PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Adbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gastao Gaspar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Adbo
vs
Gaspar

225 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

167 cm
27
154 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Animal Farm

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Adbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gastao Gaspar!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaspar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adbo throws a right hand that Gaspar ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaspar also avoids with ease.
Gaspar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adbo circles away quickly and effectively.

Gaspar rushes Adbo and presses him up against the cage.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
Gaspar scores with a shot to the side of Adbo's head.
Gaspar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adbo.
Stalling in the clinch from Adbo.
Gaspar tries to break free but Adbo pushes him back against the cage.
Adbo has Gaspar pressed against the cage, preventing Gaspar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gaspar misses with some punches.

Gaspar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adbo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adbo throws the left hand but Gaspar avoids the punch easily.
Gaspar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adbo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Adbo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaspar throws a right and a left that Adbo avoids nicely.
Gaspar lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Gaspar. Those never looked like landing.
Gaspar connects with a nice looking jab.
Adbo looks to throw the jab but Gaspar is out of range.
Gaspar wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Adbo takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.
Adbo swinging wildly here.
Gaspar misses with a few strikes there.
Adbo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaspar.
Gaspar doesn't manage to clinch there - Adbo circles away.
Adbo throws a series of punches but Gaspar avoids them all with ease.
Gaspar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adbo scores with a jab to the head.
Adbo throws a hook but Gaspar blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar misses with a few strikes there.
Gaspar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adbo.
Adbo loads up on a big right hand but Gaspar slips the punch.
Gaspar just misses with a punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gaspar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adbo up against the cage.
Adbo has Gaspar pressed against the cage, preventing Gaspar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gaspar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Adbo breaks the clinch.
Gaspar misses with a looping left.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gaspar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adbo throws a hook but Gaspar avoids it easily.
Gaspar fails to land with a series of punches.
Gaspar tries to clinch but Adbo moves out of range.
Adbo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gaspar tries to clinch there but Adbo circles away.
Adbo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gaspar, as that shot connected.
Adbo throws a hook to the side of Gaspar's head but Gaspar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaspar just misses with a punch to the body.
Adbo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Adbo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adbo throws a jab when Gaspar was well out of range.
Gaspar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Adbo lands a jab to Gaspar's midsection.
Gaspar misses with a straight left.
Adbo misses with a looping left.
Gaspar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adbo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaspar wants to clinch up but Adbo keeps it at a distance.
Adbo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gaspar.
Gaspar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adbo throws out the jab.
Gaspar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adbo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Adbo!
Adbo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Gaspar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gaspar lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Gaspar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adbo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gaspar just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adbo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adbo throws a nice looking combination but Gaspar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaspar sizes up Adbo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastao Gaspar 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.

Gaspar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adbo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gaspar.
Gaspar slips a jab and a cross from Adbo.
Gaspar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adbo.
Gaspar throws a hook but Adbo avoids it easily.
Gaspar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaspar looks to land a combination but Adbo avoids it well.
Gaspar lunges at Adbo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adbo's hand.
Gaspar wants to clinch up but Adbo keeps it at a distance.
Gaspar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gaspar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gaspar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Adbo throws a hook but Gaspar avoids it easily.
Gaspar scores with a sloppy right hand. Adbo should have avoided that one.
Adbo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gaspar misses with an uppercut. Adbo saw that one coming.
Gaspar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaspar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gaspar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adbo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gaspar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gaspar wants to clinch.
Adbo misses with a body shot.
Adbo swinging wildly here.
Adbo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaspar.
Gaspar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaspar.
A combination from Adbo does no damage.
Adbo thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Adbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaspar thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adbo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gaspar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adbo just misses with a punch to the body.
Adbo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Adbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaspar.
Gaspar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adbo looks to land a right hand but Gaspar moved out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gaspar is looking to clinch.
Gaspar misses with a hook. Adbo ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adbo throws a series of punches but Gaspar moves out of range.
Adbo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gaspar to score with a decent uppercut.
Mohamed Adbo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gaspar tries to clinch up but Adbo circles away and keeps his distance.
Gastao Gaspar seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Gaspar moves into the clinch successfully.
Gaspar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adbo is looking to break free of the clinch but Gaspar has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gaspar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adbo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gaspar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Adbo takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Adbo misses.
Nice defenses there by Adbo.
Gaspar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adbo circles away quickly and effectively.
Gaspar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adbo takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.
Gaspar misses with the combination.
Adbo throws a hook but Gaspar avoids it easily.
Adbo lands a right hook to the body.
Gaspar throws a sloppy body shot
and Adbo counters with a straight right hand.
Adbo throws a right hand that Gaspar ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaspar also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A big left from Gaspar misses.
Adbo throws a right and a left that Gaspar avoids nicely.
Adbo throws a body punch but Gaspar moves out of range.
Gaspar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adbo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adbo misses with a body punch
and Adbo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice defenses there by Gaspar.
Gaspar scores with a sloppy right hand. Adbo should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Gaspar. Beautiful body shot.
Gaspar throws a right and a left that Adbo avoids nicely.
Adbo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gaspar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Gaspar.
Adbo throws a right hand that Gaspar ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaspar also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gastao Gaspar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Gaspar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adbo manages to avoid it.
Gaspar throws a one two combo.
Gaspar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Adbo is rocked!
A big left from Adbo misses.
Gaspar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oh Adbo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adbo looks to land a combination but Gaspar avoids it well.
Gaspar lands a body shot.
Adbo seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaspar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gaspar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Adbo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gaspar misses the shot to the body.
Adbo misses with a body shot.
Gaspar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adbo.
Gaspar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaspar jabs at Adbo's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gaspar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adbo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adbo dodges the punch combination from Gaspar.
Adbo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaspar.

Gaspar clinches.

Gaspar breaks from the clinch.
Gaspar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Adbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaspar scores with a jab. Adbo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Adbo throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Adbo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gaspar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaspar lands with a shot to the body.
Gaspar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adbo moves away.
Gaspar closes the distance looking to clinch
and Adbo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gastao Gaspar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adbo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Gaspar wants to clinch.
Adbo digs a good hook to Gaspar's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gaspar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gaspar lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaspar tries to clinch up.
Gaspar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Gaspar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adbo loads up on a big right hand but Gaspar slips the punch.
Adbo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gaspar blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar lands with a cross.
Adbo misses with a hook.
Adbo takes one to the chin there.
Gaspar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adbo.
Gaspar tries to clinch but Adbo is having none of it.
Adbo misses with a straight right.
Adbo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gaspar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Adbo backs up against the cage.
Gaspar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adbo.
Adbo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gaspar.
Adbo misses with the combination.
Adbo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaspar moves out of range as Adbo strikes.
Adbo misses with a hook
and Gaspar counters with a series of strikes. Adbo will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adbo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gaspar on the side of the head.
Gaspar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gaspar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adbo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gaspar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adbo in his tracks.
Adbo sizes up Gaspar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Adbo takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.
Gaspar wants to clinch.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Adbo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gaspar counters with a stiff right hand.
Gaspar tries to clinch there but Adbo circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adbo keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gaspar!
Gaspar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Adbo counters with a straight right hand.
Mohamed Adbo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adbo cracks a nice hook into Gaspar's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gastao Gaspar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gaspar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gastao Gaspar!