PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Martin Craftt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Adabisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Craftt
vs
Adabisi

165 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

157 cm
29
140 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

MB Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martin Craftt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Adabisi!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craftt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Adabisi counters with a left to the body.
Craftt closes the distance looking to clinch
and Adabisi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adabisi swats away the attempt to clinch by Craftt.
Craftt tries to clinch up
enabling Adabisi to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Craftt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Craftt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Craftt connects with a knee to the head.
Adabisi is struggling to control the position.
Craftt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Craftt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adabisi's face.
Adabisi managing to block the knees to the body from Craftt.
Craftt tries a body shot but Adabisi blocks it.
Craftt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adabisi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Craftt connects with a knee to the head.
Craftt working Adabisi over with knees to the body.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Adabisi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adabisi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Craftt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Craftt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adabisi avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Craftt pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adabisi lands with a right to the head.
Craftt has Adabisi pressed against the cage.
Craftt missing with knees to the body.
Adabisi prevents a body shot from Craftt.
A knee to the head by Craftt.
Craftt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Craftt taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Craftt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Craftt seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adabisi avoids it.
Adabisi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Craftt up against the cage.
Adabisi managing to block the knees to the body from Craftt.
Adabisi being controlled against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Adabisi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adabisi is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Adabisi is looking to break free of the clinch but Craftt has double underhooks.
Craftt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Craftt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Craftt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adabisi backwards.
Craftt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Craftt trying to stall but Adabisi improves his position.
Craftt lands a damaging elbow.
Adabisi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Adabisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Craftt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adabisi up against the cage.
Adabisi is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Craftt dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Craftt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adabisi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Adabisi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Craftt clinches with his opponent.
Adabisi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Adabisi takes an elbow to the temple.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adabisi avoids it.
Adabisi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adabisi has Craftt pushed against the cage.
Craftt misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Craftt misses with an elbow strike.
Craftt controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craftt misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Adabisi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adabisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adabisi trying to stall but Craftt improves his position.
Nice elbow from Craftt.
Come on Craftt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Craftt landing knees to the body.
Craftt lands a knee to the body.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt misses with an elbow over the top.
Craftt working Adabisi over with knees to the body.
Craftt has Adabisi pressed against the cage.
Craftt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Martin Craftt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Adabisi prevents a body shot from Craftt.
Craftt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Craftt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Craftt pressing his opponent against the cage.
Craftt letting Adabisi take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craftt trying to land knees to the body.
Adabisi managing to block the knees to the body from Craftt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Craftt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adabisi up against the cage.
Craftt lands an elbow inside that Adabisi shrugs off.
Adabisi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Craftt throws an elbow that misses.
Adabisi tries to break free but Craftt pushes him back against the cage.

Adabisi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adabisi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Craftt circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin Craftt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Craftt is looking to clinch.

Craftt clinches with his opponent.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but Adabisi blocks with his arms.
Craftt lands a good knee to the midsection. Adabisi won't want to take too many of those.
Craftt prevents Adabisi from breaking the clinch.
Craftt landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Craftt obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Craftt obliges.
Adabisi is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Adabisi avoiding damage as Craftt throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Craftt dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Craftt gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Craftt.
Craftt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but Adabisi blocks with his arms.
Craftt throws a punch but it's blocked by Adabisi.
Craftt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adabisi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Craftt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adabisi.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Craftt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adabisi blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adabisi tries to stall but Craftt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Craftt misses with a knee strike.
Adabisi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Craftt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craftt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adabisi is defending well for now.
Craftt looking to throw knees to the head but Adabisi is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but Adabisi blocks with his arms.
Adabisi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Craftt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adabisi's face.
Adabisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi tries to break the clinch but Craftt is controlling the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Adabisi.
Craftt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adabisi is defending well for now.
Craftt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adabisi has Craftt pushed against the cage.
Craftt tries a knee to the head but Adabisi blocks it.
Craftt landing knees to the body.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Craftt.
Craftt has Adabisi pressed against the cage, preventing Adabisi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Craftt pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adabisi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Craftt tries to land knees in the clinch but Adabisi avoids the damage to the body.
Craftt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adabisi can do to turn this around?
Adabisi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Craftt.
Adabisi tries to stall but Craftt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adabisi is trying to maintain a safe position but Craftt gets an underhook and turns Adabisi into the cage.
Adabisi is looking to break free of the clinch but Craftt has double underhooks.
Craftt connects with a knee to the head.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adabisi avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Craftt missing with knees to the body.
Craftt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Adabisi takes an elbow to the temple.
Adabisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adabisi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Adabisi has had enough of the clinch but Craftt keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Craftt throws an elbow but misses.
Craftt is looking to control Adabisi's arms but Adabisi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Craftt has his back to the cage.
Craftt tries to land a knee to the head but Adabisi blocks with his arms.
Adabisi controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craftt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Craftt clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Adabisi misses with an uppercut. Craftt saw that one coming.
Adabisi loads up on a big right hand but Craftt slips the punch.
Adabisi misses with the combination.
Craftt tries to clinch but Adabisi moves away
and Adabisi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adabisi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Craftt tries to clinch there but Adabisi circles away.
Craftt staying out of range there.
Craftt moves to clinch but Adabisi breaks away
and Adabisi counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craftt closes the distance but Adabisi moves to the side
and Adabisi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Craftt is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Craftt clinches up with Adabisi and pushes him back against the cage.
Craftt crunches a lovely knee into Adabisi's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adabisi trying to control the position but instead, Craftt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Adabisi into the cage.
Craftt stalling the fight.
Adabisi wants to stall.
Craftt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adabisi's elbow.
Craftt lands an elbow inside.
Craftt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adabisi up against the cage.
Craftt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Adabisi is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Adabisi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Craftt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adabisi swings wildly with an uppercut but Craftt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Craftt being controlled against the cage.
Craftt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adabisi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craftt.
Adabisi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Craftt up against the cage.
Adabisi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Craftt looking to throw knees to the head but Adabisi is blocking nicely.
Craftt misses with a knee to the head.
Craftt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Craftt is trying to stall.
Craftt throws an elbow that misses.
Craftt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Craftt misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi avoiding damage as Craftt throws knees to the body.
Craftt lands an elbow that stopped Adabisi in his tracks for a moment.
Adabisi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Craftt being controlled against the cage.
Craftt misses with a knee to the head.
Craftt lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Craftt as Adabisi tries to tie him up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Craftt.
Craftt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adabisi.
Adabisi is trying to force a seperation but Craftt has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Craftt had his way with Simon Adabisi in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Craftt tries to clinch but Adabisi moves away
enabling Adabisi to counter with a crisp jab.
Adabisi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Adabisi gets tackled into the cage by Craftt. Craftt maintains the clinch.
Adabisi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Craftt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Craftt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craftt throws a punch but it's blocked by Adabisi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Craftt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adabisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Craftt throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craftt is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adabisi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adabisi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Craftt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Craftt stalls.
Craftt working Adabisi over with knees to the body.
Craftt looking to throw knees to the head but Adabisi is blocking nicely.
Craftt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Craftt is looking to control Adabisi's arms but Adabisi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Craftt has his back to the cage.
Adabisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craftt misses with a knee strike.
Craftt prevents Adabisi from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Adabisi.
Craftt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Craftt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Craftt.
Adabisi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Craftt is keeping busy.
A knee to the head by Craftt.
Craftt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adabisi is defending well for now.
Adabisi is trying to push Craftt away but Craftt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Craftt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Craftt throws an elbow but misses.
Adabisi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Craftt crunches a lovely knee into Adabisi's ribcage.
Craftt misses with a knee to the head.
Craftt missing with knees to the body.
Adabisi trying to stall but Craftt improves his position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Craftt.
Adabisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Craftt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adabisi blocks an elbow strike from Craftt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craftt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adabisi is defending well for now.
Craftt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adabisi is defending well for now.
Martin Craftt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adabisi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Adabisi taking a breather.
Simon Adabisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adabisi lands with a left to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Craftt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Craftt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 50:44
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 50:44
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Craftt!
Martin Craftt is the new bantamweight champion!