PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rielly Adams (ranked 1561 p4p, 192 weight class) and Pat Yaj (ranked 1727 p4p, 216 weight class). Adams comes to the cage accompanied by Walk. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Adams
vs
Yaj

188 cm
28
188 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

188 cm
22
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rielly Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pat Yaj!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj lands with a cross.
A left and a right from Adams both land. Nice combination.

Yaj moves into range and clinches up with Adams.
Yaj lands with a left to the head.
Yaj doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yaj misses with a punch on the inside.
Yaj misses with some punches.
Adams tries for a takedown but Yaj manages to get underhooks.
Yaj stalling the fight.
Yaj controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
Yaj swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams tries to pull guard but Yaj forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yaj working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yaj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yaj lands with a short shot to the head.
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Adams has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Nice body punch from Yaj - that landed with a thud.
Yaj lands a left hand.

Adams is rocked!
Yaj tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yaj is pressed up against the cage. Adams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yaj down to the mat. Yaj avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rielly Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams scores with a jab to the body.
Adams defending well as Yaj loads up on a big left hand.
Adams looks to score with a jab to the body but Yaj is just out of range.
Adams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yaj throws a lazy right hand but Adams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yaj throws out a counter right but Adams avoids it with no problem.
Yaj stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oh Adams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yaj throws an overhand right that lands on Adams's shoulder, as Adams tries to avoid the shot.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yaj drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Adams right on the button. Adams goes down! Yaj follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Yaj gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pat Yaj!
An out of breath Pat Yaj thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.