PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Adderley (ranked 716 p4p, 725 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 109 p4p, 113 weight class). Adderley comes to the cage accompanied by Genesis. This should be a great matchup!

Adderley
vs
Pierre

187 cm
27
177
8 - 4 - 0

178 cm
24
171
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Adderley.
Pierre throws out a loose jab but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adderley misses with a body shot
and Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adderley misses with a low kick.
Adderley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adderley misses with a hook
and Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adderley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierre, as that shot connected.
Adderley throws a low kick, looking for Pierre's leg but Pierre calmly moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Adderley.
Adderley tests Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adderley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A clash of legs there as Pierre blocks the low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Adderley.
Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Adderley thows a leg kick but Pierre checks it
and Adderley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Pierre misses.
Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot by Adderley.
Pierre has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Adderley throws a leg kick

so Pierre counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
Pierre is in close to Adderley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pierre is pushing down on Adderley's leg trying to pass to half guard. Adderley is fighting to maintain full guard but Pierre has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pierre thows a huge punch but Adderley dodges it nicely.
Pierre throwing shots but Adderley is blocking nicely.
Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Adderley's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adderley wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre wants to control but Adderley is keeping him busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pierre connects with a nice short shot to Adderley's temple.
Adderley wants to get back to his feet.
Pierre wants to take a breather but Adderley is having none of it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Adderley throws a chopping leg kick but Pierre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pierre misses with a looping right.
Adderley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adderley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pierre. Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adderley throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierre takes a swing at Adderley's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Adderley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pierre shoots in for a double leg but Adderley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Adderley swinging wildly here.
Pierre is looking for the big counter here.

Pierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adderley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pierre thows a huge punch but Adderley dodges it nicely.
Pierre works his foot free and advances to mount.
The referee warns Adderley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adderley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pierre.
Pierre misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

George Pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adderley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adderley throws a head kick that misses
and Pierre counters with a straight right hand.
Adderley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Adderley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adderley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Adderley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pierre scores with a punch to the head.
Pierre shoots and misses
and Adderley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pierre throws a hook but Adderley avoids it easily.
Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
Adderley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pierre lunges at Adderley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adderley's hand.
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!
Pierre throws the left hand but Adderley avoids the punch easily.
Adderley looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Pierre checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pierre! But no joy.
Adderley scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adderley stalks Pierre and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pierre's face. Pierre staggers backwards, shaken.
Pierre swinging wildly here.
Adderley throwing a counter right hand but Pierre manages to avoid it.
Adderley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierre.
Pierre scores with a sloppy right hand. Adderley should have avoided that one.
Adderley leaves Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hakeem Adderley is winning the standup battle so far.
Pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hakeem Adderley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adderley misses with a hook. Pierre ducked under it nicely.
Adderley tries to land a leg kick but Pierre saw it coming and moves away.
Adderley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adderley looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierre is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley moves forwards but Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley misses with an uppercut. Pierre saw that one coming.
Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pierre moves out of range as Adderley strikes.
Adderley lands a leg kick that knocks Pierre off balance momentarily.
Adderley scores with a kick to the midsection.
Adderley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pierre takes a swing at Adderley's ribcage but misses.
Pierre misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Pierre as he connects with a hook.
Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adderley moves away.
Adderley misses with a series of wild punches.
Pierre throws out a loose jab but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adderley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierre punishes Adderley's body with a nice straight punch.
Adderley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pierre throws a hook but Adderley blocks it.
Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pierre avoids the body shot from Adderley.
Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Adderley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pierre somewhat.
Hakeem Adderley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Pierre.
Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Adderley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Adderley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pierre checks a leg kick.
Pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adderley throws a big shot that misses.
Adderley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Pierre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adderley throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adderley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pierre tests Adderley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierre walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
Adderley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but George Pierre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adderley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pierre darts in looking for a takedown but Adderley gets double underhooks and turns Pierre into the cage.
Pierre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adderley finds it's way round the side to connect with Pierre's head.
Pierre slips a straight right by Adderley.
Adderley misses with a straight left.
Adderley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pierre's sensitive parts.
Pierre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adderley in his tracks.
Pierre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Adderley with a nice cross.
Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Adderley is just out of range.
Adderley is looking to counter with head kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Adderley.
Pierre digs a good hook to Adderley's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adderley misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Pierre.
Adderley misses with a head kick.
Adderley moves out of range as Pierre strikes.
Pierre lands a nice hook to Adderley's body. Adderley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Pierre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pierre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pierre working the strikes but Adderley uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Pierre throws a strike but Adderley avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Adderley blocks nicely.
Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Adderley wants to stand but Pierre is controlling the position.
George Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley keeping moving, preventing Pierre from controlling successfully.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Adderley blocks nicely.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Adderley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierre.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Pierre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adderley at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adderley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adderley misses with a left hand
and Pierre counters with a nice body shot.
Adderley with a nice calf kick.
Pierre goes for a double leg but Adderley avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Adderley continues to drive forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Adderley there.
Adderley misses with a straight left.
Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Adderley slips the punch.
Pierre thuds a left hand into Adderley's body.
Adderley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pierre is out of range.
Pierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adderley as he avoids it easily.
Hakeem Adderley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Pierre.
A telegraphed right hand from Adderley misses the target.
Adderley avoids the body shot from Pierre.
Adderley scores with a head kick. Pierre tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adderley.
Hakeem Adderley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adderley is looking to slow Pierre down with leg kicks.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Adderley misses the target.
Pierre jabs Adderley to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre throws a series of punches but Adderley moves out of range.
Adderley swings for the body but Pierre moves out of range.
Adderley misses with a looping left.
Adderley throws an overhand right that lands on Pierre's shoulder, as Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pierre misses with a jab to the body
and Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Adderley stuffs the takedown.
Adderley throws a jab but it's blocked by Pierre.
Adderley throws a head kick but Pierre moves out of range.
Adderley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pierre finds it's way round the side to connect with Adderley's head.

Pierre closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Adderley quickly recovers to half guard.
Pierre is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hakeem Adderley.
I think Pierre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight for George Pierre!
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight for Hakeem Adderley!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for George Pierre!

George Pierre wins by split decision!