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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Schneider (ranked 348 p4p, 1097 weight class) and Adrian Adamos (ranked 43 p4p, 131 weight class). Adamos has chosen Watch as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm 29 187 10 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm 33 195 18 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Schneider! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adrian Adamos! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Adamos avoids the body shot from Schneider.
Schneider slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Adamos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schneider gets a clinch. Adamos throws a head punch that misses. A knee to the head by Adamos.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schneider. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adamos. Adamos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schneider is trying to trip Adamos. He has hold of a leg but Adamos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Schneider persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Schneider connects with a couple of short punches. Adamos wants to sweep but no luck. Schneider lands a couple of elbows. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adamos can do anything to dispel that myth. This has been an exciting period of action! Schneider postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it. Schneider scoring with some ground and pound.
 That's one minute gone in the round. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schneider accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Schneider 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. Schneider with a nice head shot there. Schneider scoring with punches to the head and body. Adamos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Adamos pulls Schneider in to control the position. Schneider missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Schneider postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Adamos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Schneider throwing strikes from guard but Adamos blocks nicely. Schneider with a nice head shot there. Adamos controlling the position. Adamos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schneider's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Adamos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schneider. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Schneider scoring with punches to the head and body. Schneider working some strikes from top position. Adamos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schneider accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Schneider trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Schneider postures up and lands a big shot to Adamos's brow. Adamos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schneider controls the pace. Schneider lands a couple of elbows. Schneider postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Schneider with a flurry of punches that miss. Adamos keeping moving, preventing Schneider from controlling successfully. Schneider works over Adamos with some ground and pound from guard.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Adamos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schneider. Schneider working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Schneider 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. Schneider works over Adamos with some ground and pound from guard. Schneider is in close to Adamos's body, working some short punches and elbows. Schneider stands up over Adamos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Schneider slips nicely into half guard.
Schneider is working for a kimura but Adamos is defending it quite comfortably.
Schneider throwing shots but Adamos is blocking nicely. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Schneider dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Schneider. Schneider swats away the attempt to clinch by Adamos. Schneider swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schneider has Adamos up against the cage in a clinch.
Adamos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adamos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schneider blocks it with crossed arms. Schneider misses with some punches.
Schneider blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Adamos blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Schneider misses with the head strike.
Adamos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adamos. Schneider goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schneider gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Adamos regains guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Schneider throwing strikes from guard but Adamos blocks nicely.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Schneider trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Adamos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schneider. Schneider lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Schneider lands a couple of decent looking shots. Adamos keeping moving, preventing Schneider from controlling successfully. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Schneider is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Schneider trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Schneider connects with a couple of short punches. Schneider pushes down on Adamos's leg and manages to get into half guard. Schneider wants to pass to mount but Adamos is defending the position. Adamos is staying active underneath Schneider, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Schneider throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Adamos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Schneider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Adamos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Schneider. Schneider looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Schneider controlling the action here. Schneider's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. Schneider throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Schneider working over Adamos with some ground and pound. Adamos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Schneider is nestled in close to Adamos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Schneider throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Schneider throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Schneider scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Schneider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Schneider working over Adamos with some ground and pound. Adamos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Schneider scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Schneider thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Schneider missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Schneider looks to score some points with some ground and pound. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Schneider dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Schneider. Kyle Schneider is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Adamos drops his hands momentarily and Schneider takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Schneider ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adamos moves away. Adamos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Schneider scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Schneider misses the shot to the body. Adamos misses with a straight left. Schneider throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adamos throws a shot from downtown. Schneider moves away and avoids it.
Adamos has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Schneider blocking some punches.
Schneider is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adamos can do to turn this around? Adamos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Schneider backwards. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adamos. A shot in the inside from Schneider.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Adamos missing with knees to the body.
Adamos misses with a knee strike.
Schneider fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adamos tries to land knees in the clinch but Schneider avoids the damage to the body. Adamos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adamos missing with knees to the body.
Adamos misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Adamos fails to land. Schneider on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adamos misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Schneider's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Adamos can't find room to land a body shot as Schneider controls the action.
Schneider avoiding damage as Adamos throws knees to the body.
Adrian Adamos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Schneider blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Adamos misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schneider. Adamos misses with a knee strike.
Adamos pushes Schneider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Adamos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schneider blocking some punches.
Adamos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schneider.
Adamos working some nice short punches in the clinch. Schneider blocks a body shot from Adamos. Schneider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Adamos missing with knees to the body.
Schneider blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Schneider throws a head punch that misses. Adamos looking to throw knees to the head but Schneider is blocking nicely.
Schneider lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adamos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adamos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. A nice right hand lands inside from Adamos. A head punch blocked on the inside by Schneider. Adamos tries to throw a body punch but Schneider avoids it by throwing Adamos back against the cage. Adamos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Adamos swings wildly with an uppercut but Schneider uses good head movement to avoid it. Schneider on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adamos misses with a knee strike.
Adrian Adamos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Schneider fails to land. Adamos tries to land knees in the clinch but Schneider avoids the damage to the body.
Schneider lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
And that's the end of the fight! Adrian Adamos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Schneider has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:27 Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:27 Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Schneider!
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RATING
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