PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riccardo De La Fiore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jadiel Adelina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adelina comes into a darkened arena with his song building. VYBZ KARTEL- LIKE A JOKEY kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De La Fiore
vs
Adelina

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Riccardo De La Fiore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jadiel Adelina!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adelina lands with a straight right. De La Fiore didn't see that one coming.
Nice sprawl there from Adelina as De La Fiore shoots in.
De La Fiore fails to land the takedown.
De La Fiore shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De La Fiore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Riccardo De La Fiore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adelina scores with a kick to the body.
Adelina lands with a nice body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De La Fiore.
De La Fiore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body kick from Adelina.
Nice takedown defense from Adelina. No joy for De La Fiore on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Adelina as De La Fiore shoots in.
De La Fiore is breathing heavily.
Adelina scores with a kick to the body.
Adelina fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De La Fiore.
Adelina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De La Fiore takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Adelina connects with a right hand. De La Fiore shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adelina connects with an inside leg kick.
Adelina lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adelina. That's going to slow De La Fiore down.
Adelina moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Fiore changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adelina tries to avoid it but De La Fiore manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adelina to the ground. Adelina escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jadiel Adelina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adelina lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Adelina rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Fiore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Fiore misses with a takedown
and Adelina counters with a straight right hand.
Adelina digs a good hook to De La Fiore's body.
Adelina bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
De La Fiore is trying hard to land a takedown here. Adelina sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
De La Fiore takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Adelina lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Adelina - that will leave a mark!
A lazy left from Adelina finds it's target.
De La Fiore steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Adelina. That one must have hurt.
Adelina lands a two punch combo.
Adelina defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De La Fiore.
Adelina connects with a right hand. De La Fiore shakes it off.
De La Fiore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adelina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De La Fiore looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adelina scores with a leg kick.
Adelina lands with a kick to the ribs.
Adelina moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
No luck for De La Fiore with that takedown attempt.
Adelina is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De La Fiore takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Riccardo De La Fiore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Fiore takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Adelina. De La Fiore shrugs it off though.
Adelina moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Adelina lands the left hand.
Adelina connects with a jab.
Adelina lands a really nice looking cross but De La Fiore seems unphased.
Adelina jabs De La Fiore to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Adelina lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
De La Fiore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Adelina paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adelina lands a nice leg kick that just misses De La Fiore's sensitive parts.
Adelina throws a quick inside leg kick.
De La Fiore shoots for a double leg takedown but Adelina sprawls well. He's pushed De La Fiore's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De La Fiore shoots in for a double leg but Adelina sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Adelina scores with a crisp jab that stopped De La Fiore in his tracks.
Adelina turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Adelina.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for De La Fiore. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nice body punch from Adelina.
Adelina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice combination there by Adelina.
De La Fiore on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Adelina lands a jab-cross combination.
Adelina scores with a nice strike.
De La Fiore shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adelina defends it nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Adelina!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore tries to move into range but Adelina moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Adelina is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De La Fiore had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De La Fiore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Fiore takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De La Fiore will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Adelina stuffs the takedown.
Adelina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De La Fiore has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De La Fiore there as he acknowledges the shot.
That kick from Adelina tenderised De La Fiore's leg. De La Fiore is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adelina lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De La Fiore takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adelina delivers a nice body kick.
Adelina lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De La Fiore at a distance.
Adelina takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Adelina throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adelina lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De La Fiore looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Adelina lands a front kick.
De La Fiore changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adelina tries to avoid it but De La Fiore manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adelina to the ground. Adelina escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Adelina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De La Fiore's calf.
Adelina delivers a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jadiel Adelina dominated 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.

Adelina turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De La Fiore shoots in for a takedown but Adelina shows good takedown defense.
Adelina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Fiore.
Adelina displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Adelina defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De La Fiore.
De La Fiore fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Riccardo De La Fiore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adelina digs a good body shot into De La Fiore's ribs.
De La Fiore has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adelina finds it's way round the side to connect with De La Fiore's head.
Nice straight punches there by Adelina. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Adelina.
Adelina lands a head shot.
De La Fiore with a lazy takedown attempt
and Adelina counters with a two punch combo.
Adelina connects with a right hand. De La Fiore shakes it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De La Fiore closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adelina scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adelina throws a one two combo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Adelina. De La Fiore shrugs it off though.
Nice takedown defense from Adelina. No joy for De La Fiore on that attempt.
De La Fiore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Adelina.
De La Fiore takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Adelina has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adelina throws a shot to the body.
De La Fiore takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jadiel Adelina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adelina works the jab nicely.
Adelina connects with an inside leg kick.
Adelina pushes De La Fiore away with a front kick.
Adelina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De La Fiore shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adelina as he avoids it easily.
Adelina bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De La Fiore's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Adelina finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Adelina swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adelina lands a leg kick that knocks De La Fiore off balance momentarily.
Nice sprawl there from Adelina as De La Fiore shoots in.
De La Fiore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Adelina's waist but Adelina gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing De La Fiore off to one side.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether De La Fiore might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Adelina. Beautiful body shot.
Adelina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adelina throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De La Fiore stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De La Fiore with a poor takedown
and Adelina counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Adelina.
Adelina lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adelina moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Adelina lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Adelina jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
De La Fiore stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adelina.
Adelina cracks a nice hook into De La Fiore's ribs.
De La Fiore fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adelina buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adelina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A right-left combo lands from Adelina.
Adelina connects with an inside leg kick.
Adelina cracks the inside of De La Fiore's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De La Fiore shoots in for a double leg but Adelina sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
De La Fiore sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De La Fiore misses with a takedown attempt
and Adelina counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slapping body kick lands there for Adelina.
Adelina pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces De La Fiore back to the cage. Adelina follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
De La Fiore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Adelina feints and then cracks De La Fiore's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De La Fiore down.
Danga de danga de dang - Adelina scores with a four punch combination!
Adelina throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De La Fiore takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
De La Fiore shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adelina defends it nicely.
De La Fiore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adelina throws a front kick that sends De La Fiore stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Adelina.
De La Fiore takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adelina lands a body shot.
De La Fiore steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Adelina. That one must have hurt.
Adelina scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adelina, as that shot connected.
De La Fiore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adelina uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De La Fiore has time to react.
Adelina connects with a body shot.
De La Fiore looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adelina is fending him off so far but De La Fiore persists. Nope, Adelina circles away and we're back to standing.
De La Fiore tries for a takedown but Adelina circles away easily
and Adelina counters with an outside leg kick.
Adelina is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adelina feints and then cracks De La Fiore's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De La Fiore down.
De La Fiore misses with a takedown attempt - Adelina sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Adelina fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jadiel Adelina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

That kick from Adelina tenderised De La Fiore's leg. De La Fiore is trying to keep his angry face on.
Riccardo De La Fiore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Adelina. No joy for De La Fiore on that attempt.
Adelina cracks the inside of De La Fiore's front leg.
Adelina leaves De La Fiore with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adelina, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Adelina.
Adelina scores with a crisp jab that stopped De La Fiore in his tracks.
Adelina pushes De La Fiore away with a front kick.
De La Fiore has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Riccardo De La Fiore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adelina fakes the leg kick and cracks De La Fiore in the body.
De La Fiore walks forward, straight into a front kick from Adelina.
De La Fiore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A lazy left from Adelina finds it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Adelina scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A slapping leg kick lands for Adelina.
Adelina lands a leg kick that knocks De La Fiore off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De La Fiore.
Adelina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De La Fiore will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De La Fiore fails with the takedown
and Adelina counters with a nice low kick that buckles De La Fiore's knee momentarily.
Good leg kick by Adelina there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adelina moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body kick there by Adelina.
Adelina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De La Fiore looks for a takedown but Adelina sprawls well.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Adelina.
Adelina lands with a thumping leg kick.
Adelina lands with a kick to the ribs.
Adelina fakes the leg kick and cracks De La Fiore in the body.
De La Fiore takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore shoots in but no luck this time.
Adelina explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That kick from Adelina tenderised De La Fiore's leg. De La Fiore is trying to keep his angry face on.
Adelina lands a slapping body shot.
Adelina scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adelina fails to land with a series of punches.
De La Fiore fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Adelina avoids it really well and circles away.
De La Fiore stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adelina.
Adelina chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A cross from Adelina lands.
Adelina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Horrible takedown by De La Fiore or perhaps it was just good defense by Adelina which made him look bad.
Adelina throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore misses with a takedown
and Adelina counters with a nice uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Adelina.
Adelina defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De La Fiore.
Adelina thuds his right hand into De La Fiore's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Adelina looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adelina scores with a kick to the midsection.
Adelina lands a lovely overhand right.
Adelina lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De La Fiore backs up against the cage.
De La Fiore shoots in looking for a takedown. Adelina tries to sprawl out of it but De La Fiore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adelina manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Adelina feints a jab promting De La Fiore to slip. Adelina then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. De La Fiore slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Adelina thuds a left hand into De La Fiore's body.
Adelina lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Fiore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adelina scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Adelina connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Adelina!
De La Fiore walks into a left hand.
Adelina stuffs the takedown attempt from De La Fiore. De La Fiore gets slowly back to his feet.
Adelina fakes the leg kick and cracks De La Fiore in the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Adelina finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De La Fiore is defended easily by Adelina.
Adelina's jab looks to have found its range, popping De La Fiore under the eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De La Fiore tries for a takedown but Adelina sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Adelina connects with a leg kick. De La Fiore looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Riccardo De La Fiore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De La Fiore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jadiel Adelina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Adelina has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jadiel Adelina!
During a confident post fight interview, Jadiel Adelina thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.