PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 795 p4p, 1404 weight class) and Adrian Adamos (ranked 114 p4p, 197 weight class). Adamos has chosen Watch as his entrance music. Adrian Adamos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sycek
vs
Adamos

178 cm
26
193
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
24
195
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Adamos!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamos tries to clinch up.

Sycek shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Adamos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sycek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sycek 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.
Adamos wants to sweep here but Sycek controlling him for the moment.
Adamos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sycek. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Adamos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sycek postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it.
Adamos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sycek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adamos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Sycek content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sycek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sycek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adamos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sycek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Sycek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sycek landing with the ground and pound.
Adamos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Adamos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sycek postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it.
Sycek postures up in Adamos's guard and throws a big left but Adamos blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is looking to work some ground and pound but Adamos has wrist control.
Sycek is working Adamos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adamos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sycek distracts Adamos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sycek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sycek landing with the ground and pound.
Sycek landing some decent shots from guard.
Sycek keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adamos's head.
Adamos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adamos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adamos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Sycek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adamos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adamos's head.
Sycek throws a big elbow that misses.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adamos's head.
Sycek is looking to work some ground and pound but Adamos has wrist control.
Sycek throwing strikes but missing.
Sycek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adamos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sycek scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sycek cracks Adamos with a solid left hand.
Sycek is looking to work some ground and pound but Adamos has wrist control.
Sycek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sycek throwing strikes but missing.
Sycek keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adamos's head.
Sycek postures up and lands a big shot to Adamos's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Adamos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Sycek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sycek accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Adamos trying to control the position here.
Adamos has momentary wrist control but Sycek slips an elbow through the middle.
Sycek postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sycek is in close to Adamos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sycek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek postures up and lands a big shot to Adamos's brow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adamos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sycek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sycek distracts Adamos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Sycek dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sycek shoots in but Adamos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adamos throws out a counter right but Sycek avoids it with no problem.
Adamos lands a nice shot that snaps Sycek's head back.

Sycek closes the distance and pushes Adamos back into the cage.
Adamos swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Sycek gets control of Adamos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sycek will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sycek throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sycek thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sycek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Adamos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sycek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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. Sycek connects with a nice short shot to Adamos's temple.
Sycek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adamos can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sycek sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adamos defending well though.
Sycek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sycek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Adamos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sycek not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sycek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sycek slips a nice elbow through Adamos's hands, connecting with Adamos's forehead.
Sycek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Samuel Sycek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Adamos trying to hold on to Sycek's head to control him but Sycek postures up.
Sycek missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
Sycek missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Adamos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Adamos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sycek.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Sycek.
Adamos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sycek.
Sycek thows a huge punch but Adamos dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Sycek there.
Adamos is breathing heavily.
Adamos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sycek.
Sycek is nestled in close to Adamos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sycek drops an elbow to the side of Adamos's head.

Adamos is rocked!
Sycek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Adamos is still in real trouble! Can Sycek finish him?
Adamos has hold of Sycek's hands but Sycek slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Adamos is hurt! He's hurt bad - Sycek fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Adamos from any more punishment! Congratulations to Sycek! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Sycek!