PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chino Bandito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Adkins (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.

Bandito
vs
Adkins

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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, Chino Bandito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Adkins!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandito throws a right hand that Adkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Adkins also avoids with ease.
Bandito misses with a two punch combination.
Adkins shoots in but Bandito avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bandito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Adkins gets the takedown into side control.
Bandito misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Bandito tries to bench press Adkins off him but Adkins keeps the position.
Bandito gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Adkins is controlling the pace.
Adkins prevents Bandito from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adkins looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bandito won't allow Adkins to pass to mount.
Bandito is trying to maintain the position but Adkins is very close to passing his half guard.
Adkins is looking to take a break and control but Bandito is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bandito gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bandito scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bandito throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bandito wants to sweep but no luck.

Bandito working for a triangle but Adkins defends it easily.
Adkins trying to control but Bandito is working from the bottom.
Bandito is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bandito is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Adkins is just riding it out for now. Bandito eventually gives up the hold.
Bandito is breathing heavily.
Bandito wants to take a breather but Adkins is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adkins can do anything to dispel that myth.

Adkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Adkins wants to get back to full guard.

Bandito is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Adkins defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Adkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bandito frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Adkins taking shots to the head.
Bandito lands a big elbow.
Bandito punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adkins is in a horrible position here. Bandito smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bandito in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chino Bandito dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No luck for Adkins with that takedown attempt.

Bandito has managed to clinch.

Adkins drags the fight down to the ground.

Adkins has his foot on Bandito's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bandito works his way back into a safe position though.

Bandito is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bandito trying to control but Adkins is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bandito drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bandito jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Adkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bandito. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bandito pushes down on Adkins's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bandito passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adkins takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bandito wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adkins keeps working.
Bandito misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Adkins tries to control but Bandito manages to take his back.
Adkins rolls, trying to escape but Bandito keeps control of the position.
Bandito landing with strikes.
Adkins tries to roll but Bandito sticks to his back.
Adkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bandito 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bandito is looking for the choke from the back position but Adkins is controlling his hands well.
Adkins tries to break free.
Adkins trying to control the hands but Bandito won't let him.
Adkins rolls, trying to escape but Bandito keeps control of the position.
Adkins breaks Bandito's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Adkins advances position into side control!

Adkins stands up and beckons Bandito to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bandito as he jumps to the side.
Nice takedown defense from Bandito. No joy for Adkins on that attempt.
Chino Bandito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Adkins.

Bandito shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bandito showed some decent athleticism there.

Adkins looking for submissions off his back.
Bandito trying to control the action but Adkins is working from the bottom.

Adkins looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is pressing down on Adkins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Adkins is holding on for now.
Adkins is staying active underneath Bandito, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Chino Bandito overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bandito throwing shots but Adkins is blocking nicely.
Bandito 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.
Adkins wants to control the action here but instead Bandito manages to pass to full mount!
Bandito lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bandito with a couple of short strikes.

Adkins is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bandito trying to control but Adkins is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chino Bandito dominated that second round.
That's time! Bandito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bandito throws a jab but it's blocked by Adkins.
Adkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bandito misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bandito fails with the takedown

and Adkins counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bandito's guard now.
Bandito bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Adkins's guard.

Adkins looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bandito wants to control from the top but Adkins keeps moving.
Bandito pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adkins is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandito works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bandito lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Adkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bandito seems to be looking for submissions.
Adkins wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bandito in particular looking to stall.
Bandito sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adkins defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adkins does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bandito throwing shots but Adkins is blocking nicely.
Bandito working Adkins over with strikes.
Bandito is tying to control. Adkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bandito wants to pass to mount but Adkins is defending the position.
Adkins wants to control but Bandito passes into side.
Bandito throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Adkins is trying to get back to half guard.
Adkins sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito passes to full mount!
Bandito unloading with bombs!
Bandito lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bandito lands a nice shot to the head.
Adkins is still in real trouble! Can Bandito finish him?
Bandito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bandito can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adkins is looking to escape.

Bandito is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Adkins is surviving well by controlling Bandito's body position as best he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adkins manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Adkins seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adkins actively working from the bottom here.
Adkins is trying to maintain the position but Bandito is very close to passing his half guard.
Bandito wants to advance to full mount but Adkins doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Shane Adkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adkins throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandito throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Adkins had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bandito is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Adkins Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bandito's back instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chino Bandito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bandito has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chino Bandito!