PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Adinolfi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teriq Jamal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adinolfi's entrance music is Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God. A fine choice. Teriq Jamal will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Adinolfi
vs
Jamal

177 cm
18
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fabio Adinolfi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teriq Jamal!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jamal wants to clinch but Adinolfi slips to the side
and Adinolfi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Adinolfi.
Adinolfi misses with a wild body shot.
Jamal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Adinolfi counter with a right hand.

It looks like Teriq Jamal has been cut.
Adinolfi throws a leg kick
and Jamal counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adinolfi's knee momentarily.
Jamal wants to clinch but Adinolfi slips to the side
and Adinolfi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jamal slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Jamal.
Adinolfi takes a swing at Jamal's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jamal gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Adinolfi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Adinolfi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Adinolfi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Adinolfi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adinolfi throws a big shot that misses.

Adinolfi moves into range and clinches up with Jamal.

Adinolfi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Adinolfi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Adinolfi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jamal is one step ahead there.
Adinolfi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Adinolfi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Adinolfi content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Adinolfi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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!
Adinolfi is landing with some decent strikes but Jamal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Adinolfi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Adinolfi 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.
Adinolfi controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adinolfi'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.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Adinolfi landing punches.
Adinolfi content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adinolfi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Adinolfi controlling from the full mount.
Adinolfi with shots to the head and body - Jamal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Adinolfi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adinolfi with shots to the head and body - Jamal looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adinolfi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Adinolfi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jamal looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Adinolfi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Teriq Jamal's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Adinolfi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adinolfi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jamal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Adinolfi fails to land with a series of punches.
Adinolfi throws the left hand but Jamal avoids the punch easily.
Adinolfi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jamal with a poor takedown
and Adinolfi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jamal tries to clinch but Adinolfi moves out of range.
Jamal with a lazy takedown attempt
and Adinolfi counters with a straight right hand.
Jamal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adinolfi lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adinolfi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Adinolfi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jamal at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamal shoots and misses
and Jamal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fabio Adinolfi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teriq Jamal.
Jamal is breathing heavily.
Adinolfi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adinolfi lands with a right hand.
Adinolfi connects with a body shot that sends Jamal's belly button to the back.
Adinolfi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Adinolfi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Teriq Jamal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Adinolfi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adinolfi drops an elbow to the side of Jamal's head.
Adinolfi controlling the action here.

Adinolfi has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Jamal defend it? Adinolfi steps over the head and cranks it - Jamal is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Adinolfi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabio Adinolfi!