PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lui Mora (ranked 4432 p4p, 4492 weight class) and George Adamidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mora
vs
Adamidis

177 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
167
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lui Mora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Adamidis!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamidis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Adamidis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mora manages to avoid it.
Adamidis misses with a looping right.
Mora half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Adamidis misses with a takedown attempt - Mora sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mora tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adamidis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Adamidis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mora has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mora and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adamidis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Mora. Those never looked like landing.
Mora throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mora throws a lazy right hand but Adamidis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adamidis tries to clinch up but Mora circles away and keeps his distance.

Mora shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mora works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Adamidis is looking to improve his position.
Mora thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Adamidis's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mora controlling the action here.
Adamidis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mora.
Mora slows the pace down in half guard.
Mora winds up and cracks Adamidis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mora looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mora is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mora working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mora trying to control the pace.
Adamidis wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mora working over Adamidis with some ground and pound. Adamidis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Adamidis is not content to let Mora control the position.
Mora looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mora landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mora connects with a nice short shot to Adamidis's temple.
Mora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mora drops an elbow to the side of Adamidis's head.
Mora is looking to take a break and control but Adamidis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Adamidis gets back to full guard.
Mora connects with a couple of short punches.
Mora trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mora is stalling in the full guard.
Mora with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mora showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Adamidis keeping moving, preventing Mora from controlling successfully.
Mora controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mora is fighting to break Adamidis's control of his arms but Adamidis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mora working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adamidis's head.
Mora is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mora stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adamidis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Adamidis has momentary wrist control but Mora slips an elbow through the middle.
Mora wants to control from the top but Adamidis keeps moving.
Mora working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Adamidis looks winded!
Mora trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamidis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mora chips away with some ground and pound.
Adamidis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mora. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mora trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamidis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adamidis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mora showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Mora dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Adamidis misses with a takedown attempt - Mora sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mora tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adamidis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adamidis misses with a takedown attempt - Mora sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mora changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Adamidis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mora pinned against the cage. Mora gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lui Mora has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Adamidis.

Mora fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Adamidis sprawls well initially but Mora persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mora scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mora working over Adamidis with some ground and pound. Adamidis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mora scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Adamidis is breathing heavily.
Mora prevents Adamidis from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mora has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Adamidis is bucking up trying to escape but Mora cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Adamidis is rocked!
Mora is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adamidis can do to turn this around?
Adamidis takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mora's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lui Mora!
In his post fight interview, Lui Mora started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.