PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adeboye Temidare (ranked 1061 p4p, 2811 weight class) and Greg Motino (ranked 124 p4p, 297 weight class). Adeboye Temidare has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Temidare
vs
Motino

202 cm
26
264
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
260
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Adeboye Temidare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Greg Motino!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Motino checks a leg kick nicely.
Motino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Temidare.
Temidare is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Motino looks to score with a jab to the body but Temidare is just out of range.

Temidare closes the distance and pushes Motino back into the cage.
Motino tries to break free but Temidare pushes him back against the cage.
Temidare leaning against his opponent.
Temidare stalls.
A short right from Temidare.
Motino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Temidare manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Temidare looking to throw knees to the head but Motino is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Motino is trying to break the clinch but Temidare is controlling him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Motino.
A short uppercut from Temidare.
Motino trying to land knees to the body.
Temidare avoiding damage as Motino throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Temidare with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Motino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Temidare lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Temidare is trying to stall.
Motino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Motino has Temidare pressed against the cage.
Temidare landing knees to the head.
I was talking to Temidare's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Temidare landing knees to the head.

It looks like Greg Motino has been cut.
Motino is stalling here.
Motino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Motino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Temidare is breathing heavily.
Motino lands a hook that snaps the head of Temidare backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Motino leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Motino manages to break the clinch.
Motino shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Temidare eats them both and turns towards Motino to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Motino plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Motino misses with a hook. Temidare ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Motino finds it's target.
Motino throws a head kick that misses.
Temidare connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Motino's hands.
Motino throws a sloppy head kick and Temidare moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Motino. Temidare does a little dance to reset his feet.

Temidare has closed the distance and engaged Motino in a clinch.
Temidare throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Motino blocks it with crossed arms.
Motino trying to land knees to the body.
Motino controlling the action here for a moment.
Motino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Temidare lands a good knee to the midsection. Motino won't want to take too many of those.
Motino misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Temidare will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Motino up against the cage.
Motino scores with a nice hook to the head.
Motino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Motino swings wildly with an uppercut but Temidare uses good head movement to avoid it.
Temidare landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Motino throws a punch but it's blocked by Temidare.
Motino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Temidare landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Temidare.
Motino on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Temidare - that landed with a thud.
Temidare is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Motino with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Motino creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Motino tries to break free but Temidare pushes him back against the cage.
Temidare with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Motino is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Temidare pushes Motino against the cage. Temidare is working some dirty boxing. Temidare pushes off with a quick right hook! Motino goes down! Motino tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Temidare moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adeboye Temidare!
Our winner, Adeboye Temidare, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.