PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Adams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adams
vs
Little

200 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

198 cm
18
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

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Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Little!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
Brian Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Little closes the distance but Adams moves to the side

and Adams counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Little!
Adams wants to control the pace but Little is squirming around nicely.
Little can't escape the position.
Adams landing strikes, looking to finish!
Adams with a couple of short strikes.
Adams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Adams lands a big shot there that rocks Little but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little wants to control but Adams is having none of it.
Little avoids a series of strikes thrown by Adams.
Little is in all sorts of trouble here.
Adams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Adams thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Little gets back to half guard.
Adams is looking to take a break and control but Little is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Adams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Little has his hands clasped together around Adams's back. He's all about the action.
Adams slips a nice elbow through Little's hands, connecting with Little's forehead.
Little is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Adams is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Little doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Adams.
Adams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adams.
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. Adams connects with a nice short shot to Little's temple.
Adams 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.
Adams drops an elbow to the side of Little's head.
Adams trying to control from half guard but Little is working away.
Little is doing well to control the position and prevent Adams from advancing to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Adams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Adams trying to control from half guard but Little is working away.
Adams is just content to waste time from the top position. Little takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Adams throwing strikes but missing.
Little preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adams dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Little clinches but Adams breaks the clinch

and Adams counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Little's guard now.
Adams throws and elbow that misses. Little uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Adams's guard. Nice move by Little!
Little wanted to stand there but Adams had control of the position.

Little is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Little got a little sloppy there for a moment and Adams has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Little has managed to get both his arms back between Adams's legs - danger averted.
Little slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Adams.
Little wants to control but Adams is keeping him busy.
Little prevents Adams from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is trying to maintain the position but Little is very close to passing his half guard.
Adams tries to roll over but Little keeps him under control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Adams clinches.
Little lands with a right to the head.
Little creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Little is controlling him.
Little tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Little is controlling him.
Little prevents the takedown attempt.
Adams tries to break free but Little pushes him back against the cage.
Little scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like John Adams has been cut.
Little effectively controlling the action here.
Little lands an elbow inside.

Adams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Little is trying to keep an underhook but Adams manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Adams prevents Little from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Little does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Little is trying to stand back up but Adams is controlling him
Little is breathing heavily.
Little wants to control but Adams is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Little keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Little keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Little wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little fails to land the takedown.

Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adams wants to break free but Little has control.
Little looking to stall.
Little tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adams's elbow.
Little is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adams is defending well for now.
Little tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Little misses with a knee strike.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Little won't allow it.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Little won't allow it.
Adams trying to stall but Little improves his position.
Little managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Little misses with a knee to the head.
Little misses with a knee strike.
Adams lands with a light punch inside.
Adams can't break the clinch.
Adams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Little looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Little throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams working hard to break the clinch.
Little prevents the takedown attempt.
Adams tries to break free but Little pushes him back against the cage.

Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Adams.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Little defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adams.
Little pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adams misses with a head kick.
Adams tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Little closes the distance looking to clinch
and Adams counters with a right hand to the body.
Little darts in trying to clinch

and Adams counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Adams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Adams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Adams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Little's waist but Little gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Adams off to one side.
Little tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Adams counters with a single leg into guard. Little didn't expect that.
Adams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Adams tries to free his leg and advance position but Little is retaining full guard.
Adams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Little is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Little is keeping the position for now.

Little has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Adams off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Little takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Adams counters with a nice double leg into side control. Little won't be happy with that.
Little is not content to let Adams control the position.
Little tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Little is not content to let Adams control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Little bucks up and tries to throw Adams off but instead Adams has got his back!
Will Adams go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Little is trying to stand back up.
Adams tries to get the hooks in deep but Little pushed the leg off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little tries to break free.
Adams missing with strikes.
Brian Little has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams is punishing Little with strikes - can he finish him?!
Little covering up well and avoiding damage.

Little defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Adams wants to control but Little is keeping busy.

Little is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Adams gets his way!
Adams throwing wild punches that miss their target.

Adams is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Little defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
John Adams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Little is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Adams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Adams!