PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Thurston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Adams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thurston
vs
Adams

193 cm
32
230 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

198 cm
25
289 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dylan Thurston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andy Adams!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adams drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Adams is looking to work some ground and pound but Thurston has wrist control.
Thurston is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Adams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Adams scoring with punches to the head and body.

Thurston manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Thurston drives through and clinches with Adams against the cage.
Adams stalling.
Thurston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thurston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adams has him pressed against the cage.
Adams tries a knee to the head but Thurston blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurston can't break the clinch.
Good body shot from Thurston.
Adams taking a breather.
Adams tries to pull guard but Thurston holds him up against the cage and eventually Adams drops back down to his feet.
Thurston gets underhooks to prevent Adams's takedown attempt.
Adams stalling in the clinch.
Adams has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Thurston after a bit of a struggle.
Dylan Thurston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Adams.
Adams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thurston prevents it.
Thurston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adams has Thurston pressed against the cage, preventing Thurston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thurston gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Thurston manages to break the clinch.
Adams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thurston displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Thurston gets tackled into the cage by Adams. Adams maintains the clinch.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Adams blocks an uppercut.

Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thurston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adams manages to avoid it.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thurston sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Adams avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adams shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Thurston is concentrating on defense, preventing Adams from advancing position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Thurston manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Thurston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thurston trying to control the position here.
Thurston working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams.
Thurston wants to sweep but no luck.
Adams distracts Thurston with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Adams wants to stand but Thurston has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Adams throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thurston manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thurston working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Thurston looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Thurston. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thurston dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams is squirming around, avoiding Thurston's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Thurston 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.

Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams tries to clinch there but Thurston circles away.
Thurston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Adams closes the distance and clinches.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Thurston avoids the damage to the body.
Thurston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adams swings wildly with an uppercut but Thurston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thurston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Adams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Thurston is trying to keep an underhook but Adams manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Thurston has one foot on Adams's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Adams wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thurston tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thurston to the ground. Thurston escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Thurston gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Adams to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Adams trying to stand up but can't free himself from Thurston's guard.

Thurston pushes Adams off and scrambles back to his feet.
Adams is looking to clinch but Thurston is avoiding it.
Thurston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams tries to clinch up but Thurston circles away and keeps his distance.
Thurston defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adams.
Adams slips a jab and a cross from Thurston.
Thurston jabs at Adams's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thurston as he jumps to the side.
Dylan Thurston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Adams.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Adams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thurston keeps the fight on the outside.
Thurston shoots for a double leg takedown but Adams sprawls well. He's pushed Thurston's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dylan Thurston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thurston scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thurston connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thurston throws a series of strikes that have Adams backpedaling.
Adams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thurston pinned against the cage. Thurston gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thurston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Thurston fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thurston cracks Adams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thurston looks to land a combination but Adams avoids it well.
Adams shoots for a double leg takedown but Thurston sprawls well. He's pushed Adams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thurston moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Adams looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thurston!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adams with a couple of short strikes.
Adams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thurston. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thurston regains half guard.
Adams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thurston defending well though.
Adams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thurston looks like he's trying to stand up.

Thurston kicks off Adams and gets to his feet.
Adams fails with the takedown.
Adams takes a kick to the side of the head.

Thurston drives through and clinches with Adams against the cage.
Adams tries to pull guard but Thurston won't allow it.
Adams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thurston smiles and moves away.
Thurston tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thurston lands a jab-cross combination.
Thurston wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Thurston dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Adams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adams fails to land the takedown.
Dylan Thurston is winning the standup battle so far.

Adams closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Thurston's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thurston is on top in guard.

Thurston drops back looking for a leg! Adams is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Adams manages to kick Thurston off! Thurston jumps back into Adams's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thurston is looking to work some ground and pound but Adams has wrist control.
Thurston trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams wants to stand and escape but Thurston is having none of it.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Thurston drops back looking for a leg! Adams is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Adams manages to kick Thurston off! Thurston jumps back into Adams's guard.
Adams is looking to stand up but Thurston isn't so interested in that idea.
Thurston loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Thurston drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Thurston seems to have locked his on tight now - Adams screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Thurston, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dylan Thurston!