PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arriorus Adee (ranked 2116 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Friedrich August Von Hayek (ranked 259 p4p, 286 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Adee
vs
Von Hayek

170 cm
28
170
12 - 13 - 0

170 cm
30
165
13 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arriorus Adee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Friedrich August Von Hayek!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Hayek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Von Hayek looks to score with a jab to the body but Adee is just out of range.
Adee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jab by Von Hayek.
Von Hayek shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adee but Adee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Adee misses the jab.
We've been informed that Von Hayek has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Adee misses with the combination.
Adee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Von Hayek.
Adee has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Adee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Von Hayek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adee is fending him off so far but Von Hayek persists. Nope, Adee circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adee jabs Von Hayek to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Adee. Beautiful body shot.
Von Hayek throws a jab when Adee was well out of range.
Von Hayek slips under a jab from Adee.
Von Hayek cracks a nice hook into Adee's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Von Hayek throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Adee tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Von Hayek is in Adee's guard.
Von Hayek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Von Hayek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Von Hayek throws a big elbow that misses.
Von Hayek showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Von Hayek looking to pass the guard.
Von Hayek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Von Hayek has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek wants to control from the top but Adee keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Adee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adee lands a nice shot to the body.
Von Hayek prevents a body shot from Adee.
Von Hayek is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Adee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adee lands a shoulder strike.
Adee blocks a body shot from Von Hayek.
Von Hayek changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Adee fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Arriorus Adee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Friedrich August Von Hayek.
Adee misses the body punch
and Von Hayek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown attempt by Von Hayek or perhaps it was just good defense by Adee, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Adee lands.
Von Hayek connects with a crisp jab.
Adee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Von Hayek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adee takes a swing at Von Hayek's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Adee is predictable there

and Von Hayek counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Adee!
Von Hayek postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Von Hayek wants to control but Adee is keeping him busy.
Von Hayek sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Adee is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Adee regains half guard there - taking advantage of Von Hayek's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Von Hayek thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Von Hayek there.
Von Hayek with the ground and pound but Adee uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Hayek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Von Hayek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Von Hayek postures up in Adee's guard and throws a big left but Adee blocks it.
Von Hayek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Adee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Von Hayek throws an elbow that misses. Adee uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Von Hayek's guard. Nice move by Adee!

Adee preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Arriorus Adee will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Adee moves into the clinch.
Von Hayek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adee backwards.
Adee pushes Von Hayek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Von Hayek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Hayek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Hayek has Adee pressed against the cage.
Adee tries a body shot but Von Hayek blocks it.
Von Hayek is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Adee pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Adee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Von Hayek blocking some punches.
Adee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adee lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Hayek works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Von Hayek.
Adee struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Hayek controls his hands.
Adee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Hayek's elbow.
Adee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Von Hayek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adee backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hayek stalling in the clinch.
Adee tries to work over Von Hayek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Von Hayek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Von Hayek pushes Adee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adee prevents a body shot from Von Hayek.
Von Hayek tries to work over Adee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Adee tries a body shot but Von Hayek blocks it.
Adee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Von Hayek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Von Hayek lands with a short shot to the head.
Adee misses with a punch on the inside.
Adee throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Von Hayek tries to score a body lock takedown but Adee shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Von Hayek blocks an uppercut.
Adee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Adee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek wants to take the fight to the mat but Adee manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Arriorus Adee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Friedrich August Von Hayek.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Von Hayek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Von Hayek is trying to maintain a safe position but Adee gets an underhook and turns Von Hayek into the cage.
Von Hayek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arriorus Adee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adee misses with some punches.
Von Hayek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Von Hayek drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Adee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adee tries a body shot but Von Hayek blocks it.
Von Hayek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Hayek lands a shot to the body.
Von Hayek lands a nice shot to the body.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Von Hayek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Adee stops a takedown attempt from Von Hayek.
Von Hayek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adee working aggressively here.
Adee has had enough of the clinch but Von Hayek keeps him there for the moment.
Von Hayek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Von Hayek lands a shot to the body.
Von Hayek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Adee gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Von Hayek.
Adee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adee gets underhooks to prevent Von Hayek's takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Von Hayek is looking to take this one to the mat.
A nice left hand lands by Adee.
Von Hayek looking to stall.
Von Hayek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek avoiding damage.
Adee throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Von Hayek.
Adee can't find room to land a body shot as Von Hayek controls the action.
Adee stops a takedown attempt from Von Hayek.
Adee is pressed up against the cage. Von Hayek has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adee down to the mat. Adee avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Von Hayek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Adee. Adee obviously looking to wear him down.
Adee scores with a hook to the body. Von Hayek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Adee lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Von Hayek shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adee but Adee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Adee quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Adee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Hayek manages to avoid it.
Von Hayek looks for a takedown but Adee sprawls well.
Von Hayek just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromAdee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arriorus Adee dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Von Hayek takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Von Hayek slips under a jab from Adee.
Von Hayek cracks Adee with a right hand to the side of the head.
Von Hayek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Von Hayek misses with an uppercut. Adee saw that one coming.
Adee throws an overhand right that lands on Von Hayek's shoulder, as Von Hayek tries to avoid the shot.
Adee with a jab.
Adee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Adee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adee misses with a body kick.
Adee throws a sloppy head kick and Von Hayek moves out of range easily.
Von Hayek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Adee misses its target.
Arriorus Adee is winning the standup battle so far.
Von Hayek fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Von Hayek on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hayek moves out of range as Adee strikes.
Adee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Von Hayek throws out a counter right but Adee avoids it with no problem.
Adee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Hayek moves away.
Adee loads up on a big right hand but Von Hayek slips the punch.
Von Hayek ducks under a wild hook from Adee.
Von Hayek just misses with a punch to the body.
Von Hayek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adee looks to land a body kick but Von Hayek moved away.
Von Hayek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Von Hayek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adee circles away quickly and effectively.
Von Hayek ducks under a wild hook from Adee.
Von Hayek jabs Adee right on the nose. Adee blinks but takes it well.
Adee connects with a looping right hand.
Adee looks to land a left hand but Von Hayek moved out of range nicely.
Von Hayek let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Von Hayek lands a jab to Adee's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Adee catches Von Hayek right on the button with a cross.
Von Hayek swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Von Hayek shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Adee napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Adee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Von Hayek can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adee is looking to regain half guard here but Von Hayek keeps moving and retains side control.
Adee avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Von Hayek.
Von Hayek scores with punches from side control.
Adee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek in side control, throwing shots but Adee defends.
Check out the look on Von Hayek's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Von Hayek throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Von Hayek misses with the ground and pound.
Von Hayek working the ground and pound but Adee is defending the strikes.
Adee is trying to control Von Hayek's posture but Von Hayek avoids it.
Von Hayek sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Adee is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Von Hayek trying to control the action but Adee is working from the bottom.
Von Hayek throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Friedrich August Von Hayek has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee parries the strikes from Von Hayek easily there. Von Hayek is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Adee to escape.
Von Hayek lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Adee down.
Von Hayek throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Adee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Von Hayek misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Von Hayek is chipping away with strikes.
Adee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Hayek lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Friedrich August Von Hayek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Von Hayek is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Adee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Friedrich August Von Hayek.
I think Adee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Arriorus Adee!