PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams comes to the cage accompanied by Swag Surf. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Adams
vs
Thomas

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morgan Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake Thomas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Adams. No joy for Thomas on that attempt.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Thomas gets caught flat footed, as Adams shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet but Adams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Adams tries to stand but Thomas is controlling from the bottom.
Adams is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thomas is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Adams connects with a couple of short punches.
Adams throwing strikes from guard but Thomas blocks nicely.
Adams is looking to stand up but Thomas won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas wants to sweep here but Adams controlling him for the moment.
Thomas can't keep his opponent in guard - Adams advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Thomas wants to improve his position but Adams is controlling well.

Thomas looking for submissions off his back.
Adams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas, pushing him back against the cage.

Adams breaks from the clinch.

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.
Good leg kick by Thomas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Thomas, right into the meat.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Thomas walks into a jab.

Adams closes the distance and clinches.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Thomas looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Thomas looks gassed!
Thomas is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Thomas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Adams counters with a two punch combo.
Morgan Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Thomas.
Adams tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a nice kick to the body.
Adams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Adams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Adams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adams showed some decent athleticism there.
Thomas wants to control but Adams is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas manages to get to full guard.
Adams won't allow Thomas to sweep him here.
Thomas is looking to stand up but Adams isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Adams trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Adams has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Adams won't allow Thomas to get back to his feet.

Thomas working for a triangle but Adams defends it easily.

Adams gets to his feet. Thomas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Adams moves into range and clinches up with Thomas.

Adams manages to break the clinch.
Adams clinches but Thomas breaks the clinch
and Thomas counters with a body kick that stops Adams in his tracks momentarily.
Adams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Adams.

Adams fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thomas sprawls well initially but Adams persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Adams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomas on the ground.
Adams postures up.

Thomas pushes Adams off and scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Thomas persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.

Adams closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morgan Adams dominated that round.
That's time! Adams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Adams tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Adams looks to land a combination but Thomas avoids it well.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Adams's calf.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.

Adams gets a takedown into half guard.
Thomas is looking to improve his position.
Thomas wants to control but Adams is keeping busy.
Thomas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Adams scores with a couple of nice shots.
Thomas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Adams tries to stand but Thomas is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Adams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thomas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adams thows a big elbow that misses.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thomas.
Thomas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adams but Adams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt - Adams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Adams looks to clinch

and Thomas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Adams's guard now.
Thomas wants to stand but Adams is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adams wants to sweep here but Thomas controlling him for the moment.
Adams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Adams looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Adams trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is keen to just control but Thomas is a slippery customer.
Adams lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Adams works his way into full mount!
Adams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Thomas working to try and regain half guard.
Adams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
You get the feeling that Thomas really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Adams prevents Thomas from getting the reversal.
Thomas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thomas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Thomas slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Thomas trying to hold on to Adams's head to control him but Adams postures up.
Thomas works his way to full guard. Good work.
Adams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Adams decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Thomas, up you get!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
A good leg kick by Adams.
Morgan Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams stuffs the takedown attempt from Thomas. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Morgan Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Thomas.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Adams has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams is working for takedown but Thomas is calmly controlling the position for now.

Adams breaks from the clinch.
Adams thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
Adams tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Jake Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt

and Adams counters by moving into the clinch.
Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.

Thomas is fighting off a takedown attempt but Adams is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Thomas to the mat. Thomas regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Thomas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adams is one step ahead there.

Adams stands up and waves to Thomas to follow him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Adams looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Adams wants to clinch
and Thomas counters with a left and a right that stings Adams.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Thomas tries to clinch up.

Adams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams wanted to stand there but Thomas had control of the position.

Thomas manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Adams has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas can't get the takedown.

Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Morgan Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Thomas.
Adams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Adams scores with a sloppy right hand. Thomas should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Adams drives through with a takedown into guard.
Adams postures up and lands a big shot to Thomas's brow.
Thomas wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it.

Thomas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Thomas trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Adams wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
Adams is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Adams is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Adams stands up and waves to Thomas to follow him.
Thomas tries to clinch but Adams moves away

and Adams counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Thomas!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Thomas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Adams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thomas is looking to escape.
Adams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Adams can't control as he wanted to and Thomas manages to get the fight back to his half guard.

Thomas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Adams in particular looking to stall.
Thomas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Thomas tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thomas is on top in guard.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Thomas stands up from Adams's guard - Thomas perhaps looking for a knockout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morgan Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Adams 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morgan Adams!