PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Pierre (ranked 2549 p4p, 2347 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 334 p4p, 308 weight class). Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by O Canada. Adderley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Genesis. 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.

Pierre
vs
Adderley

178 cm
30
171
17 - 13 - 0

187 cm
33
185
15 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adderley lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like George Pierre has been cut.
Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Adderley pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adderley! But no joy.
Some wild striking there from Pierre.
Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Adderley.
Adderley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pierre.
Pierre fails to land the takedown.
Adderley misses the shot to the body.
Pierre avoids a kick to the body.
Pierre misses with a double jab
and Adderley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adderley throws a lazy right hand but Pierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adderley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slow jab from Adderley misses its intended target.
Jab, jab by Pierre - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pierre 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.
Pierre throws a right hand that Adderley ducks under and follows up with a left that Adderley also avoids with ease.
Pierre misses with a straight left.
Pierre blocks a jab.
Adderley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adderley prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pierre is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Adderley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Adderley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Adderley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adderley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley wants to get back to his feet but Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Adderley blocks nicely.
Adderley wants to stand up but Pierre is controlling him.
Adderley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Adderley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pierre stops Adderley from standing up.
Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Adderley wants to stand and escape but Pierre is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
Adderley wants to stand but Pierre is controlling the position.
Adderley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Adderley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pierre throws a big elbow that misses.
Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
Pierre working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Adderley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adderley's head.
Pierre prevents Adderley from getting back to his feet.
Pierre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adderley's head.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Adderley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pierre stops Adderley from standing up.
Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pierre is working Adderley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Adderley has wrist control.
Adderley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pierre.
Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pierre prevents Adderley from getting back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

George Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Pierre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Adderley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Adderley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adderley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adderley throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierre is looking to counter punch.
Pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adderley circles away quickly and effectively.
Pierre moves to clinch but Adderley breaks away
and Adderley counters with a straight right hand.

Pierre has Adderley up against the cage in a clinch.

Adderley pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre throws a big elbow that misses.
Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adderley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adderley wants to stand and escape but Pierre is having none of it.
Adderley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pierre.
George Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pierre works over Adderley with some ground and pound from guard.
Adderley wants to get back to his feet but Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pierre scoring with punches to the head and body.
Adderley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pierre is controlling him.
Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
Pierre lands a couple of digs.
Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pierre lands a couple of elbows.
Pierre works over Adderley with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley wants to stand but Pierre is controlling the position.
Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adderley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adderley wants to stand and escape but Pierre is having none of it.
Pierre working some strikes from top position.
Pierre lands a couple of digs.
Pierre throws an elbow that misses. Adderley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pierre's guard. Nice move by Adderley!

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adderley is controlling him.
Adderley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is looking to stand up but Adderley isn't so interested in that idea.
Adderley wants to stand and escape but instead Pierre has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Adderley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pierre.
Pierre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adderley can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Adderley wants to stand up but Pierre is controlling him.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pierre is working Adderley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pierre is working Adderley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adderley is looking to stand up but Pierre isn't so interested in that idea.
Adderley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adderley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pierre.
Pierre lands a couple of elbows.
Adderley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adderley is looking to stand up but Pierre isn't so interested in that idea.
Pierre distracts Adderley 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.

George Pierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Pierre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pierre dives in and grabs Adderley's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adderley pushes down on Pierre's head and hops out.
Pierre scores with a decent looking hook.
Pierre scores with a nice head shot.
Adderley stuffs the takedown attempt from Pierre. Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Adderley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Adderley scores with a shot to the body.
Pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adderley defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adderley throws out the jab.
Pierre misses the jab.
Adderley lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre misses the body punch
and Adderley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adderley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Adderley throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Pierre on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pierre misses with an uppercut. Adderley saw that one coming.
Pierre tries to clinch up but Adderley circles away and keeps his distance.
Adderley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Adderley.
Pierre closes the distance but Adderley moves to the side
and Adderley counters with a head kick. That will keep Pierre thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Pierre swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Adderley counter with a right hand.
Pierre looks for a takedown but Adderley sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre looks to land a left hand but Adderley moved out of range nicely.
George Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierre moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pierre tries to move into range but Adderley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Adderley counter with a right hand.
Pierre looks to land a left hand but Adderley moved out of range nicely.
Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adderley sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Pierre clinches up with Adderley and pushes him back against the cage.

Adderley jumps guard and drags Pierre to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Adderley wants to get back to his feet but Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
Adderley is looking to stand up but Pierre isn't so interested in that idea.
Pierre throws an elbow that misses. Adderley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pierre's guard. Nice move by Adderley!

Adderley trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pierre's guard.
Hakeem Adderley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pierre wants to get back to his feet but Adderley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Adderley throws an elbow that misses. Pierre uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Adderley's guard. Nice move by Pierre!

Adderley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pierre 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pierre postures up in Adderley's guard and throws a big left but Adderley blocks it.
Pierre won't allow Adderley to get back to his feet.
Adderley will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Adderley throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hakeem Adderley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pierre 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pierre!
George Pierre thanked the fans post fight for their support.