PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Adamsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russo comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - The Human Instrument. Mike Adamsky struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Russo
vs
Adamsky

181 cm
35
186 lbs
36 - 17 - 2

182 cm
32
185 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Hellbent

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 36 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinny Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Adamsky!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamsky takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Adamsky takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russo.
Adamsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Russo was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamsky.
Adamsky throws a low kick but Russo avoids it.
Adamsky throws a sloppy head kick

and Russo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Adamsky looks winded!
Russo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Russo 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.
Adamsky is looking to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russo is keen to just control but Adamsky is a slippery customer.
Russo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adamsky defending well though.
Adamsky avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Russo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Adamsky is refusing to be controlled, as Russo sits in half guard.
Adamsky trying to control but Russo postures up.
Russo is trying to control. Adamsky wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Russo 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.
Russo trying to mount his opponent but Adamsky defends it.
Russo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Russo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Russo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Adamsky's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo wants to pass to mount but Adamsky is defending the position.
Adamsky keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Russo is trying for a kimura here. Adamsky looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Russo wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vinny Russo!
Post fight, an emotional Vinny Russo said 'Some people say I'm stupid and some say I'm dumb. I don't think there's a difference, so those people should get together and have a party to celebrate their feelings. What? Not the interview you were expecting?'.