dove
vs
Adesanya

175 cm
22
140
8 - 0 - 0

160 cm
32
147
20 - 23 - 1

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Great elbows
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cheyenne Little Dove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little Dove connects with a right hand. Adesanya shakes it off.
Little Dove ducks under a wild hook from Adesanya.
Little Dove cracks Adesanya with a good jab.

Little Dove takes the fight into the clinch.
Adesanya takes an elbow to the temple.
Little Dove lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adesanya or not.
Little Dove cracks Adesanya with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Little Dove.
Adesanya missing with knees to the body.
Little Dove misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
Little Dove lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Little Dove pushes Adesanya back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Little Dove softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Little Dove.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Little Dove creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Little Dove can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little Dove looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Little Dove tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Nice elbow from Little Dove.

It looks like Carlton Adesanya has been cut.
Little Dove can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
Little Dove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Little Dove goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Little Dove swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Little Dove.
A right hand to the body from Little Dove.
Adesanya blocks the elbow strike.
Adesanya dodges an elbow strike from Little Dove.
Little Dove lands a nice uppercut.
Little Dove throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Adesanya takes an elbow to the temple.
Little Dove lands a body punch in the clinch.
Adesanya tries to land knees in the clinch but Little Dove avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Little Dove taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Little Dove.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adesanya dodges an elbow strike from Little Dove.
A frustrated look appears on Adesanya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Little Dove misses with a body punch.
Little Dove lands an elbow that stopped Adesanya in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Carlton Adesanya's cut even more.
Adesanya has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Little Dove seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Adesanya can turn it around.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Little Dove takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adesanya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Little Dove backwards.
Little Dove lands a damaging elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Little Dove.
Little Dove tries a body shot but Adesanya blocks it.
Little Dove lands an elbow that stopped Adesanya in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Carlton Adesanya's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Little Dove creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Little Dove avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Little Dove lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Little Dove just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adesanya's brow.
Little Dove tries to throw a body punch but Adesanya avoids it by throwing Little Dove back against the ropes.
Little Dove misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Adesanya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Little Dove misses with an elbow strike.
Adesanya prevents a body shot from Little Dove.
Little Dove lands an elbow inside.
Little Dove scores with a shoulder strike.
Little Dove's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Little Dove misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Little Dove prevents Adesanya from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove misses with a body punch.
Adesanya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adesanya is trying to force a seperation but Little Dove has the dominant position.
Little Dove throws an elbow but it misses.
Little Dove working aggressively here.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Adesanya tries to stall but Little Dove uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Little Dove throws an elbow that misses.
Little Dove lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.

Carlton Adesanya's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Our sources have told us that Little Dove has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Little Dove scores with a hook to the body.
Little Dove can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
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!
Adesanya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Little Dove working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Little Dove tries to work over Adesanya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Little Dove pushes off an throws an elbow but Adesanya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Little Dove lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cheyenne Little Dove dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlton Adesanya's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Little Dove scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adesanya in his tracks.
Little Dove dodges the punch combination from Adesanya.
Little Dove is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Adesanya takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A slow jab from Little Dove misses its intended target.
Adesanya keeps Little Dove at a distance using the push kick.
Little Dove keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Little Dove throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adesanya is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Little Dove rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adesanya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Adesanya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Little Dove - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Little Dove.
Little Dove lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya misses with an elbow over the top.
Little Dove lands a hook to the side of the head.
Little Dove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little Dove comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Little Dove just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adesanya's brow.
Little Dove tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Little Dove has Adesanya pushed against the ropes.
Adesanya lands a body punch.
Little Dove swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Little Dove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little Dove lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carlton Adesanya's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cheyenne Little Dove!
Cheyenne Little Dove took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brooklyn Threads for their support in the buildup to the fight.