PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jo Adeyemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adeyemi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jo Adeyemi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Junior
vs
Adeyemi

201 cm
17
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
245 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Junior !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jo Adeyemi!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adeyemi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Junior walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Junior drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Adeyemi seems keen to control Junior 's posture.
Junior works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Adeyemi manages to get to full guard.
Adeyemi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Junior is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Junior pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adeyemi is keeping the position for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adeyemi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Junior trying to control but Adeyemi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Chris Junior wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Adeyemi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junior paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Junior has a takedown stuffed.
Adeyemi slips under a jab from Junior .
Junior scores with a shot to the body.
Junior slips under a jab from Adeyemi.
Junior punishes Adeyemi's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Adeyemi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Junior . Adeyemi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Junior swings widly with a right hand

and Adeyemi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior tries a knee to the head but Adeyemi blocks it.
Adeyemi blocking some punches.
Junior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Junior looking to throw knees to the head but Adeyemi is blocking nicely.
Junior looking to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adeyemi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Adeyemi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Junior .
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Junior .
Junior takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Junior moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Jo Adeyemi has been cut.
Jo Adeyemi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Junior needs to keep his hands up - Adeyemi had a free shot at his head there.
Adeyemi scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeyemi looks to land a right hand but Junior moved out of range.
Junior throws a right hand that misses
and Adeyemi counters with a stiff right hand.
Junior scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adeyemi in his tracks.
Junior connects with the punch.
Adeyemi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Junior lands a body shot.
Adeyemi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Junior manages to avoid it.
Adeyemi slips a jab from Junior .
Junior is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Junior ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adeyemi moves away.
Junior missing with a left hand there. Adeyemi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Junior scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adeyemi doesn't seem bothered though.
Adeyemi scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Adeyemi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Junior stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Junior changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adeyemi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Junior is looking to take a break and control but Adeyemi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Adeyemi wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Junior has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Adeyemi's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Adeyemi is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Junior !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Chris Junior !
An out of breath Chris Junior thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.