PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Adebisi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Go Go Adebisi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adebisi
vs
Evans

181 cm
34
209 lbs
29 - 18 - 1

200 cm
31
220 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Brute

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 29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Evans!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adebisi was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Adebisi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Evans is fending him off so far but Adebisi persists. Nope, Evans circles away and we're back to standing.
Evans misses the shot to the body.

Evans looking to score a takedown here. Adebisi is defending well but Evans drives through and ends up in Adebisi's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Adebisi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Evans puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Evans moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Adebisi.
Adebisi can't do much from the bottom here.
Evans trying to control the position but Adebisi is working away.
Adebisi is trying to improve his position.
Adebisi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Evans trying to control the action but Adebisi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi struggling a bit here.
Adebisi is not content to let Evans control the position.
Evans grinds an elbow into Adebisi's temple.
Evans in side control lands a decent elbow.
Evans working away.
Adebisi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Evans.
Evans lands a decent elbow from side control.
Evans scoring with punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans scores with punches from side control.
Evans is looking to take a break and control but Adebisi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Adebisi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Adebisi is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Evans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adebisi keeps working.
Adebisi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Evans is looking to advance position but Adebisi won't allow it.
Adebisi wants to get back to full guard.
Evans takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Evans throwing shots but Adebisi is blocking nicely.
Adebisi won't allow Evans to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi pushes Evans off looking to stand but Evans dives back in and keeps control.
Evans lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Adebisi defends it.
Adebisi trying to control from the bottom.
Adebisi has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Adebisi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Evans throwing shots but Adebisi is blocking nicely.
Adebisi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evans scores with a couple of nice shots.
Adebisi is trying to get back to full guard.
Adebisi wants to control but Evans is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Adebisi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Adebisi is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Evans frees his head nicely. Oh but Adebisi has switched to an armbar! Evans is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Simon Adebisi!
A victorious Simon Adebisi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.