PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Adebisi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Adebisi
vs
George

194 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Saint George!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George circles away from the clinch attempt.
George showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adebisi.
Adebisi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Adebisi moves into range and clinches up with George.
Adebisi misses with an elbow strike.
George takes an elbow to the temple.
Adebisi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through George's defenses.
Adebisi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from George.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
George jumps guard but Adebisi stands there with George around his waist. George gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adebisi misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Adebisi.
George on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Adebisi.
Adebisi throws an elbow but it misses.
George tries to pull guard but Adebisi won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adebisi just misses with a elbow thrown towards George's brow.
Adebisi tries to land a knee to the head but George blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a damaging elbow.
George looking for a takedown.
Simon Adebisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saint George.
Adebisi lands an elbow inside.
Adebisi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and George avoids it.
George blocks an elbow strike.
George takes a knee to the side of the body.
George can't get the takedown.
Adebisi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Adebisi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Adebisi tries to land knees in the clinch but George avoids the damage to the body.
George avoiding damage as Adebisi throws knees to the body.
Adebisi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through George's defenses.
Adebisi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
George takes an elbow to the temple.
Adebisi lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adebisi just misses with a elbow thrown towards George's brow.
George jumps guard but Adebisi stands there with George around his waist. George gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adebisi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
George looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adebisi is pushing George up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Adebisi lands a damaging elbow.
George takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adebisi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but George has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adebisi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adebisi pushes off an throws an elbow but George leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adebisi just misses with a elbow thrown towards George's brow.
Adebisi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from George.
George avoids the elbow strike from Adebisi, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi pushes off an throws an elbow but George leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adebisi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from George.
George takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adebisi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Adebisi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Adebisi.
Adebisi lands an elbow just above George 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adebisi.
George avoids a wild elbow strike from Adebisi.
Adebisi misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adebisi throws an elbow but misses.
Adebisi is pressed up against the cage. George has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adebisi down to the mat. Adebisi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
George keeps the fight on the outside.
Simon Adebisi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adebisi throws a leg kick which misses George's front leg but catches the back leg as George tries to avoid it.
Adebisi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adebisi ducks under a wild hook from George.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

George tries to keep at a distance but Adebisi has taken the fight into the clinch.
The referee calls for Adebisi to work.
Adebisi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adebisi throws an elbow but misses.
George managing to block the knees to the body from Adebisi.
Adebisi lands an elbow inside that George shrugs off.
George avoids a wild elbow strike from Adebisi.
Adebisi misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Adebisi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adebisi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Adebisi leaning against his opponent.
Adebisi lands an elbow inside.
Adebisi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
George is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Adebisi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

George avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Adebisi tries to move into range but George moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Adebisi moves into range and clinches up with George.
Adebisi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through George's defenses.
George avoiding damage as Adebisi throws knees to the body.
Adebisi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Adebisi avoiding damage.
Adebisi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adebisi lands an elbow that stopped George in his tracks for a moment.
George dodges an elbow strike from Adebisi.
George blocks an elbow strike.
George drops down looking for an ankle pick but Adebisi pulls his leg out and moves away.
George's corner calls for a 1-2. George obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
George scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
George chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Adebisi can pounce on him.
George drops his hands momentarily and Adebisi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Adebisi defending well as George loads up on a big left hand.
Adebisi tries to clinch there but George circles away.
George looks to land a combination but Adebisi avoids it well.
Simon Adebisi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adebisi throws a combination that misses

and George counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Adebisi's guard now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
George controls from within his opponent's guard.
George advances to half guard.
Adebisi is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi is refusing to be controlled, as George sits in half guard.
Adebisi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Adebisi is in trouble now - George has advanced to mount!
George punching from mount but Adebisi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Adebisi has given up his back here.
George avoiding Adebisi 's attempts to control his hands.
Adebisi is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
George gets his hands free as Adebisi looks to control.

Adebisi is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Adebisi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Adebisi wants to control but George is having none of it.

George looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Adebisi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for George on the ground.
George controlling his opponent.
Adebisi wants to hold on but George pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Adebisi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Adebisi has left one of his arms exposed and George doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Adebisi screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saint George!