PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arnoldo Sharpe (ranked 5165 p4p, 0 weight class) and Israel Adesanya (ranked 7636 p4p, 0 weight class). Israel Adesanya acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sharpe
vs
Adesanya

185 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnoldo Sharpe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Israel Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adesanya closes the distance and clinches.
Adesanya looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Sharpe has picked Adesanya up - he's going for a ride! Sharpe dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Adesanya scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sharpe manages to mount him!
Sharpe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sharpe landing strikes from the mount.
Sharpe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sharpe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sharpe takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Adesanya takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sharpe controlling the position easily from mount.
Sharpe dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Adesanya that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sharpe punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sharpe with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharpe breaks from Adesanya's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Adesanya is rocked!
Sharpe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Adesanya looks a forlorn figure.
Adesanya is still in real trouble! Can Sharpe finish him?
Sharpe lands a big elbow - Adesanya is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Adesanya is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Arnoldo Sharpe!