PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lowieke De Vos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hatsjikidee. Adebisi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Go Go Adebisi. Simon Adebisi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

De Vos
vs
Adebisi

185 cm
27
215 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

181 cm
33
209 lbs
26 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lowieke De Vos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adebisi tries to move into range but De Vos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Vos, right into the meat.
De Vos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Adebisi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Vos manages to avoid it.
Adebisi slips a straight right by De Vos.
De Vos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Vos connects with an inside leg kick.
Adebisi blocks a leg kick.
De Vos throws a sloppy head kick and Adebisi moves out of range easily.
De Vos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adebisi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
De Vos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Adebisi walks into a stiff left hand from De Vos.
Lowieke De Vos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Vos wants to land a leg kick but Adebisi is out of range.
De Vos throws a head kick that misses.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Vos was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
De Vos scores with a sloppy right hand. Adebisi should have avoided that one.
Adebisi misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Adebisi. That snapped De Vos's head back.
Adebisi throws a hook but De Vos avoids it easily.
Adebisi takes a swing at De Vos's ribcage but misses.
De Vos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Vos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Adebisi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. De Vos sprawls well initially but Adebisi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
De Vos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Adebisi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Adebisi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Vos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Vos keeping moving, preventing Adebisi from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Adebisi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Adebisi postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! De Vos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Adebisi, into his guard.
Adebisi wants to sweep but no luck.
De Vos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adebisi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adebisi is looking for a triangle but De Vos pushes his legs off easily.
Adebisi controlling De Vos's posture.
Adebisi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Adebisi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Vos wants to control from the top but Adebisi keeps moving.
Adebisi tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Adebisi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

De Vos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Adebisi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lowieke De Vos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice body punch from Adebisi.
Adebisi throws a one two combo.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Vos!
Lowieke De Vos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Vos.
De Vos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowieke De Vos is winning the standup battle so far.
De Vos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi dips to his left and cracks De Vos with an uppercut!
Adebisi checks the leg kick.
De Vos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Adebisi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi looks to land a left hand but De Vos moved out of range nicely.
De Vos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Vos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Adebisi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Adebisi works the jab nicely.
Adebisi clobbers De Vos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Adebisi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Vos tries to avoid it but Adebisi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Vos to the ground. De Vos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
De Vos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Adebisi.
De Vos connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi cracks De Vos with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Adebisi.
De Vos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Adebisi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Adebisi tries for a kimura but De Vos is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vos wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Adebisi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, De Vos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Adebisi working the body and head with strikes.
De Vos is trying to control Adebisi's posture but Adebisi avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adebisi is trying to get an arm triangle but De Vos is defending well.

Adebisi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Adebisi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
De Vos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Adebisi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Simon Adebisi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

De Vos misses the jab.
De Vos throws a low kick but Adebisi moves out of range easily.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Vos moves away.
Both fighters circling a little - De Vos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Adebisi misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Vos.
Adebisi takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vos blocks a jab.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Vos was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown but De Vos shows good takedown defense.
De Vos connects with a jab.
De Vos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Adebisi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Vos falls off balance throwing a combination

and Adebisi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
De Vos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adebisi is one step ahead there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi trying to control but De Vos is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adebisi trying to control the position from guard on top but De Vos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adebisi throwing strikes from guard but De Vos blocks nicely.
Adebisi throws a big elbow that misses.
Adebisi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Vos is keeping the position for now.
Adebisi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vos keeping moving, preventing Adebisi from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adebisi throws a big elbow that misses.
Adebisi wants to control from the top but De Vos keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Adebisi passes De Vos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
De Vos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Adebisi is stalling here. De Vos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Adebisi seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and De Vos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi is looking to regain half guard here but De Vos keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Adebisi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Adebisi is looking for a sweep.
Adebisi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
De Vos stalling.
Adebisi wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vos trying to control the action but Adebisi is working from the bottom.
Adebisi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De Vos is looking to advance position but Adebisi won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Simon Adebisi.
I think Adebisi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Adebisi!
Simon Adebisi thanked the fans post fight for their support.